'mafia-style gangs are long gone - new organised crime groups threaten national security'

Organised crime is now so advanced it threatens national resilience and international stability,according to a new paper (Picture: Emily Manley,Metro.co.uk)

A spy-style alliance is needed to eliminate organised crime groups that have grown so sophisticated they now threaten Britain’s national security,according to new research. 

The UK should lead the formation of a Five Eyes-inspired group of trusted states that share intelligence and jointly tackle the networks,according to the Tony Blair Institute (TBI). 

Among the recommendations being put forward by the TBI today is greater use of the latest technology including AI and honeytrap operations in dismantling entire transnational operations such as drug and people trafficking,illegal arms sales and fraud. 

Ruthless mob bosses have been replaced by encrypted networks and ‘crime for hire’,while law enforcement in the UK has not kept pace,according to the think-tank.

Alexander Iosad,the TBI’s director of government innovation policy,told Metro: ‘The mafia-style,hierarchical model of organised crime is long gone; organised crime groups (OCGs) are networks with a reach far beyond the borders of any one country.  

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