Risk posed across sectors by different types of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and other autonomous and unmanned systems, now and in the future.

Background

Crimes such as homicide and theft, and drugs such as heroin and cocaine have always been of public concern, and there has been a recent focus on areas such as child sexual abuse, modern slavery, new psychoactive substances, online fraud, and online indecent images of children.

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