Criminals are increasingly exploiting networks where the tools and services to commit crimes can be outsourced and bought online, a parliamentary inquiry into combating crime as a service is expected to hear.
The model - used by organised crime networks - decentralises criminal capabilities, making attribution and disruption more difficult.
Dark web marketplaces and encrypted communication channels allow the sale and transaction of criminal services to flourish, with police unable to keep pace.
A parliamentary committee on Friday will probe the challenges Australian law enforcement face in combating the sophisticated model.
In submissions made ahead of the inquiry, the Australian Federal Police has called for an amended legislative framework they say is no longer fit for purpose.
Crime as a service networks were highly resilient and difficult for law enforcement to disrupt, the force said.
