19/02/2025
The European PACCTO 2.0 project also seeks to promote and regulate the use of tools that use AI to prosecute transnational crimes.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a tool that can provide innumerable benefits. But there is also the possibility that it can be used to the detriment of citizen security, peace and justice. This is the case for transnational organised crime groups. AI can facilitate scams, cyber attacks, virtual kidnappings, manipulation of stock markets, crimes against honour, privacy and image, and child sexual abuse, among others.
The European Union has proposed an innovative model of cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean through its PACCTO 2.0 programme to combat the use of AI in transnational organised crime. AI tools to prosecute crime will also be promoted. To this end, national, regional and international standards will be promoted, taking into account existing legal frameworks linked to the Council of Europe’s new framework convention on AI and the European Union’s AI law.
The initiative aims to promote bilateral meetings to establish work priorities and identify activities to be developed in the field of AI and organised crime, as well as future technical assistance in the field of legislation.
The first meeting, held in San José, Costa Rica, brought together more than 91 representatives from 56 security and justice institutions from 27 countries. The objective was to discuss new criminal trends related to AI, the most efficient technological tools to combat it and legislation on the subject, in order to explore joint actions.
The first meeting also saw the presentation of the study Artificial Intelligence and Organised Crime, which aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the interactions between AI and organised crime in Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union, as well as their social and ethical implications.
The meeting and the study contributed directly to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit that was held on 10-11 February 2025 in Paris.
