Misha Glenny investigates global crime networks

Translator: Anders Finn Jørgensen Reviewer: Allan Jensen

These are grim economic times,

Dette er dystre økonomiske tider

fellow TEDsters, grim economic times indeed.

med-TEDsters, virkelig dystre økonomiske tider.

And so, I would like to cheer you up

Og derfor, vil jeg gerne muntre jer lidt op

with one of the great, albeit largely unknown,

med en af de store, dog stort set ukendte,

commercial success stories

kommercielle succeshistorier

of the past 20 years.

fra de sidste 20 år.

Comparable, in its own very peculiar way,

Sammenlignelig, på sin helt egen måde,

to the achievements of Microsoft or Google.

til Microsofts eller Googles præstationer.

And it's an industry which has bucked the current recession

Og det er en industri der overvundet den nuværende lavkonjunktur

with equanimity.

med ro i sindet.

I refer to organized crime.

Jeg taler her om organiseret kriminalitet.

Now organized crime has been around

Organiseret kriminalitet har eksisteret

for a very long time, I hear you say,

meget længe, kan jeg høre jer sige.

and these would be wise words, indeed.

Og det ville, i sandhed, være helt korrekt.

But in the last two decades,

Men i de seneste to årtier

it has experienced an unprecedented expansion,

har den oplevet en udvidelse, ikke tidligere set.

now accounting for roughly 15 percent

Nu dækker den, groft set, 15 procent

of the world's GDP.

af hele verdens BNP (bruttonationalprodukt).

I like to call it the Global Shadow Economy,

Jeg plejer at kalde det Global Skygge Økonomi,

or McMafia, for short.

eller McMafia, i kort form.

So what triggered this extraordinary growth

Så hvad startede denne ekstraordinære vækst

in cross-border crime?

i kriminalitet på tværs af landegrænserne?

Well, of course, there is globalization,

Der er, selvfølgelig, globaliseringen,

technology, communications, all that stuff,

teknologien, kommunikationen og alt det,

which we'll talk about a little bit later.

hvilket vi vil snakke om lidt senere.

But first, I would like to take you back

Men først, vil jeg gerne hive jer tilbage

to this event:

til denne begivenhed.

the collapse of communism.

Kommunismens fald.

All across Eastern Europe, a most momentous episode

Et af Østeuropas mest betydningsfulde øjeblikke

in our post-war history.

i efterkrigstiden

Now it's time for full disclosure.

Nu er det tid til en offentliggørelse.

This event meant a great deal to me personally.

Denne begivenhed betød en hel del for mig personligt.

I had started smuggling books across the Iron Curtain

Jeg var begyndt at smugle bøger igennem jerntæppet

to Democratic opposition groups in Eastern Europe,

til demokratiske modstandsgrupper i Østeuropa,

like Solidarity in Poland,

f.eks. "Solidaritet" i Polen,

when I was in my teens.

i mine teenageår.

I then started writing about Eastern Europe,

Derefter begyndte jeg at skrive om Østeuropa,

and eventually I became the BBC's chief correspondent for the region,

og endte med at blive BBCs chefkorrespondent i regionen.

which is what I was doing in 1989.

Dette var hvad jeg lavede i 1989.

And so when 425 million people

Og da 425 millioner mennesker

finally won the right

endelig vandt retten

to choose their own governments,

til at vælge deres egen regering

I was ecstatic,

var jeg ekstatisk.

but I was also a touch worried

Men jeg var også lidt bekymret

about some of the nastier things

omkring nogle af de mere skumle ting

lurking behind the wall.

der gemte sig bag muren.

It wasn't long, for example,

Der gik ikke lang tid, for eksempel,

before ethnic nationalism

før etnisk nationalisme

reared its bloody head

stak sit blodige hoved frem

in Yugoslavia.

i Jugoslavien.

And amongst the chaos,

Og midt i kaoset,

amidst the euphoria,

omgivet af glæde,

it took me a little while to understand

tog det mig et stykke tid at forstå

that some of the people who had wielded power

at nogle af de mennesker som havde magten

before 1989, in Eastern Europe,

før 1989 i Østeuropa,

continued to do so after the revolutions there.

fortsatte med at have magten efter revolutionerne.

Obviously there were characters like this.

Selvfølgelig var der personer som disse.

But there were also some more unexpected people

Men der var også mere uventede personer

who played a critical role in what was going on in Eastern Europe.

der spillede en afgørende rolle i hvad der foregik i Østeuropa.

