{
  "id": 12438,
  "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/un-report-southeast-asia-crime-tech-global-illicit-economy",
  "title": "U.N. reports Southeast Asia’s criminal networks are using tech to build a global illicit economy",
  "summary": "Scams caused an estimated $88.3 billion to $114.1 billion in losses last year as criminal groups increasingly turned to AI, deepfakes, and cryptocurrency.",
  "authors": "The Associated Press",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "jobs-economy,misinformation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-21T21:19:41.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-22T05:10:49.469Z",
  "source_slug": "x-fortune-ai",
  "source_name": "Fortune AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://fortune.com/section/artificial-intelligence/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/12438",
  "original_url": "https://fortune.com/2026/07/21/un-report-southeast-asia-crime-tech-global-illicit-economy",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}