A new Interpol cyberthreat report found that cybercrime now accounts for more than 30 per cent of all recorded crime in over half of the countries surveyed across Asia and the South Pacific.

A new Interpol assessment finds cybercrime now makes up around 30% of recorded crime in much of Asia, with scam centres generating close to $40bn a year.

Of the 18 Interpol members that responded to the Asian survey, more than half reported that cybercrime made up 30 per cent of all offences.