Enhancing International Collaboration Against Scams

Enhancing international collaboration against scams (co-hosted by the UK and Google)

Room: R347

Time: 11:00 to 12:00, 26 October 2025

Organizer: FCDO – UK

Spearker list:
– Fran Dowling, UK Home Office (moderator)
– Lien Nguyen, Google, APAC Scams Policy Lead
– Nima Binara, Google, Legal Counsel
– Larissa Schneider Caiza, Brazil Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Cyber Defense and Security Division
– Louise Taylor, GI-TOC, APAC Director
– Adewale Ogundele, INTERPOL, IFCACC Senior Coordinator
– John Brandolino, UNODC, Director, Division for Treaty Affairs

Exhibition Description: This roundtable will be co-hosted by the UK and Google, and aims to: 
– Deepen understanding of the global state and nature of scams & frauds and the structural challenges it presents in the current digital ecosystem.   Underscore the role of organised crime in operating scams transnationally, and foster buy-in for effective international cooperation and public-private partnerships to tackle this threat to our societies and economies.
– Explore good practices to fight scams, such as the transformative potential of AI to address long-standing cybersecurity challenges and create new paradigms for security and software development. 
– Identify key areas for cooperation and enforcement that will enable a secure future for citizens. 
The UK will provide an overview of scams as a global threat and the UK’s national and international fraud strategy to combat it, including the lead up to the UNODC-INTERPOL Global Fraud Summit on 16-17 March 2026.
Google will provide their perspective on the state of scams, including how they tackle fraud and industry best practices, the important of international cooperation against scams and organised crime; and practical policy recommendations (including those for data sharing).

Side Event Description: The spread of online scams & fraud has become a major concern for Internet users and Governments around the world. Online fraud activities also caused losses of up to 394 million USD to the economy (2023), and it is estimated to cost as much as 1 trillion USD annually worldwide (GASA 2023). The phenomenon of online fraud has become even more pressing in early 2025, with many cases recorded and warned on mass media channels. It has now become an economic and social threat, affecting all communities around the world, and particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Tackling fraud requires a unified and co-ordinated response from government, law enforcement and the private sector to better protect the public and businesses from fraud.

This roundtable will be co-hosted by the UK and Google, and aims to: 
– Deepen understanding of the global state and nature of scams & frauds and the structural challenges it presents in the current digital ecosystem.   Underscore the role of organised crime in operating scams transnationally, and foster buy-in for effective international cooperation and public-private partnerships to tackle this threat to our societies and economies.
– Explore good practices to fight scams, such as the transformative potential of AI to address long-standing cybersecurity challenges and create new paradigms for security and software development. 
– Identify key areas for cooperation and enforcement that will enable a secure future for citizens. 

The UK will provide an overview of scams as a global threat and the UK’s national and international fraud strategy to combat it, including the lead up to the UNODC-INTERPOL Global Fraud Summit on 16-17 March 2026.
Google will provide their perspective on the state of scams, including how they tackle fraud and industry best practices, the important of international cooperation against scams and organised crime; and practical policy recommendations (including those for data sharing).

Expected Participants: 71-100 people