In Just Two Decades, Technology Has Become A Cornerstone Of Criminality

Twenty years ago, a computer defeated the world's leading chess player; Steve Jobs re-joined Apple and countries agreed to merge two specialised bodies to form the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Back then, despite the steady march of progress, the Internet was just starting to impact homes and offices. Crime was mostly low tech. There was no global agreement on heinous crimes such as human trafficking, and not everyone considered corruption a crime. Some viewed it, wrongly, as