Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and T.A. Program: RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Information and communications technologies have enabled criminals to commit crimes with a degree of anonymity, exploit gaps in legal systems around the globe, conduct cyber operations, and attack targets anywhere in the world. Criminals have leveraged information and communication technologies to commit various cyber-dependent and cyber-enabled crimes. These crimes pose significant threats to the economy, national security, and public safety.

To build national cyber capacity, training and technical assistance (TTA) to criminal justice agents on cyber threats must be provided. To help build national capacity in this area, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA) are partnering to create a TTA program for law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges on new and emerging issues relating to economic, high- technology, white collar, and internet crime.  Given that the scale and complexity of cyber threats requires cross-sector and cross-disciplinary cooperation, our approach brings together academics and practitioners with diverse expertise and skills to address some of today’s most pressing issues.

Drawing on John Jay College’s multidisciplinary scholars and educators and their academic and professional experiences and NCFTA’s subject matter experts and trusted criminal justice practitioners and industry partners, we propose to jointly provide training and technical assistance to criminal justice entities.  Specifically, we will provide training and technical assistance on investigations and prosecutions involving criminals use of clearnet and darknet spaces to further their illicit ends, advertise, sell, and exchange illicit goods and services, and facilitate and/or otherwise commit crimes. This will include capacity building efforts for criminal justice agents (i.e., law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges) on the clearnet and darknet spaces within which cybercriminals and terrorists operate, the crimes they commit, their methods of operations (M.O.), the tactics and tools they use to commit these crimes, the targets of their crimes, and the ways in which these criminals can be identified, and their crimes can be investigated, prosecuted, and adjudicated. During this project, we will consult with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to determine priority areas and the NW3C to prevent duplication of efforts.

Information and communications technologies have enabled criminals to commit crimes with a degree of anonymity, exploit gaps in legal systems around the globe, conduct cyber operations, and attack targets anywhere in the world. Criminals have leveraged information and communication technologies to commit various cyber-dependent and cyber-enabled crimes. These crimes pose significant threats to the economy, national security, and public safety. To build national cyber capacity, training and technical assistance (TTA) to criminal justice agents on cyber threats must be provided. To help build national capacity in this area, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA) are partnering to create a TTA program for law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges on new and emerging issues relating to economic, high- technology, white collar, and internet crime. Given that the scale and complexity of cyber threats requires cross-sector and cross-disciplinary cooperation, our approach brings together academics and practitioners with diverse expertise and skills to address some of today’s most pressing issues. Drawing on John Jay College’s multidisciplinary scholars and educators and their academic and professional experiences and NCFTA’s subject matter experts and trusted criminal justice practitioners and industry partners, we propose to jointly provide training and technical assistance to criminal justice entities. Specifically, we will provide training and technical assistance on investigations and prosecutions involving criminals use of clearnet and darknet spaces to further their illicit ends, advertise, sell, and exchange illicit goods and services, and facilitate and/or otherwise commit crimes. This will include capacity building efforts for criminal justice agents (i.e., law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges) on the clearnet and darknet spaces within which cybercriminals and terrorists operate, the crimes they commit, their methods of operations (M.O.), the tactics and tools they use to commit these crimes, the targets of their crimes, and the ways in which these criminals can be identified, and their crimes can be investigated, prosecuted, and adjudicated. During this project, we will consult with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to determine priority areas and the NW3C to prevent duplication of efforts.