INTERPOL has stated that registered users might visit a virtual office at the organization's General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France, using the fully functional metaverse. There are neither physical nor geographical borders in this. By using their avatars, users may communicate with other authorities. Users may conduct even immersive training sessions for forensic investigation and other police talents.
The metaverse cops
The metaverse is built for law enforcement worldwide, claims INTERPOL (1) Global forces will be able to interact with other officers through their avatars. It appears that INTERPOL wants to prepare for potential future metaverse growth. The executive director of technology and innovation at Interpol is Madan Oberoi. Every facet of our everyday lives might be altered by the metaverse, which would profoundly affect law enforcement. According to Oberoi, there is only one method for the authorities to comprehend how criminals operate in this brand-new virtual world. We must encounter the metaverse for the cops to comprehend it.
INTERPOL has entered the #Metaverse 👾 https://t.co/k6OrS7SPZs pic.twitter.com/H5DbNuU8gc
— INTERPOL (@INTERPOL_HQ) October 20, 2022
Crime in virtual worlds is on the rise
The most recent Global Criminality Trends report (2) from INTERPOL indicates that as the rate of digitalization picks up, crime has increasingly shifted online. The possible crimes will likely include crimes against minors, data theft, money laundering, financial fraud, counterfeiting, ransomware, phishing, sexual assault, and harassment as the metaverse's user base expands and the technology advances. When the international body's roundtable posed a question, the metaverse for global policing was born. How can law enforcement maintain community safety and uphold the law? People are communicating in novel ways.
The newest pattern among police departments?
The creation of a metaverse by a police agency is not unique to INTERPOL. A section of the Dubai police just established its metaverse police. So, the query is still open. Is it even a crime if anything bad happens in the metaverse? Does the metaverse require the police force? The most crucial query of all is: Will metaverse police apprehend Do Kwon?
