** Criminal Intelligence:
How Organized Crime is Weaponizing AI
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Organized crime networks are no longer limited by traditional methods — they're rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to supercharge their operations. From deepfake-enabled fraud schemes and AI-generated phishing attacks to sophisticated money laundering and automated identity theft, criminal enterprises are exploiting the same technologies governments and businesses are racing to regulate.
This OCCRP Briefing brings together leading experts in digital forensics, financial crime, and governance to expose how AI is reshaping the criminal landscape — and what it means for those working to combat it.
Whether you're investigating financial fraud, building cybersecurity defenses, shaping policy responses, or tracking illicit networks, this session will equip you with critical intelligence on an emerging threat that's evolving faster than our safeguards. This briefing is essential for law enforcement professionals, private investigators, compliance officers, cybersecurity specialists, policymakers, and anyone working to understand and counter the next generation of organized crime.
** Speakers
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Ari Redbord is global head of policy at TRM Labs and former senior advisor at the U.S. Treasury, where he worked with OFAC and FinCEN to safeguard the financial system from illicit actors. As an assistant U.S. attorney for eleven years, he investigated and prosecuted terrorism, threat finance, cryptocurrency, and human trafficking cases, bringing deep expertise in financial crime enforcement and cryptocurrency regulation.
Jason Jordaan is a digital forensics and cybercrime investigation specialist, recognized as an expert witness in the High Court of South Africa. As founder and principal forensic analyst of DFIRLabs, he conducts high-level digital forensics engagements globally. Jason began his career as a detective with the South African Police Service before establishing the digital forensics laboratory at South Africa's Special Investigating Unit.
Tonusree Basu is an international governance consultant and former director of policy and international programs at the digital rights organization Access Now. Previously, she established and led the policy program at Open Government Partnership. She has consulted with the Harvard Kennedy School, UN Women, and the World Bank, bringing crucial policy perspective to technology governance challenges.
Julia Wallace is deputy editor in chief at OCCRP, overseeing global investigations and editorial operations. An award-winning veteran journalist, she previously reported across Southeast Asia for outlets including The New York Times and Voice of America. Julia will be moderating this discussion.
** Friday, Nov 21, 2025
8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 5 p.m. CET
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