The CINA Center is four years old, the first DHS Center of Excellence was formed 17 years ago, DHS is almost 19 years old, and our constitution was written 234…
Director’s Blog: August 2021
The CINA Center proudly supported three projects this year through the DHS Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions (MSI). We once again had an abundance of strong proposals, and we selected teams…
Highlights – CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Padhu Seshaiyer: Computational Mathematics for Solving Global Challenges Involving Criminal Activities
Computational mathematics, which comprises of modeling, analysis, simulation and computing have become the foundation for solving most global challenges. Some examples of these global challenges involving criminal activities include understanding…
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Gretchen Peters “How Organized Crime Weaponized Social Media”
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Watch Gretchen Peters, Executive Director of The Center on Illicit Networks and Transnational Organized Crime who will speak about her organization’s work on the way organized crime has weaponized social…
Highlights – CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Martin Bouchard – “Social Outlaws: What Network Data Tells Us About Gangs”
Watch highlights from Martin Bouchard’s CINA Distinguished Speaker Series talk about “Social Outlaws: What Network Data Tells Us About Gangs”.
CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Jeffrey Hardy “Illicit Trade in the Forms of Trademark Counterfeiting and Copyright Piracy”
From smuggling, counterfeiting and tax evasion, to the trafficking of humans and wildlife, illicit trade holds back progress, increases costs and pushes the goals further away. While data on this…
Highlights – CINA Distinguished Speaker Series with Christopher Koper and Beidi Dong: “Understanding and Countering Mass Violence in America”
Watch the highlights from the CINA Distinguished Speaker Series with Christopher Koper and Beidi Dong. The presentation highlights recent and ongoing research by the presenters and their colleagues on the…
CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Diana Dolliver “Cryptocurrencies and Criminal Investigations: From Transaction to Seizure”
Watch Diana Dolliver’s presentation covering the fundamentals of cryptocurrencies, transactions, and blockchain technologies, and how this form of currency can be used to facilitate criminal activity. Dr. Dolliver will explain how…
Highlights – CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Siddharth Chandra – Using Economic Principles to Identify and Understand Drug Trafficking Networks”
Watch highlights from Siddharth Chandra’s presentation on “Using Economic Principles to Identify and Understand Drug Trafficking Networks”. For other talks in the series, please visit the CINA at Mason YouTube…
CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Celina Realuyo “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Economy, Security and Transnational Organized Crime in the Americas”
Celina Realuyo discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, security and transnational organized crime in the Americas Latin. America and the Caribbean have been hit hard by the COVID-19…