VaaS "Violence-as-a-service"

[SluthingAintEasy]

Wondering about others opinions or information on VaaS "Violence-as-a-service" . I posted a link from EUROPOL. There are other articles that talk about a shift from organized crime to activism and political violence in other countries. 8 countries have started VaaS task forces to combat it. There is reports from the FBI and U.S. law enforcement agencies, including the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), are actively tracking and warning the public about VaaS. I never heard about it until yesterday when I was researching crime in other countries. It seems like it is not known or talked about in the US as far as the possibility of it being an threat. I was just wondering if anyone else knows anything.

From instigator to perpetrator: how violence‑as‑a‑service operates – Young adults with no criminal record are increasingly recruited to carry out violent attacks | Europol

From the mastermind abroad to the teenager sent to carry out the attack, violence‑as‑a‑service relies on a chain of criminal roles. Europol’s Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM sets out who is who in this process, and where young people are drawn into committing violent crimes.

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