OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – It’s being used in health care, manufacturing and finance among other industries, but also poses increasing dangers.
Technology and innovation are changing how law enforcement works to keep us safe.
“We realize we can’t just sort of stand at our border keeping crime out of our country,” said Eugene Kowel, FBI special agent in charge of the Omaha Field Office. “The way crime is now, the way it’s evolved, our goal is to take cases from local to global, work our way back to where there’s cartel leaders. Whether it’s the fraudsters in another country that are targeting our senior citizens, whether it’s cyber criminals hacking into our ATMs, whatever the issue is.”
FBI adjusts to worldwide threat
Kowel said criminals are increasingly using emerging technology and the bureau is adjusting to the threat on a worldwide basis…