Cartels Reportedly Using AI to Expand Operations into Financial Fraud and Human Trafficking
March 14, 2024
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is reportedly using AI to expand its financial fraud and human trafficking operations, coercing individuals into illegal activities under the guise of legitimate jobs. INTERPOL warns that this integration of AI into criminal enterprises is a growing trend among cartels across Europe, Asia, and Africa as well.
- Alleged deployer
- cartels, organized-crime-groups, jalisco-new-generation-cartel
- Alleged developer
- unknown-ai-developers
- Alleged harmed parties
- individuals-coerced-into-criminal-activities, financial-fraud-victims, human-trafficking-victims
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/725
Data source
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