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SUMMARY:CINA Research Findings Presentation: “Understanding Cryptomixing Services in Context of the Open and Dark Web”
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, April 12th\, from 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. for a webinar on “Understanding Cryptomixing Services in Context of the Open and Dark Web.” \nThe Internet has become a popular marketplace for the sale of illicit products\, including stolen personal information\, drugs\, and firearms. Many of these products are purchased using cryptocurrencies\, which is generally defined as forms of digital currency that are traceable through blockchain ledger technology. Cryptocurrencies are thought to be more secure than other forms of digital payment\, though law enforcement and financial service providers have found ways to investigate account holders and their transactions. Consequently\, several service providers have begun to offer cryptomixing services\, which effectively launders payments to circumvent detection and investigation tools. Few have explored the practices of cryptomixing services\, or the ways in which they are marketed on the Open and Dark Web. This inductive qualitative analysis will examine a sample of 18 cryptomixing services advertised on both the Open and Dark Web to better understand cryptomixing and its role in facilitating illicit transactions in various contexts. \nThe findings presented during this webinar are informed by work led by Dr. Thomas J. Holt (Michigan State University) through an active CINA project\, “Understanding the Economy and Social Organization of the Underground Market for Cybercrime as a Service.” \nThis webinar is open only to attendees from DHS\, federal government\, and state and local law enforcement. \nCall-in details for the virtual meeting will be provided upon registration. \n  \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nSpeaker Biography \nThomas J. Holt is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University specializing in cybercrime\, technology\, and deviance. His research focuses on computer hacking\, malware\, and the role that technology and the Internet play in facilitating all manner of crime and terror. Dr. Holt has been published in a variety of academic journals\, including British Journal of Criminology\, Crime and Delinquency\, Deviant Behavior\, and the Journal of Criminal Justice.  He is also a coauthor of the books Cybercrime and Digital Forensics: An Introduction (2015) and Cybercrime in Progress: Theory and Prevention of Technology-Enabled Offenses (2016)\, both published through Routledge.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-research-findings-presentation-understanding-cryptomixing-services-in-context-of-the-open-and-dark-web/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Research Presentation,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T133000
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SUMMARY:CINA Distinguished Speaker Series with Nic McKinley: "Using Transaction Data to Disrupt Illicit Commodity Markets"
DESCRIPTION:Disrupting Global Human Trafficking Networks\nJoin us on Wednesday\, March 8 for the upcoming virtual CINA Distinguished Speaker Series event featuring Nic McKinley\, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DeliverFund as he discusses “Using Transaction Data to Disrupt Illicit Commodity Markets.” \nThis event will take place virtually via Zoom as well as via YouTube live stream. The information to attend virtually will be sent to participants upon registering. \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nAbstract: \nIllicit markets for commodities involve transactional nodes that delineate the commercial interactions between participants. These nodes represent crucial opportunities for stakeholders such as law enforcement\, regulators\, and industry partners to gather and analyze data\, with the aim of thwarting the sale of illegal goods. Nic McKinleywill elaborate on this theme by drawing on the specific case of human trafficking. Through his presentation\, McKinley will underscore how proficient data collection and analysis can expedite the identification of pertinent information\, leading to more precise and expeditious intervention. \n  \nBiography: \n \nNic McKinley – As an Operative who served as a Country Chief for a Special Unit within the CIA\, Nic witnessed not only the epidemic of child trafficking within illicit markets\, but also the unrealized opportunity to apply his understanding and training to influence this global crisis. As Nic began to work with experts to better understand the problem in the United States\, he found it impossible to turn a blind eye. \nAs a result\, DeliverFund was officially established as a 501c3 in October 2014 and our counter human trafficking organization\, focused on ending sex slavery in the United States got to work. Nic spent 11 years in US Special Operations as an Air Force Pararescueman prior to being recruited to the Central Intelligence Agency. Due to his highly specialized training and experience in both special and intelligence operations\, Nic has a firm understanding about these illicit\, illegal markets and has the highest levels of training to effectively combat them.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-distinguished-speaker-series-with-nic-mckinley/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom Meeting)
CATEGORIES:Research Presentation,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T110000
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SUMMARY:CINA Research Findings Presentation: "Targeting Investment to Maximize Public Safety Along Residential Street Segments"