Like this character. Remember these guys?

Som disse personer. Kan I huske disse fyre?

They used to win the gold medals in weightlifting

De plejede at vinde guldmedaljer i vægtløftning

and wrestling, every four years in the Olympics,

og brydning, hver fjerde år til de Olympiske Lege.

and they were the great celebrities of communism,

Og de var kommunismens store kendisser.

with a fabulous lifestyle to go with it.

Med en fantastisk tilhørende livsstil.

They used to get great apartments in the center of town,

De plejede at få lækre lejligheder i midten af byen.

casual sex on tap,

En lind strøm af sex.

and they could travel to the West very freely,

Og de kunne frit rejse til vesten,

which was a great luxury at the time.

hvilket på dette tidspunkt var en stor luksus.

It may come as a surprise, but they played a critical role

Det kan måske komme som en overraskelse, men de spillede en kritisk rolle

in the emergence of the market economy

i starten af markedsøkonomien

in Eastern Europe.

i Østeuropa.

Or as I like to call them, they are

Eller som jeg ynder at kalder dem,

the midwives of capitalism.

kapitalismens jordemødre.

Here are some of those same weightlifters

Her ser vi de samme vægtløftere

after their 1989 makeover.

efter deres 1989-transformation.

Now in Bulgaria --

I Bulgarien,

this photograph was taken in Bulgaria --

dette fotografi blev taget i Bulgarien,

when communism collapsed all over Eastern Europe,

da kommunismen kollapsede i hele Østeuropa

it wasn't just communism;

var det ikke kun kommunismen der kollapsede,

it was the state that collapsed as well.

det var i samme grad statsmagten der kollapsede.

That means your police force wasn't working.

Det betyder din politistyrke ikke fungere.

The court system wasn't functioning properly.

Domstolene fungerede ikke ordenligt.

So what was a business man in the brave new world

Så hvad skulle en forretningsmand, i denne favre nye verden

of East European capitalism going to do

af østeuropæisk kapitalisme gøre,

to make sure that his contracts would be honored?

for at sikre sig at hans aftaler ville blive respekteret?

Well, he would turn to people who were called, rather prosaically

Tja, han ville henvende sig til folk man, ganske nøgternt af sociologer, kaldte for

by sociologists, privatized law enforcement agencies.

privatiserede organisationer af retshåndhævelse.

We prefer to know them as the mafia.

Vi foretrækker at kalde dem mafiaen.

And in Bulgaria, the mafia was soon joined

Og i Bulgarien blev mafiaen hurtigt forenet

with 14,000 people

med 14 tusind mennesker

who were sacked from their jobs in the security services

der var blevet fyret fra deres job i sikkerhedsvæsenet

between 1989 and 1991.

mellem 1989 og 1991.

Now, when your state is collapsing,

Når nu ens stat kollapser,

your economy is heading south at a rate of knots,

og ens økonomi forsvinder som dug for solen,

the last people you want coming on to the labor market

er de sidste du ønsker på arbejdsmarkedet

are 14,000 men and women whose chief skills

de 14 tusind mænd og kvinder, hvis spidskompetence

are surveillance,

er overvågning,

are smuggling, building underground networks

smugleri, opbygning af undergrundsnetværk,

and killing people.

og lejemord.

But that's what happened all over Eastern Europe.

Men det var hvad der foregik i hele Østeuropa.

Now, when I was working in the 1990s,

Da jeg arbejdede i 1990erne

I spent most of the time covering

brugte jeg det meste af min tid på at dække

the appalling conflict in Yugoslavia.

den forfærdelige konflikt i Jugoslavien.

And I couldn't help notice

Jeg kunne ikke lade være med at bemærke

that the people who were perpetrating the appalling atrocities,

at de mennesker som udførte de forfærdelige grusomheder,

the paramilitary organizations,

de paramilitære organisationer,

were actually the same people running

faktisk var de samme personer som styrede

the organized criminal syndicates.

de organiserede kriminalle organisationer

And I came to think that behind the violence

Og jeg kom til at tænke på, at bag ved volden

lay a sinister criminal enterprise.

lå et koldt kriminelt foretagende.

