Interpol Is Entering The Metaverse

Interpol is now policing the metaverse.
The police organization has a virtual reality training for law enforcement personnel.

The world’s largest international police organization Interpol, has established a presence in the metaverse world in anticipation of increasing growing crime. Earlier this Thursday, Interpol announced a virtual reality training for law enforcement personnel working inside the metaverse at its 90th Interpol General Assembly session in New Delhi, India.

Interpol hires over 1,000 workers who operate a secure communications channel, for cross border coordination of millions of law enforcement officers working in 195 countries. The assembly in New Delhi had the chance to experience the virtual grounds with VR headsets, while registered users can also have a look. Its cloud is secure and provides storage for its metaverse to ensure neutrality. Users can interact with one another with their avatars and participate in virtual training on topics like forensic investigations.

INTERPOL has entered the #Metaverse 👾 https://t.co/k6OrS7SPZs pic.twitter.com/H5DbNuU8gc

— INTERPOL (@INTERPOL_HQ) October 20, 2022

The top global crimes listed in Interpol was money laundering, phishing, ransomware and online scams such as threats, this is according to 60% opinion of people. Crimes have been increasing online and that is including avatar-based social settings. Interpol expects crimes to increase especially with the growth in metaverse usage.

Currently, the police organization is collaborating with the World Economic Forum (WEF), Facebook and Microsoft parent company (Meta) on a mission to define and govern metaverse communities.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) launched its own metaverse initiative at its 2022 annual meeting in Davos. It will recommend frameworks for governing metaverse interactions and will also propose methods for growing the social and economic value of virtual worlds.

The WEF has expressed concern over social engineering attacks before, also extremism and misinformation spreading through metaverse social settings. Interpol added its concerns about potential crimes against children, financial crimes, cyberattacks, sexual assault, and harassment.

Interpol has announced a new Expert Group to ensure the security of metaverse properties. It has showed its interest in studying virtual reality and understanding its risks and opportunities from a law enforcement perspective. Interpol will use the lessons its officers learn to improve its ability to enforce law within the metaverse.