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ANITA - Cutting-Edge Tools for LEAs to Fight Online Trafficking of Illegal Goods
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id="1">Target</h2> <p>ANITA aims at improving investigation capabilities of LEAs by delivering a set of tools and techniques to efficiently address online illegal trafficking of counterfeit/falsified medicines, NPS, drugs, and weapons.</p> <p>This is achieved through appropriate knowledge modelling and reasoning services; discovery and monitoring of new and existing online marketplaces; resolving criminal identities in social networks and web and identification of authors and web contents; unmasking of fake information, disinformation and camouflage of the real nature of information; insights on criminal groups relevant and related to trafficking of illegal products; discovery and understanding of trends and behavioural patterns; revealing, tracking, and monitoring of payments and transactions in crypto-currency networks; interoperability with available relevant investigation systems already in place and operation at and for LEAs. This will support the LEAs in more effective investigation activities by using online contents and information obtained under a lawful warrant.</p> <img alt="Project" width="1280" height="720" loading="lazy" class="content-img" src="https://www.anita-project.eu/images/pages/global/home-page/home-page-1.webp" srcset="https://www.anita-project.eu/images/pages/global/home-page/home-page-1.webp 1280w, https://www.anita-project.eu/images/pages/global/home-page/home-page-1-960.webp 960w, https://www.anita-project.eu/images/pages/global/home-page/home-page-1-640.webp 640w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"> <h2 id="2">Project</h2> <p>ANITA will design and develop an innovative knowledge-based user-centered cognitive investigation system for analysing heterogeneous (text, audio, video and image) online (Surface Web, Deep Web, Dark Nets) and offline (LEAs’ databases) resources for fighting illegal trafficking activities</p> <h2 id="3">Main Goals</h2> <p>ANITA’s primary goal is twofold:</p> <ul> <li>To boost the LEA’s investigation process and to significantly increase their operational capabilities,</li> <li>To significantly facilitate the novice officers training process and to optimize the learning curve</li> </ul> <h2 id="4">Objectives</h2> <p>Over the recent years, online illegal trafficking activities have hugely elaborated and expanded so that to operate at global level with worldwide supply chains, production facilities and administrative offices, while their legal, economic and sustainability state is optimised.</p> </article> <div class="author-section"> <div class="author-element"> <img class="author-element-img" loading="lazy" width="88" height="88" src="https://www.anita-project.eu/images/authors/anita-griffin.webp" alt="Anita Griffin"> <div class="author-element-info"> <span class="author-title">Anita Griffin</span> <span class="edited">Author at ANITA Project</span> </div></div> <div class="author-element"> <img class="author-element-img" loading="lazy" width="88" height="88" src="https://www.anita-project.eu/images/authors/dan-smith.webp" alt="Dan Smith"> <div class="author-element-info"> <span class="author-title">Dan Smith</span> <span class="edited">Editor at ANITA Project</span> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> </div> </div> </main><footer> <div class="wrapper-alert-message"> <span class="icon-error-octagon"></span> <div class="alert-content"></div> </div> <div class="footer-main"> <div class="container container-menu"> <div class="description-element"> <img class="footer-logo" loading="lazy" src="https://www.anita-project.eu/images/logo.webp" width="175" height="35" alt="ANITA Project"> </div> <div class="footer-category-element"> <p class="footer-category-title">About</p> <nav class="footer-category-nav"> <ul class="footer-category-list"> <li> <a href="https://www.anita-project.eu/contact-us">Contact Us</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> <div class="footer-category-element"> <p class="footer-category-title">Help</p> <nav class="footer-category-nav"> <ul class="footer-category-list"> <li> <a href="https://www.anita-project.eu/terms-and-conditions">Terms and Conditions</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.anita-project.eu/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-bottom"> <div class="container"> <p class="footer-rights-reserved">2024 ANITA Project - All Rights Reserved</p> </div> </div> <a href="#top" class="move-to-section backtotop"> <span class="icon-chevron-up-regular"></span> </a> </footer> <div class="lightbox-container"> <div class="lightbox-image-wrapper"> <button class="lightbox-btn left" id="left"> <span class="icon-chevron-left-regular"></span> </button> <img class="lightbox-img" src="" alt="lightbox"> <button class="lightbox-btn right" id="right"> <span class="icon-chevron-right-regular"></span> </button> <div class="lightbox-bullets"></div> </div> </div> <script src="https://www.anita-project.eu/assets/js/main.min.js"></script> <script> var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || []; _paq.push(['trackPageView']); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); (function () { var u = "//" + window.location.host + "/"; _paq.push(["setTrackerUrl", u + "functions/analytics/matomo.php"]); _paq.push(["setSiteId", "HERE"]); var d = document, g = d.createElement("script"), s = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; g.type = "text/javascript"; g.async = true; g.defer = true; g.src = u + "functions/analytics/matomo.php"; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g, s); })(); </script> </body> </html>