‘Polycriminal age’ harming lives of millions, says Interpol candidate

Stephen Kavanagh, an executive director of the international agency, said multibillion-pound syndicates were destabilising countries, driving migration and destroying ecosystems, while international police forces struggled to cope. Kavanagh, who is seeking to be elected as the next Interpol secretary general, urged officers to team up with outside organisations such as academia and tech firmsto tackle the crimes.“A new era of crime is under way unlike anything we have faced before in speed, scale and sophistication. The chaos and misery it is unleashing is destabilising countries, driving migration, destroying ecosystems and harming the lives and livelihoods of millions,” he told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute on Whitehall, central London.