European Parliamentary Research Service

Artificial intelligence and crime.

Martina Prpic from the European Parliamentary Research Service explores how AI is transforming crime and law enforcement.

On the one hand, AI has lowered barriers to some forms of crime and made offenders' activities more sophisticated and far-reaching.

In some cases, it has also let criminals distance themselves from their acts, which makes it harder to link them to those crimes and prosecute them.

The numbers are staggering.

The European Parliament Research Service described the event as involving around 80,000 people.

Spanish government statements referred to approximately 70,000.

80,000 people into a city of 85,000.