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, March 8th\, from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. for the virtual presentation which will provide updates on research findings from an active CINA project\, “Innovative Spatiotemporal Pattern Detection: Examining Changes in Crime Hot Spots Across 6 U.S. Cities\,” led by Marie Tillyer (University of Texas San Antonio)\, Rebecca Walter\, and Arthur Acolin (University of Washington). \nThis event will take place virtually via Microsoft Teams Webinar. The information to attend virtually will be sent to participants upon registering. \nREGISTER NOW \nThis presentation explores how neighborhood characteristics impact the effects of investment on crime at residential street segments by using data from six large U.S. cities (Chicago\, Los Angeles\, New York City\, Philadelphia\, San Antonio\, and Seattle) over an 11-year period (2008-2018) to better understand how investment strategies can be targeted to maximize public safety benefits.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/3203/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Microsoft Teams
CATEGORIES:Research Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T133000
DTSTAMP:20221129T002140Z
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SUMMARY:CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: "Working with Law Enforcement and Brands to Hold Bad Actors Accountable and Protect Consumers" with Joe Wheatley
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, December 7 for the upcoming virtual CINA Distinguished Speaker Series event featuring Joe Wheatley\, Senior Corporate Counsel of the Amazon Counterfeit Crimes Unit where he will discuss “Working with Law Enforcement and Brands to Hold Bad Actors Accountable and Protect Consumers.” \nThis event will take place virtually via Zoom. The information to attend virtually will be sent to participants upon registering. \nREGISTER NOW \n  \n 
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-distinguished-speaker-series-working-with-law-enforcement-and-brands-to-hold-bad-actors-accountable-and-protect-consumers-with-joe-wheatley/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom Meeting)
CATEGORIES:Information Session,Research Presentation,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220831T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220831T133000
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SUMMARY:CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Gurvais Grigg - "Deconstructing Cybercrime Through Blockchain Forensics"
DESCRIPTION:Tune in on Wednesday\, August 31st at 12:00 p.m. when Gurvais Grigg\, Global Public Sector Chief Technology Officer at Chainanalysis\, Inc. will discuss “Deconstructing Cybercrime Through Blockchain Forensics”. \nThis presentation will outline trends in the illicit use of cryptocurrency and practical ways to incorporate this new asset class and solve cases. \nAbstract: Digital assets are impacting the 21st century financial landscape and global blockchain adoption is accelerating. Increasingly\, investigators are turning to blockchain analytics to solve complex financial crime cases and follow the money through cyberspace. To effectively meet this challenge\, today’s investigators are growing their crypto-literacy and equipping themselves with the right data and tools to accelerate their investigations. \nThe hybrid event which will take place virtually via Zoom as well as on the George Mason University\, Fairfax campus: Room 3301\, Exploratory Hall\, 10431 Rivanna River Way\, Fairfax\, VA 22030. The information to attend virtually will be sent to participants upon registering. \n  \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nGurvais C. Grigg is a recognized technology executive and thought leader with 28 years of public and private sector investigative and financial experience. As the Global Public Sector CTO for Chainalysis\, Gurvais is responsible for connecting global governments with the cryptocurrency industry and data they need to manage risks and conduct effective investigations. He served 23 years as a Special Agent and executive for the FBI conducting and leading criminal and national security investigations and building state-of-the-art operational and technical capabilities to identify and track suspected terrorists\, spies\, and criminals and their finances. Gurvais is an Eagle Scout and the recipient of numerous awards including the Presidential Rank Award and the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry with a minor in Spanish and a Masters in Homeland Security Management.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-distinguished-speaker-series-gurvais-grigg-deconstructing-cybercrime-through-blockchain-forensics/
LOCATION:Room 3301\, Exploratory Hall\, Fairfax\, VA\, 10431 Rivanna River Way\, Fairfax\, Virginia\, 22030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Research Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T133000
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SUMMARY:CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Jay Kennedy - "The Future of Counterfeiting"
DESCRIPTION:Tune in on Thursday\, February 17 at 12:00 p.m. when Jay Kennedy\, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University will discuss “The Future of Counterfeiting:\nShifting Patterns in Enforcement\, Opportunity Structures and Consumer Engagement”. \nIn this presentation Dr. Kennedy will discuss: \n\nThe value and importance of public-private collaboration in addressing counterfeiting risks for consumers\nThe shifting dynamics of e-commerce and social commerce and how consumers are responding;\nEmerging socio-technical changes that are impacting counterfeiting schemes and consumer complicity\nThe impact of global supply/manufacturing developments (supply chain shortages\, Free Trade Zones) on global counterfeiting schemes.\n\nDr. Kennedy is actively involved in research\, education\, and outreach efforts that focus on external partners including corporations\, industry associations\, and law enforcement agencies. \nThis event will be completely virtual. \n  \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nDr. Jay P. Kennedy is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University\, jointly appointed to the School of Criminal Justice and the Center for Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection where serves the Assistant Director of Research. He is a Faculty Affiliate with the Michigan State University Graduate School\, and an Affiliated Faculty member with the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research\, the Center for Business and Social Analytics\, and the Canadian Studies Center. Dr. Kennedy’s current research explores managerial and organizational responses to employee theft within small and medium enterprises and the sale of counterfeit goods on the Internet through social media and e-commerce. His work has been published in a number of outlets\, including Criminology and Public Policy\, American Behavioral Scientist\, Maritime Economics and Logistics\, Criminal Justice Review\, Journal of Crime and Justice\, Journal of Financial Crime\,Security Journal\, and Victims and Offenders. He is currently serving as an elected board member of the American Society of Criminology’s Division of White-Collar and Corporate Crime and is an editorial board member for the Journal of White-Collar and Corporate Crime and the International Journal of Cybercrime Intelligence and Cybersecurity.