Enter the Metaverse: Interpol is Joining the Metaverse

The metaverse doesn’t only have social media companies intrigued. Interpol is embracing the concept too.

During its 70th General Assembly in New Delhi, India, the International Criminal Police Organization, popularly referred to as Interpol, unveiled its novel adaptation of the metaverse.

While the metaverse is enjoying rapid adoption, it has mostly been geared towards gaming and work with little to no interest from law enforcement. Interpol is taking a big step to change that. The idea is to ensure law enforcement agencies around the world are equipped with knowledge of technology that’s very likely to be a key iteration of the internet.

Interpol says “metaverse opens up new world of cybercrime”

From digital identity theft to online harassment, law enforcement has always had to play catch up with digital crimes. Unfortunately, even before new technologies go mainstream, criminals and bad actors typically have their footprints on them. Things aren’t any different with the metaverse. Although still in its infant stages, there are already reports of sexual harassment and several forms of crimes on metaverse platforms.

Reference: Interpol