The short version

Bob Hoffman predicted on April 11, 2025: “According to the World Federation of Advertisers, in 2025 ad fraud may become the second largest source of criminal income in the world after drug trafficking” Verdict: Still evolving. The 2025 test window has closed. No authoritative global ranking of criminal income (UNODC, Interpol) confirms or refutes the World Federation of Advertisers' claim…

Prediction by

Bob Hoffman

On April 11, 2025

“According to the World Federation of Advertisers, in 2025 ad fraud may become the second largest source of criminal income in the world after drug trafficking”

Follow-up

The 2025 test window has closed. No authoritative global ranking of criminal income (UNODC, Interpol) confirms or refutes the World Federation of Advertisers' claim that ad fraud became the second-largest source of criminal income after drug trafficking. Treat as an unverifiable advocacy stat: widely repeated, never formally measured.

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