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-distinguished-speaker-series-jay-kennedy-anti-counterfeiting-and-product-protection/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom Meeting)
CATEGORIES:Research Presentation,Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T130000
DTSTAMP:20211022T141848Z
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SUMMARY:CINA Virtual Distinguished Speaker Series: Marie Tillyer “Place-Based Improvements for Public Safety: Public Regulation\, Private Investment\, and Changes in Crime at Micro-places Across 6 US Cities"
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, November 12 at 11:30 a.m. when Dr. Marie Tillyer\, Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Texas at San Antonio discusses place-based improvements for public safety: Public regulation\, private investment\, and changes in crime at micro-places across 6 US cities. This event will be completely virtual.\n  \nREGISTER NOW \n \nResearch on spatiotemporal crime patterns reveals that crime is concentrated at relatively few micro-places (e.g.\, addresses\, intersections\, street segments)\, it tends to be stable over time\, and changes at a small proportion of micro-places can have a considerable effect on a city’s overall crime level. These findings have prompted calls for targeted place-based interventions to efficiently allocate scarce prevention resources.  This presentation uses data from six unique urban landscapes (Chicago\, Los Angeles\, New York City\, Philadelphia\, San Antonio\, and Seattle) to explore spatiotemporal crime patterns.  Specifically\, we examine the relationship between two mechanisms for place-based improvements – public regulation in the form of municipal code enforcement and private investment in the form of building permits – and changes in crime at street segments over time.  The findings highlight how non-criminal justice policies\, such as incentivizing targeted private investment and prioritizing code enforcement at crime hot spots\, might be strategically implemented to enhance public safety. \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nMarie Skubak Tillyer\, who serves as Principal Investigator on the project\, is a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She has published over 40 peer reviewed journal articles\, with a focus on violence\, victimization\, and the spatial distribution of crime. She is co-author of School Zone: A Problem Analysis of Student Offending and Victimization (forthcoming\, Temple University Press)\, a place-focused analysis of crime involving adolescents in schools\, and current Co-Principal Investigator on a prospective\, longitudinal study funded by the National Institute of Justice examining the cumulative financial costs of victimization among college students at minority serving institutions.  In addition\, her past applied research has examined community supervision outcomes\, violence reduction\, crime analysis\, and human trafficking.  Much of her research is informed by an environmental criminological perspective that examines crime events and the immediate spatiotemporal circumstances in which they occur. Her collaborations with Drs. Walter and Acolin\, the project Co-Principal Investigators\, have led her to apply this perspective to studying crime across various geographical units\, including low-income housing developments\, businesses\, street blocks\, and street segments.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-virtual-distinguished-speaker-series-marie-tillyer-open-source-data-and-predictive-modeling-for-high-density-crime-areas/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom Meeting)
CATEGORIES:Research Presentation,Seminar,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T133000
DTSTAMP:20210921T184441Z
CREATED:20210830T193620Z
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SUMMARY:CINA Distinguished Speaker Series: Gretchen Peters “How Organized Crime Weaponized Social Media"
DESCRIPTION:Tune in on Wednesday\, October 13 at 12:00 p.m. when 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 media. In-person attendance is on a first come first serve basis. You must register in advance to attend.\n  \nREGISTER NOW \n \nThe in-person event will take place at the George Mason University\, Fairfax campus: Room 3301\, Exploratory Hall 4400 University Drive\, Fairfax\, VA 22030 \n  \nSpeaker Biography: \nGretchen Peters is the Executive Director of The Center on Illicit Networks and Transnational Organized Crime (CINTOC). She has served as a consultant to the U.S. Defense Department and U.S. law enforcement on transnational organized crime and co-chaired an OECD Task Force on fighting wildlife crime. Her expertise is in researching and mapping transnational organized crime networks\, working with U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command among others. Gretchen authored the groundbreaking book\, Seeds of Terror\, about the Taliban’s role in the Afghan heroin trade. She has also written various chapters in leading academic books about the intersection of crime and conflict.
URL:https://cina.gmu.edu/event/cina-virtual-distinguished-speaker-series-gretchen-peters-how-organized-crime-weaponized-social-media/
LOCATION:George Mason University\, Fairfax Campus\, Exploratory Hall 4400 University Drive\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22030\, United States
CATEGORIES:Research Presentation,Seminar
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