And so I resolved to travel around the world

Og så besluttede jeg mig for at rejse rundt i verden,

examining this global criminal underworld

for at undersøge denne globale kriminelle underverden

by talking to policemen,

ved at snakke med politibetjente,

by talking to victims, by talking to consumers

ved at snakke med ofre, ved at snakke med forbrugerne

of illicit goods and services.

af illegale varer og tjenester.

But above all else, by talking to the gangsters themselves.

Men frem for alt, ved at snakke med gangsterne selv.

And the Balkans was a fabulous place to start.

Og Balkan-landene var et fabelagtigt sted at starte.

Why? Well of course

Hvorfor? Selvfølgelig fordi

there was the issue of law and order collapsing,

der var problemerne med kollapset af lov og orden.

but also, as they say in the retail trade,

Men også, som de siger i detailhandlen,

it's location, location, location.

handler det om placering, placering, placering.

And what I noticed at the beginning of my research

Og hvad jeg bemærkede i begyndelsen af min efterforskning,

that the Balkans had turned into a vast transit zone

var at Balkan-landene var blevet til et kæmpe transitområde

for illicit goods and services coming from all over the world.

for illegale varer og tjenester fra alverdens lande.

Heroin, cocaine,

Heroin, kokain,

women being trafficked into prostitution

kvinder der bliver solgt videre til prostitution

and precious minerals.

og værdifulde mineraler.

And where were they heading?

Og hvor var de på vej hen?

The European Union, which by now

EU, der på dette tidspunkt

was beginning to reap the benefits of globalization,

var begyndt at høste fordelene ved globaliseringen.

transforming it into

Forvandlet til

the most affluent consumer market in history,

det mest velhavende forbrugermarked i historien.

eventually comprising some 500 million people.

Endeligt bestående af omkring 500 millioner mennesker.

And a significant minority

Og et betydeligt mindretal

of those 500 million people

af disse 500 millioner mennesker

like to spend some of their leisure time and spare cash

ynder at bruge deres fritid og sparepenge på at

sleeping with prostitutes,

have sex med prostituerede,

sticking 50 Euro notes up their nose

stikke 50€-sedler op i næsen

and employing illegal migrant laborers.

og ansætte illegale indvandrere.

Now, organized crime in a globalizing world

Organiseret kriminalitet i en globaliseret verden

operates in the same way as any other business.

opererer op samme måde som enhver anden forretning.

It has zones of production,

Det har produktionsområder,

like Afghanistan and Columbia.

såsom Afghanistan og Columbia.

It has zones of distribution,

Det har distributionsområder,

like Mexico and the Balkans.

såsom Mexico og Balkan.

And then, of course, it has zones of consumption,

Og, selvfølgelig, forbrugerområder,

like the European Union, Japan

som for eksempel EU, Japan

and of course, the United States.

og selvfølgelig de Forende Stater.

The zones of production and distribution

Produktions- og distributionsområderne

tend to lie in the developing world,

har en tendens til at ligge i udviklingslande.

and they are often threatened by appalling violence

Og de er ofte truet af en forfærdelig vold

and bloodshed.

og blodsudgydelse.

Take Mexico, for example.

Kig for eksempel på Mexico.

Six thousand people killed there in the last 18 months

Her blev seks tusind mennesker dræbt i de seneste 18 måneder

as a direct consequence of the cocaine trade.

som en direkte konsekvens af kokainhandlen.

But what about the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Og hvad med den Demokratiske Republik Congo?

Since 1998, five million people have died there.

Siden 1998 er fem millioner mennesker dræbt her.

It's not a conflict you read about much in the newspapers,

Det er ikke en konflikt man læser så meget om i aviserne.

but it's the biggest conflict on this planet

Men det er den største konflikt på denne planet

since the Second World War.

siden Anden Verdenskrig.

And why is it? Because mafias from all around the world

Og hvorfor er det så? Fordi alverdens mafiaer

cooperate with local paramilitaries

samarbejder med lokale paramilitære grupper

in order to seize the supplies

for at kunne beslaglægge forsyningerne

of the rich mineral resources

af de kostbare mineraler

of the region.

i regionen.

In the year 2000, 80 percent of the world's coltan

I år 2000 var 80 procent af verdens coltan

was sourced to the killing fields

forbundet med slagmarkerne

of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

i den østlige del af den Demokratiske Republik Congo.

Now, coltan you will find in almost every mobile phone,

Coltan man nu finder i næsten hver eneste mobiltelefon,

in almost every laptop

i næsten hver eneste bærbare

and games console.

og spillekonsol.

