> "Not only that but, really distressingly, the funds that come in from paid ransoms fund other forms of organised crime, like human trafficking and child explo

> "Not only that but, really distressingly, the funds that come in from paid ransoms fund other forms of organised crime, like human trafficking and child exploitation." Not really. Those things either fund themselves or their divisions get shut down within the criminal organization. Paid ransoms mostly fund luxury sports cars and vacation homes. Source: I'm a Russian mob boss and ransomware is highly segmented from the rest of my rackets.