There is an epidemic of transnational crime. We need a global response

The Covid pandemic accelerated enormous societal changes - and nowhere is that more true than transnational organized crime

This week in Vienna, at the annual global meeting of police leaders from around the world, whether in huddled groups in quiet corridors or on the main stage, every law enforcement officer will be talking about one thing: the explosive growth of transnational organized crime.

What every police force knows, but the rest of the world has yet to realize, is that there has been an epidemic of transnational organized crime and at such a scale that it is now a global security crisis.

Jurgen Stock is the secretary general of Interpol