The Congolese war lords were selling this stuff to the mafia

De congolanske krigsherrer solgte disse mineraler til mafiaen

in exchange for weapons,

i bytte med våben.

and the mafia would then sell it on to Western markets.

Og mafiaen solgte det videre til de vestlige markeder.

And it is this Western desire

Og det er dette vestlige begær

to consume

efter at forbruge

that is the primary driver

det er den primære drivkraft

of international organized crime.

bag international organiseret kriminalitet.

Now, let me show you some of my friends in action,

Nu vil jeg gerne vise nogle af mine venner i aktion,

caught conveniently on film by the Italian police,

belejligt nok fanget på video af det italienske politi,

and smuggling duty-not-paid cigarettes.

i færd med at smugle banderolefri cigaretter.

Now, cigarettes out the factory gate are very cheap.

Cigaretter købt direkte fra fabrikken er meget billige.

The European Union then imposes the highest taxes on them in the world.

EU pålægger dem herefter nogle af de højeste skatter i verden.

So if you can smuggle them into the E.U.,

Hvis du kan smugle dem in i EU

there are very handsome profits to be made,

kan der vindes et meget store profiter.

and I want to show you this to demonstrate

Og jeg vil gerne vise jer dette for at demonstrere

the type of resources available to these groups.

de ressourcer der er tilgængelige for disse grupper.

This boat is worth one million Euros when it's new.

Denne båd er en million euro værd fra ny.

And it's the fastest thing on European waters.

Og det er den hurtigste i de europæiske farvande.

From 1994, for seven years,

Fra 1994, dvs. i syv år,

20 of these boats

har 20 af disse både

made the trip across the Adriatic,

klaret turen på tværs af Adriaterhavet,

from Montenegro to Italy, every single night.

fra Montenegro til Italien, hver eneste nat.

And as a consequence of this trade,

Og som konsekvens af denne handel,

Britain alone lost eight billion dollars in revenue.

mistede Storbritannien alene 8 milliarder dollars i indtægter.

And instead that money went to underwrite the wars in Yugoslavia

Og i stedet for er de penge brugt til at sponsorere krigene i Jugoslavien

and line the pockets of unscrupulous individuals.

og fyldt lommerne hos skruppelløse individer.

Now Italian police, when this trade started,

Det italienske politi, da denne trafik startede,

had just two boats which could go at the same speed.

havde kun to både, som kunne sejle med samme hastighed.

And this is very important, because the only way you can catch these guys

Og det er meget vigtigt, fordi den eneste måde du kan fange disse folk

is if they run out of gas.

er hvis de løber tør for benzin.

Sometimes the gangsters would bring with them

Nogen gange medbragte disse gangstere

women being trafficked into prostitution,

kvinder som blev trafficked til prostitution,

and if the police intervened, they would hurl

og hvis politiet blander sig, vil de smide

the women into the sea

kvinderne i havet

so that the police had to go and save them from drowning,

så politiet må redde dem fra at drukne,

rather than chasing the bad guys.

i stedet for at forfølge de slemme drenge.

So I have shown you this to demonstrate

Jeg har vist jer dette for at demonstrere

how many boats, how many vessels it takes

hvor mange både, hvor mange fartøjer, der skal til for

to catch one of these guys.

for at fange bare en af disse både.

And the answer is six vessels.

Og svaret er seks fartøjer.

And remember, 20 of these speed boats

Og husk, 20 af disse speedbåde

were coming across the Adriatic

sejler over Adriaterhavet

every single night.

hver eneste nat.

So what were these guys doing with all the money they were making?

Så hvad går disse fyre med de penge de tjener?

Well, this is where we come to globalization,

Well, det er her vi kommer til globalisering,

because that was not just the deregulation of global trade.

fordi det var ikke kun deregulering af global handel.

It was the liberalization of international financial markets.

De var liberalisering af de internationale finansielle markeder

And boy, did that make it easy

Hold kæft - gjorde det det nemt

for the money launderers.

for pengevaskerne.

The last two decades have been the champagne era

De sidste to årtier har været Champagneårene

for dirty lucre.

for beskidte handler.

In the 1990s, we saw financial centers around the world

I 1990'erne, så vi de finansielle centre i verden

competing for their business,

konkurrere om deres forretninger,

and there was simply no effective mechanism

og der var simpelthen ingen effektive mekanismer

to prevent money laundering.

til at forhindre pengevask.

