and speaking off the primacy of the law enforcement agency europol say is that there's been a spike in cyber crime why would that be happening there are a number of reasons and the public fear that it has created off as an opportunity for cyber criminals including in the fullness phishing scams which we've seen a huge surge of now we've seen this happen with other public health emergencies like a boat. but kind of it is an unprecedented global much of cyber crime requires relatively limited tech skills you can buy phishing card online for the next hill is $50.00 so it is feasible for some criminal act is he see the usual activities become more difficult to move into cyber crime this is very quickly how volatile what's going on in terms of human trafficking. so with human trafficking the vulnerability of many is set to increase and natural exploitation by criminal groups with human smuggling which is slightly different and is more to do with regular migration we've seen a temporary decrease in activity due to me restrictions but also a fear of contagion i'm on smugglers and migrants we'

to repackage everything and the storage space in santiago de compostela to hide the items origin europol the european police author already has had its hands full for weeks 3 big developments the 1st one is going to feeding groups that is really the woman stick them secondly. a real shift in cyber crime and their use of the rebel groups that go to tree big areas that it's until now. special interest group of organized crime groups. counterfeit face masks like these confiscated by italian police are being sold online at exaggerated prices but they were not produced to medical standards in a sterile environment europe poll has already taken down more than 2500 websites and online shops detaining more than 120 people behind them criminal enterprises have become highly creative in the pandemic. what we see. organized crime to use the opportunity because new used. and used the fact that. there are questions and they want to protect themselves. but it's not just criminals taking advantage of people's fear the n.r.a. the american gun lobby has launched an online campaign encouraging people to a

methods to exploit the covert 19 crisis cyber crime is on the up and expected to increase in new europol report identified cyber crime fraud counterfeit goods and organized property crime as categories of particular concern in canada scammers are trying to get victims bank details through forward text messages promising them government funds in the u.k. crime has fallen 21 percent but britons have been caught and out of $2200000.00 pedophiles are particularly active online criminality also continues to adapt fraudsters are exploiting coronavirus as a new acquisitive crimes with losses to victims already exceeded $1800000.00 pounds and the perpetrators of sickening online child abuse seeking to exploit the fact that more and more young people and children are at home under online. study where speed is the chief executive of global cyber risk she joins us live now from washington d.c. via skype thank you for your time what is some of the most concerning things you're seeing online during this time. it is a very active time for cyber criminals they are taking advantage as you just noted of

methods to exploit the covert 19 crisis cyber crime is only our plan does expected to increase in new europol report identified cyber crime fraud counterfeit goods and organized property crime as categories of particular concern in canada scammers are trying to get victims bank details through fraudulent text messages promising them government funds in the u.k. crime has fallen at 21 percent of britons have been conned out of $2200000.00 and pedophiles are particularly active online. criminality also continues to adapt fraudsters are exploiting coronavirus as a new acquisitive crimes with losses to victims already exceeded $1800000.00 pounds and the perpetrators of sickening online child abuse seeking to exploit the fact that more and more young people and children are at home under online and other news now u.s. senator bernie sanders has endorsed former rival joe biden for president in a joint live stream the backing comes less than a week after sanders dropped out of the race to become the democratic nominee the former u.s. vice president called the endorsement a big deal today i am asking

exploit the global pandemic cyber crime is increasing and expected to rise still further a report from europol has identified cyber crime fraud counterfeit goods and organized property crime as categories of particular concern in canada scammers are trying to obtain victims bank details through fraudulent text messages promising them government money in the u.k. overall crime has fallen by 21 percent but people in the u.k. have been called out of 2 point $2000000.00. southeast asian leaders are pledged to unify in the fight against coronavirus in the region speaking on a video conferencing link up leaders disrupt the pandemic as the greatest public health crisis in 100 years cases and countries that make up the association of southeast asian nations as again have soared to more than $20000.00 over the past month but with limited testing in many countries doctors suspect those numbers could be much higher or many governments around the world have been using video conferencing and streaming to continue their work while maintaining social distancing but there have been warnings from researchers t