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The New Face of Cybercrime: Scam Factories and Polycriminality

Federico Varese

16 June 2026Long Read

The global geography of cybercrime. Courtesy of Oleksii/Adobe Stock.

A Professional Insight analysing emerging forms of criminal convergence and drawing on academic efforts to map the new global geography of cybercrime.

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Illicit Trade, Trafficking, and Illicit Financial Flows
Cybercrime and Ransomware

Research Groups

Organised Crime and Policing

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Federico Varese

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The New Face of Cybercrime: Scam Factories and Polycriminality

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WRITTEN BY

Federico Varese

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