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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 31.10.2022 was the final day of the EU’s European Cybersecurity Month, a four-week long initiative of awareness-raising and learning opportunities across Europe; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth looks at the current cybersecurity landscape, the potential threats for the public and some of the...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]A new study into the evolution of cybercrime on the dark web has highlighted an increasingly professional approach from criminals, with greater collaboration, the packaging of tools and services, and a buoyant online market; but as Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth reports, businesses and...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Police Congress is an international congress held annually in Berlin. It gathers decision makers from police forces, security authorities and Industries. Its main purpose is not only to reinforce the communication between authorities but also to facilitate networking among participants. The...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the efforts for countering online criminal activities on the Darknet, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) are facing a challenge in the timely detection of activities and correlation of the events with other criminal activities conducted online and offline. Being able to obtain on-time...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The digital development of the contemporary era is marked by a series of complex interconnection services in cyberspace that goes beyond just connection speed, a number of interactions between users, and accessibility of data and information. The evolution of technologies involves essential services...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to the preamble of the United Nations Plan of Action for the Safeguarding of Religious Sites “religious sites are representative of the history, social fabric and traditions of people in every country and community all over the planet and must be fully...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ANZPAA Conference, which took place on 8-9 November 2022, offered another opportunity to learn more about brain fingerprinting, and the potential for its use in law enforcement investigations and deception detection; Policing Insight’s, Andrew Staniforth, who is a Director of Saher (Europe)...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Professor Yantsislav Yanakiev and Col. Dr. Nikolai Stoianov, Assoc. Prof from the Bulgarian Defence Institute (BDI) “Professor Tsvetan Lazarov, who are partners in the NOTIONES project consortium, attended the Nikosia Risk Forum 2022. Around 100 representatives of first responders organisations, governments, media and...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Amidst the global push toward more technologically advanced societies, so too are the world’s superpowers recognizing how these emerging technologies are and will continue to rapidly change their collective military and law enforcement intelligence communities. A well-known and globally adapted process that facilitates...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Guido Villa of the TECOMS Srl company in Rome (ITALY), partner of the NOTIONES project, was a speaker at the annual conference, which was organized by the Italian association ONIF (National Computer Forensic Observatory). The conference was held in Amelia, a town on...