This sprint was set-up in the framework of Operational Task Force Lotus following an important hit on a human trafficking network within its focus.
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The District Attorney’s Office will soon be implementing and operating a self-contained digital forensic laboratory conducted by a civilian forensic examiner after receiving more than $497,000 in grant funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
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Irfan Ahmed leads computer scientists working to protect nuclear plants and other critical infrastructure—and aiming to apply the methods to other crime.
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Local, state, federal and international law enforcement agencies that reconstruct and analyze digital evidence to solve crimes can use a high-tech toolkit from Purdue University that has been upgraded to be easier and more cost-effective to set up and maintain.
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A group of graduate students were surprised to discover security vulnerabilities in a location-sharing mobile application designed to promote family safety.
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Solicitors and barristers have reported their use of digital evidence can be restricted by limited or late access, large volumes of material, and tight turnaround times to secure legal aid funding and choose and instruct independent experts.
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Police are hoping new technology will help them solve the case of an 11-year-old boy who went missing in 1991—but that technology is not genetic genealogy. Rather, it’s an artificial intelligence (AI) service.
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Southern Methodist University is creating a federally funded data warehouse to centralize data collection and support research into human trafficking in the United States.
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Enhanced human verification techniques and practices will always be required to ensure accuracy and ward off inherent biases.
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BCI’s crime laboratories in Bowling Green, London and Richfield recently added hardware connected to the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) and are able to accept crime guns and cartridge cases submitted by law enforcement.
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