And a lot of licit banks were also happy

Og mange legale banker var også mere end glade

to accept deposits

for at acceptere indskud

from very dubious sources

fra mere tvivlsomme kilder

without questions being asked.

uden at stille spørgsmål.

But at the heart of this, is the offshore banking network.

Men i hjertet af det hele, er offshore banknetværk.

Now these things

Disse ting

are an essential part of the money laundering parade,

er en essentiel del af pengevaskning,

and if you want to do something about illegal tax evasion

og hvis man ønsker at gøre noget med illegal skatteunddragelse

and transnational organized crime, money laundering,

og transnational organiseret kriminalitet, pengevask,

you have to get rid of them.

må man gøre det af med dem.

On a positive note, we at last have someone in the White House

På den positive side, vi har i det mindste en i det Hvide Hus

who has consistently spoken out

som konsekvent har talt imod

against these corrosive entities.

disse nedbrydende elementer.

And if anyone is concerned about what I believe

Og hvis nogen bekymrer sig om hvad jeg tror

is the necessity for

er nødvendigt for

new legislation, regulation, effective regulation,

ny lovgivning, regulering, effektiv regulering,

I say, let's take a look at Bernie Madoff,

Jeg siger, lad os kaste et blik på Bernie Madoff,

who is now going to be spending the rest of his life in jail.

som kommer til at tilbringe resten af sine dage i fængsel.

Bernie Madoff stole 65 billion dollars.

Bernie Madoff stjal 65 milliarder dollars.

That puts him up there on the Olympus of gangsters

Hvilket placerer ham oppe på Olympen af gangstere

with the Colombian cartels

sammen med de Colombianske karteller

and the major Russian crime syndicates,

and de største russiske mafia karteller,

but he did this for decades

men han gjorde dette igennem årtier

in the very heart of Wall Street,

lige i hjertet af Wall Street,

and no regulator picked up on it.

og ingen myndighed fattede mistanke om det.

So how many other Madoffs are there on Wall Street

Så hvor mange Madoff'er er der ude i Wall Street

or in the city of London,

eller i City of London,

fleecing ordinary folk

plyndrer almindelige mennesker

and money laundering?

og vasker penge?

Well I can tell you, it's quite a few of them.

Jeg kan fortælle jer, der er faktisk en hel del af dem.

Let me go on to the 101 of international organized crime now.

Jeg vil nu skifte til nr 1. indenfor international organiseret kriminalitet lige nu.

And that is narcotics. Our second marijuana farm photograph for the morning.

Og det er narkotika. Her er vores andet fotografi af en marihuana farm denne morgen.

This one, however, is in central British Columbia

Denne, er fra det centrale British Columbia [Canada]

where I photographed it.

hvor jeg fotograferede den.

It's one of the tens of thousands

Den er en af titusinde

of mom-and-pop grow-ops in B.C.

familiebrug i B.C.

which ensure that over five percent

som sikrer at over fem procent

of the province's GDP is accounted for by this trade.

af den delstats BNP kommer fra denne handel.

Now, I was taken by inspector Brian Cantera,

Jeg fulgtes med kommissær Brian Canera

of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,

fra det kongelige canadiske beredne politi,

to a cavernous warehouse east of Vancouver

til et huleagtigt lagersted øst for Vancouver

to see some of the goods which are regularly confiscated

for at se nogle af de varer som jævnligt konfiskeres

by the RCMP

af politiet

from the smugglers who are sending it,

fra de smuglere som sender det,

of course, down south to the United States

selvfølgeligt, sydpå til USA

where there is an insatiable market

hvor der er et umætteligt marked

for B.C. Bud, as it's called,

for B.C. pot, som det er kaldet

in part because it's marketed as organic,

delvist fordi det markedsføres som økologisk,

which of course goes down very well in California.

hvilket selvfølgeligt sælger godt i Californien.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Applause)

(Bifald)

Now, even by the police's admission,

Nå, selv efter politiets mening,

this makes not a dent in the profits, really,

tager dette ikke en brøkdel af profitten, faktisk,

of the major exporters.

fra de store eksportører.

Since the beginning of globalization,

Siden begyndelsen af globaliseringen

the global narcotics market has expanded enormously.

har det globale narkomarked ekspanderet enormt.

