TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract 3 Dimensions of serious and organized crime 3 What is serious and organized crime? 4 Technology is enabling today’s serious and organized crime groups Use of technology to commit criminal activities 7 Use of technology to thwart law enforcement 9 The current spread of serious and organized crime Geographic spread 10 Poly-criminality 11 COG8 sidebar: Brazilian organized crime 12 Staying ahead of serious and organized crime 13 Lawful Interception 14 Web intelligence 14 Cyber threat intelligence 14 Cryptocurrency de-anonymization 14 Analytics & data fusion 14 Situational intelligence 14 Turning data into insights 15 6 10 TRENDS IN SERIOUS AND ORGANIZED CRIME: A rising global & technological threat 2