From fraud and ransomware to drug trafficking: according to Europol, the internet has become the main arena for serious crime. The enemy: encryption.

The European Union’s law enforcement agency is warning that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes intertwined with state-sponsored destabilization efforts.

Europol issued a warning Tuesday about organized crime groups increasingly using artificial intelligence to power their criminal operations.