Artificial Intelligence and Investigations of Illegal 3D Printed Weapons
In many ways, firearms created with 3D printers are the perfect weapons for criminals, especially if they reside in countries with strict gun laws. These 3D printed guns have no registration, no serial numbers, and no documentation in the traditional sense. Since they are created one small layer of filament at a time, in the […]
Opportunities, limits and myths of Artificial Intelligence in the fight against crime
With non-invasive solutions, legal precedents and global trend signals, authorities and organizations already have a clear and safe path to apply Artificial Intelligence in crime prevention, forensic investigations and corporate governance. Corruption, environmental damage, money laundering, fraud, extortion and other criminal modalities already well-known and typified today gain scale with cyber-attacks, the on-demand formation of […]
Accelerating Law Enforcement Investigations with Investigative Analytics
As the “information age” continues to expand the range, depth, and communication of information and digital data, virtually every aspect of modern law enforcement has found value in applying investigative data analytics. Law enforcement, intelligence and security agencies, private companies, and other non-governmental organizations have varying authorities and requirements for their investigations and analytic requirements, […]
Using Artificial Intelligence to Prevent Lone Wolf Attacks
Violence against civilians is always disturbing and disruptive. This is what gives terrorism its power over a population, as unpredictable aggression threatens a society’s fundamental sense of calm and normalcy. For much of the 21st Century, the public fear focused on organized terrorism, planned attacks by centralized groups with top-down recruitment and operations. Global agencies […]
The Unique Value of Open-Source Intelligence Tools in Investigations
Technological developments in digital information have elevated intelligence and investigations capabilities beyond anything imagined during the Cold War era, especially with the introduction of the World Wide Web, “smart” devices, modern satellites, cryptography, and biometrics. In law enforcement, digital investigations and forensics tools have also progressed and developed, leading to greatly increased speed and accuracy […]
Artificial Intelligence and Fraud Detection
Like most types of crime, fraud has been around for centuries. Forgery, cons, and schemes have been around since long before computers were invented, but the digital age has brought fraud to a new level of sophistication and globality. As worldwide E-commerce escalates into a multi-trillion-dollar industry, cases of identity theft per year are in […]
Fighting the U.S. Human Trafficking Crisis with Advanced Investigative Technologies
Human trafficking brings in over $150 billion dollars every year, making it the second most profitable crime in the world. Only drug trafficking generates more illegal income. Like drug trafficking, human trafficking is diverse, complex, and global, making it difficult to combat. Forced labor, sex trafficking, organ trafficking, and other forms of modern-day slavery and […]
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Crime Prevention
The traditional emphasis of law enforcement has been to apprehend criminals. However, the advent of new technologies – including Open-Source data gathering and analysis, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications – has ushered in a new era of unique opportunities to help law enforcement agencies actually prevent crimes. AI is increasingly being used successfully by law […]
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Address the U.S. Opioid Crisis
The U.S. has faced enormous challenges over the last several decades involving illegal drugs. As the wealthiest country in the world, the United States is the transnational drug dealer’s prime market, and the nation has suffered from this distinction. Nearly 100,000 people die from drug overdoses in the U.S. per year, with over 70% of […]
Artificial Intelligence and the Quest to Prevent Lone Wolf Attacks
The Lone Wolf attack in the supermarket in Auckland, New Zealand in September 2021 is a disturbing reminder of how unpredictable violence can be. Lone Wolf terrorist attacks have increased in frequency around the world, largely due to global online radicalization, decentralized terrorist structures, and increased technological access. In our contemporary era, someone can be […]
Artificial Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence
Intelligence collection is as old and established in history as governments are: Knowing your enemies’ and opponents’ plans and intentions is central to protecting national security. For any new techniques and methodologies that are developed for intelligence collection, there is the certainty that they will also be used to conduct espionage by adversaries. This is […]
Money Laundering: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Detect and Disrupt Criminal Uses of Cryptocurrencies
Money laundering has been a financial crime throughout the modern era, and has grown in sophistication as technologies for financial records and transactions have developed. Organized and transnational criminal networks, regardless of the nature of their illicit enterprises, have to hide their activities and cover their tracks to make their illegal income look legitimate. This […]
