Pakistan, Sept. 29 -- A new global blueprint for tackling fast-evolving crime has been adopted at the UN's largest gathering on crime prevention and criminal justice, which opened in Abu Dhabi with a call for stronger international cooperation.

The Abu Dhabi Declaration was adopted by acclamation at the opening of the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, bringing governments together around challenges ranging from cybercrime and fraud to the growing criminal exploitation of digital technology.

The Declaration highlights an increasingly complex landscape in which services, infrastructure and technology can be exploited by criminals, including emerging trends described as "crime as a service" and "violenc...