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Europol’s Van Gemert on Terrorism, Organized and Cyber Crime Trends

“Wil Van Gemert, Europol’s deputy director general who leads the organization’s operations directorate, discusses terrorism, organized and cyber crime trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the EU’s annual defense and security conference in Washington, sponsored by the EU and Foreign Policy.”

The EC3 Advisory Groups

Set up by Europol in 2013 the EC3 is the European Cybercrime Center. It´s Advisory Groups exist to strengthen law enforcement cooperation with the private sector and to bolster the European Union’s ability to fight cybercrime.

Book Review of Routledge Handbook of Technology, Crime and Justice

Technology has undoubtedly immense impacts for contemporary society, justice and social control that require us to confront our conceptual understandings of ‘technology’. Braverman’s (2016) examination of ‘doors, technology and the fourth amendment’ demonstrates the significance of examining the mundane ‘technology’ of the door for policing, and the extensive body of United States Supreme Court jurisprudence this has produced.

Motivations for Cybercrimes

At the global level, it is on record that cybercrime is a growth industry. The returns are great, and the risks are low. It is estimated that the likely annual cost to the global economy from cybercrime is more than USD 40 Billion, which reached USD 12 Trillion in 2012. A conservative estimate would be

QR-Patrol Pro: Protecting lone workers

Development on the QR-Patrol Pro, which was funded by the EU (H2020), begun in July 2016 and was completed in December 2018. QR-Patrol Pro was built on the experience of its predecessor QR-Patrol. One of the improvements, according to Terracom is that: “QR-Patrol Pro is going to be the first application worldwide that will have

The EU funded VICTORIA project

The VICTORIA project has 14 partners and is coordinated by the French IDEMIA Identity & Security. Research on the project begun in May 2017 and will be concluded by April 2020. The project was funded by the EU (H2020). For more information on the project you can click here. Video material is becoming increasingly crucial

Artificial Intelligence to prevent suicides in prisons

North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is launching a research project to develop software to support the existing efforts to detect and prevent suicide attempts in its prison facilities, using AI. In the last three years the number of suicides in NRW´s prions have declined. So far, prisoners in NRW are screened at entry for potential suicidal intentions

European Police Chiefs Convention

“Serious and organised crime has been evolving over the last 20 years in terms of the number of criminal organisations, modus operandi, use of technology, and organised crime’s ability to infiltrate infrastructures, public sector and exploit legislative loopholes. This is one of the conclusions made at the 2019 European Police Chiefs Convention (EPCC). Over the