In the labyrinthine corridors of modern technology, artificial intelligence (AI) stands as both a beacon of promise and a source of perpetual debate. At its core, AI is the branch of computer science that aims to simulate human intelligence in machines, allowing them to perform tasks that typically require human...
After some years of absence due to COVID-19 and Ukraine war, the Security Research Event 2023 finally took place in Brussels on the 24th and 25th of October 2023; under the theme: Societal transformations, climate change and digitalization – a new paradigm of Security Research?, various experts gathered to provide...
The presented report was prepared and published by CTC project. As such it discusses the emerging threats and trends of terrorist financing (TF) in relation to new technologies, such as cryptocurrencies, new payment systems, obfuscation methods, and social media. The document is based on the review of various sources of...
Current challengesIn the past two decades, the international disasters database EM-DAT has recorded 7,348 natural disasters resulting in the loss of 1.23 million lives and affecting over 4 billion others. These environmental catastrophes have caused a total of €2.77 trillion in economic damages worldwide, without even including biological or technological...
[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 October 3, the 2023 edition of the EU Innovation Hub for Internal Security Annual Event was held in Brussels, Belgium, with focus on “Shaping responsible solutions for internal security”. The event gathered approximately 180 participants, including representatives from multiple EU Agencies, European...
On September 12-13, the kick-off of the ENACT project was hosted by the NOTIONES partner Polícia Judiciária in Lisbon, Portugal. ENACT (European Network Against Crime and Terrorism) answers the SSRI-01-02 call topic (link) from 2022 which aims at the creation of knowledge networks for security research and innovation, in this...
Major accidents and disasters have their origins in a wide variety of natural phenomena as well as in technical-technological processes and represent a significant social and economic burden for all countries. Vegetation fires occur as a cause-and-effect relationship between climatic factors, the state of fuel material (humidity, types of plant...
[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 Financial Intelligence Units of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania published a report on joint assessment of cash movement in the Baltic states. The assessment aims to understand the risks of cash-based money laundering and how they have changed in recent years. The document...
The big challenge on the basis of the criminal and terrorism activities fighting involves not only government, law and security agencies, but also private companies and their technology solutions to support that issue. Modern instruments are continuously evolving to face this challenge, especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In...
[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]NOTIONES Working Groups and Innovation Monitoring activities tackled Disinformation and FIMI (Foreign Influence and Information Manipulation) in the last months. NOTIONES investigated the EC-funded research around these topics in the last decade. This article presents the results. Horizon 2020 mobilised significant resources in addressing...