Starting date:
January 1st, 2022
Closing date:
April 15th, 2024
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European funding: 499989,60 € – Funded by the European Commission under the Internal Security Fund – Police, ISFP-2020-AG-THB. Under the Grant Agreement nº 101038761
The migration of manifold components of the human trafficking chain to the internet has expanded the playing field of human traffickers. As emphasised in the UNODC 2020 GLOTIP Report, the web facilitates highly targeted victim recruitment, access to an infinite number of victims, anonymity for offenders and profiteers, covering the traces of financial transactions, and new, devastating forms of exploitation.
As an extension of the EU-funded project UNCHAINED, BIGOSINT will develop and pilot advanced, intelligence-led tools to enhance investigations into internet-abetted trafficking in human beings (THB), directly targeting the diverse roles that the cyber-environment plays in the THB chain.
BIGOSINT matches Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and cryptocurrency analysis with the FAST Platform, a solid investigative software within an intelligence-led policing approach aimed at bringing perpetrators to justice and differentiating victims from traffickers in a proportionate, legal, accountable and necessary manner. Through specialized software gathering and untumbling blockchain data and cryptowallets, and profiling-oriented OSINT solutions, anti-trafficking multiagency teams with judicial oversight are able to proactively detect existing online markets and networks, collect human-rights compliant digital forensic evidence, share information and develop enforcement countermeasures by leveraging on public-private partnership.
The BIGOSINT investigative techniques will be piloted for a period of 20 weeks, supported by innovative LEA training on implementation of the tools, the dynamics of internet-facilitated THB, and models for cross-border and inter-agency cooperation. Training will reach 100 LEAs from three pilot countries using the training of the trainer methodology, incorporating innovative virtual reality training, immersing participants in simulated scenarios based on real-life cases.
National inter-agency teams will be established in 3 Member States and a Communication Toolkit will be deployed to support the protection of potential victims, and vulnerable groups in particular.
The project, funded by the European Commission’s Internal Security Fund, has developed and analysed and applied Big Data and OSINT tools to combat and disrupt internet-based human trafficking networks, focusing on the roles played by the cyber environment in the trafficking chain.
The project, funded by the Internal Security Fund of the European Commission, has developed, analysed and applied Big Data and OSINT tools to combat and disrupt human trafficking networks through the Internet, focusing on the roles played by the cyber environment in the trafficking chain.
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BIGOSINT project consortium, focused on the fight against human trafficking, held a meeting on 22 June in Bremen, Germany, to update on the progress of the project and organise upcoming trainings
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The Euro-Arab Foundation participates to the Joint Event “Judicial and Police Cooperation: Best Practices” organized by Agenfor International Foundation in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Justice, which will see…
