CEASEFIRE: An AI-Powered System for Combating Illicit Firearms Trafficking
Modern technologies have enabled illicit firearms trafficking to partially merge with cybercrime, while also allowing its off-line aspects to become increasingly complex. The online trade of firearms, their components, 3D blueprints and illicit substances carried out by criminals on both the surface Web and dark Web is increasingly difficult to address as a consequence of the exponential growth in the amount of information disseminated on the Internet. On the other hand, law enforcement agencies are confronted with significant challenges that require the development of sophisticated technological solutions capable of processing large volumes of data, identifying relevant information in a timely manner and creating networks of connections between potential criminal groups. This article presents a real-world practical system, namely the CEASEFIRE one, powered by advanced artificial intelligence technologies that can assist law enforcement personnel in addressing the above described challenges.
Authors
- Piotr Tyczka
- Sylvie Chambon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8104-1637)
- Emmanouil Adamakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-7155)
- Franck Mignet
- Spyridon Evangelatos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-1751)
- Marina Mancuso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1833-2623)
- George Margetis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-6301)
- Loubna Lechelek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1751-7762)
- Georgios Stavropoulos
- George Pantelis
- Henryk Gierszal
- Konstantinos Kentrotis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-7456)
- Ioannis Mademlis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5479-0632)
- Σοφία Καραγιώργου (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1099-8463)
- Caterina Paternoster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4777-8667)
- Alain Crouzil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7040-2978)
- Konstantinos Votis
- Γεωργία Δέδε (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-7470)
- George Lalas
- Jorgen Cani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4884-0744)
- Pantelis Linardatos
- Georgios Th. Papadopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1726-3714)
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Thales (Portugal) (PT)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (FR)
- Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (FR)
- Université Toulouse-I-Capitole (FR)
- Harokopio University of Athens (GR)
- EXUS (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Instytut Technik Telekomunikacyjnych i Informatycznych (Poland) (PL)
- Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (FR)
- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (GR)
- INTRASOFT International (Luxembourg) (LU)
- Thales (France) (FR)
- Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (FR)
- Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (FR)
- Ubitech (Greece) (GR)
- Poznań University of Technology (PL)
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (GR)
- Software (Spain) (ES)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-12-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/bigdata62323.2024.10825989
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Digital and Cyber Forensics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.12
Funders
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme