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…
CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Lilly Richardson & Jenny Mosbacher – “Transaction Laundering and the Facilitation of Cybercrime Through the Online Payment Ecosystem”
As e-commerce continues to expand, credit card transactions have increasingly become a conduit for money laundering. This presentation will highlight how criminal organizations circumvent the payments and banking ecosystem’s risk…
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Martin Bouchard – “Social Outlaws: What Network Data Tells Us About Gangs”
Over the past 20 years, social network analysis (SNA) has transformed our conceptualization of crime and delinquency. Criminological theories that place the social factor front and center can now be…
Beyond 9/11 – “Homeland Security and Transnational Crime” Panel Discussion
What does it mean to “secure the homeland” in the twenty-first century? During this event, leading experts will provide strategic lessons and crucial recommendations for the future of homeland security.…
CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Crysta Price – “Finding Trafficking Networks in Commercial Sex Ads”
Crysta Price from HTI Labs and Creighton University discusses human trafficking, including a case walkthrough that describes how data analytics, AI, and collaboration with law enforcement agencies led to the…