There has, however, been no concomitant increase

Men der har ikke været nogen tilsvarende forøgelse

in the resources available

af de ressourcer som er tilgængelige

to police forces.

for politiet.

This, however, may all be about to change,

Dette, måske, vil måske ændrer sig,

because something very strange is going on.

fordi noget mærkeligt er i gang.

The United Nations recognized

De Forende Nationer anerkender

earlier this -- it was last month actually --

- tidligere - det var sidste måned faktisk -

that Canada has become a key area of distribution and production

at Canada er blevet et af hovedområderne for distribution og produktion

of ecstasy and other synthetic drugs.

af ecstasy og anden syntetisk narkotika.

Interestingly, the market share

Interessant nok, så er markedsandelen

of heroin and cocaine is going down,

for heroin og kokain på vej ned,

because the pills are getting ever better at reproducing their highs.

fordi syntetiske piller er blevet bedre til genskabe deres rus.

Now that is a game changer,

Dette er lidt af en game-changer,

because it shifts production away from the developing world

fordi det skifter produktionen væk fra udviklingslandene

and into the Western world.

ind i den vestlige verden.

When that happens, it is a trend

Når dette sker er det en trend

which is set to overwhelm our policing capacity in the West.

som vil overrumple vores kapacitet for at håndhæve loven i vesten.

The drugs policy which we've had in place for 40 years

Narkopolitikken som vi har haft de sidste 40 år,

is long overdue for a very serious rethink,

har længe trængt til et seriøst serviceeftersyn.

in my opinion.

Efter min mening.

Now, the recession.

Tilbage til recessionen.

Well, organized crime has already adapted

Den organiserede kriminalitet har allerede tilpasset

very well to the recession.

sig virkeligt godt til recessionen.

Not surprising, the most opportunistic industry

Ikke overraskende, den mest opportunistiske industri

in the whole world.

i hele verden.

And it has no rules to its regulatory system.

Og den har ingen regler for dens funktion.

Except, of course, it has two business risks:

Bortset, selvfølgeligt, den har to risici:

arrest by law enforcement,

Arrestation af politiet,

which is, frankly, the least of their worries,

hvilket ærligt, er den mindste af deres bekymringer,

and competition from other groups,

og konkurrence fra andre grupper,

i.e. a bullet in the back of the head.

dvs. en kugle i baghovedet.

What they've done is they've shifted their operations.

Hvad de har gjort er at de har skiftet deres operationer.

People don't smoke as much dope, or visit prostitutes quite so frequently

Folk ryger mindre pot , besøger sjældnere prostituerede

during a recession.

i krisetider.

And so instead, they have invaded financial

Så i stedet for har de invaderet finansiel

and corporate crime in a big way,

og forretningsmæssig kriminalitet i den store stil,

but above all, two sectors,

men over alt, to sektorer,

and that is counterfeit goods

og det er smuglervarer

and cybercrime.

og cyberkriminalitet.

And it's been terribly successful.

Og de har været forfærdeligt succesfulde.

I would like to introduce you to Mr. Pringle.

Jeg vil introducerer jer for Mr. Pringle.

Or perhaps I should say, more accurately, Señor Pringle.

Eller må jeg sige for at være mere præcis, Señor Pringle.

I was introduced to this bit of kit by a Brazilian cybercriminal.

Jeg var introduceret til dette stykke værktøj af en brasiliansk cyberkriminel.

We sat in a car on the Avenue Paulista

Vi sad i en bil på Avenue Paulista

in São Paulo, together.

i São Paulo, sammen.

Hooked it up to my laptop,

Forbandt den til min laptop,

and within about five minutes he had penetrated

og indenfor fem minutter havde han trængt

the computer security system

ind i computer sikkerhedssystemet

of a major Brazilian bank.

i en større brasiliansk bank.

It's really not that difficult.

Det er faktisk ikke så svært.

And it's actually much easier because

Og det er faktisk meget lettere fordi

the fascinating thing about cybercrime

det fascinerende ved cyberkriminalitet

is that it's not so much the technology.

er at det ikke så meget handler om teknologi.

The key to cybercrime is what we call social engineering.

Nøglen til cyberkriminalitet er hvad vi kalder social engineering.

Or to use the technical term for it,

Eller for at bruge den tekniske betegnelse for det

there's one born every minute.

der fødes et fjols hvert minut.

