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INTERPOL ON METAVERSE
At the 90th Interpol general assembly at New Delhi, the first ever
metaverse specifically designed for law enforcement was unveiled .It
allowed the users to virtually tour the Interpol headquarters located at
Lyon, France without any geographical boundaries.
THE NEED ONE ENTERING METAVERSE
Interpol’s Global Crime Trend report listed money laundering, ran-
somware, phishing, and online scams as serious threats and said that
the crimes are increasingly moving online. Previously, concern about
social engineering attacks, extremism, and misinformation spreading
through metaverse social settings, potential crimes against children,
financial crimes, cyberattacks, sexual assault, and harassment were
raised by the Interpol.
Fig.2: Statistics showing the most common cyber crimes
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