Europol: How crime is accelerated by AI

Artificial Intelligence is turbocharging organised crime, but how exactly? In this episode of The Europol Podcast, we reveal how organised crime is accelerating as it becomes increasingly efficient, as harnessing AI allows criminal networks to better target more people, faster and more accurately. You will hear from law enforcement experts across the EU, all based at Europol HQ, about the latest trends in cybercrime: online child sexual exploitation and abuse material, ransomware, crime-as-a-service, and AI’s role as an enabler.

This is the fourth episode in the third season of The Europol Podcast. Listen to the full episode now on your favourite podcast platform.

Speakers

• Andrei Linta, Deputy Executive Director of Capabilities at Europol.
• Edvardas Sileris, Head of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol.
• Tamara Schotte, Head of Analysis & Strategic Coordination Unit at Europol.
• Marijn Schuurbiers, Head of Operations in the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol.
• Danny Van Althuis, Head of the Analysis Project Twins at Europol.

Links

• Europol press release: Global crackdown on Kidflix, a major child sexual exploitation platform with almost two million users (2 Apr 2025)
• Europol press release: 9 arrests in EUR 645 million JuicyFields investment scam case (12 Apr 2024)
• Europol press release: 270 arrested in global dark web crackdown targeting online drug and criminal networks (22 May 2025)
• Europol press release: One of the darkweb’s largest cryptocurrency laundromats washed out (15 Mar 2023)
• Europol’s Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object
• Europol publication: The changing DNA of serious and organised crime, EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2025 (EU-SOCTA)