You would not believe how easy it is

I vil ikke tro på hvor let det er

to persuade people to do things with their computers

at overtale folk til at gøre ting med deres computere

which are objectively not in their interest.

som objektivt ikke er i deres interesse.

And it was very soon

Og det skete meget hurtigt

when the cybercriminals learned that the quickest way to do this,

da de cyberkriminelle lærte at den hurtigste måde at gøre det på,

of course, the quickest way to a person's wallet

selvfølgeligt, den hurtigste vej til en persons tegnebog,

is through the promise of sex and love.

er gennem løftet om sex og kærlighed.

I expect some of you remember the ILOVEYOU virus,

Jeg regner med at I husker ILOVEYOU virusen,

one of the very great worldwide viruses that came.

en af den verdensomspændende virusangreb.

I was very fortunate when the ILOVEYOU virus came out,

Jeg var så heldig at da ILOVEYOU virusen bredte sig,

because the first person I received it from

fordi den første person jeg modtog den fra

was an ex-girlfriend of mine.

var en af mine ekskærester.

Now, she harbored all sorts of sentiments and emotions towards me at the time,

Hun havde alle slags følelser og meninger om mig på det tidspunkt,

but love was not amongst them.

men kærlighed var ikke en af dem.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

And so as soon as I saw this drop into my inbox,

Og ligeså snart jeg så den i min inbox,

I dispatched it hastily to the recycle bin

flyttede jeg den til min affaldsspand

and spared myself a very nasty infection.

og sparede mig selv for en grim infektion.

So, cybercrime, do watch out for it.

Så cyberkriminalitet, værd på vagt over for det.

One thing that we do know that the Internet is doing

En af de ting vi ved Internettet gør,

is the Internet is assisting these guys.

er at Internettet hjælper disse fyrer.

These are mosquitos who carry the malarial parasite

Dette er myg som bærer på malariaparasitten,

which infests our blood when the mosy has had a free meal

som inficerer vores blod mens den får et gratis måltid

at our expense.

på vores bekostning.

Now, Artesunate is a very effective drug

Nu, Artesunate er et meget effektivt lægemiddel

at destroying the parasite in the early days

og ødelægger parasitten i den tidlige stadier

of infection.

af infektionen.

But over the past year or so,

Men i løbet af de sidste år eller der omkring

researchers in Cambodia have discovered

har forskere i Cambodia opdaget

that what's happening is

at hvad der sker er

the malarial parasite is developing a resistance.

at malaria parasitten udvikler resistens.

And they fear that the reason why it's developing a resistance

Og det frygter at grunden til at den udvikler resistens er

is because Cambodians can't afford the drugs on the commercial market,

fordi cambodianerne ikke har råd til medicinen på det kommercielle marked,

and so they buy it from the Internet.

så de køber det på internettet.

And these pills contain only low doses

Og disse piler indeholder kun lave doser

of the active ingredient.

af det aktive stof.

Which is why

Hvilket er grunden til

the parasite is beginning to develop a resistance.

at parasitten er begyndt at udvikle resistens.

The reason I say this

Grunden til jeg siger dette

is because we have to know

er fordi vi skal vide at

that organized crime

organiseret kriminalitet

impacts all sorts of areas of our lives.

påvirker alle områder af vores liv.

You don't have to sleep with prostitutes

Du behøver ikke at ligge i med prostituerede

or take drugs

eller tage narkotika

in order to have a relationship with organized crime.

for at have forbindelse til den organiserede kriminalitet.

They affect our bank accounts.

De påvirker vores bankkontoer.

They affect our communications, our pension funds.

De påvirker vores kommunikation, vores pensionsopsparinger.

They even affect the food that we eat

De påvirker selv den mad vi spiser

and our governments.

og vores regeringer.

This is no longer an issue

Det er ikke længere et problem med

of Sicilians from Palermo and New York.

sicilianere fra Palermo eller New York.

There is no romance involved with gangsters

Der er ingen romantik forbundet med gangstere

in the 21st Century.

i det 21 århundrede.

This is a mighty industry,

Det er en mægtig industri,

and it creates instability and violence

som skaber ustabilitet og vold

wherever it goes.

alle steder den er.

It is a major economic force

Der er en stor økonomisk faktor

and we need to take it very, very seriously.

som vi er nødt til at tage meget, meget seriøst.

It's been a privilege talking to you.

Det har været et privilegie at tale med jer.

Thank you very much.

Mange tak.

(Applause)

(Bifald)