Use of technology by organised criminals, and changes to the threat due to future technologies.

Background

More detailed research priorities for serious and organised crime can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-and-organised-crime-home-office-research-priorities- april-2018-to-march-2021 ↩

Next steps

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Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest relevant to the Home Office GOVUK

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    The project fully answers the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.

  • Cybercrime Network

    The complicated interworking of players/parties and technology, embedded in society's legal and cultural context, implies that cybercrime research should consists of (and preferably integrate) multiple disciplines: it mu...

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    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially answers the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.

  • Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research

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    The project does not answer the question, but the authors have the necessary expertise.

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  • Interdisciplinary Centre for Finding, Understanding and Countering Crime in the Cloud

    The Cambridge Interdisciplinary Centre for Crime in the Cloud (CICCC) will combine the diverse range of skills available in the Institute of Criminology, the Faculty of Law and the Computer Laboratory at the University o...

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  • Economic Espionage and Cybercrime: Evidence and Strategy

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  • Identifying and Modelling Victim, Business, Regulatory and Malware Behaviours in a Changing Cyberthreat Landscape

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