The ARIEN project seeks to implement a comprehensive workplan aligned with the 2021-2025 EU Drugs Action Plan. Utilizing a holistic innovation approach and AI tools, it aims to create a real-time intelligence framework for monitoring illegal drug production and trafficking in the EU. ARIEN's multi-disciplinary research adopts a co-creation strategy, addressing criminological, societal, and legislative aspects. It will provide recommendations for harmonization and develop modular AI solutions while ensuring legal and ethical compliance. The project focuses on enhancing law enforcement's investigative capabilities by leveraging AI to monitor online illicit drug markets, identify physical drug-dealing hotspots through social media, and analyze emerging threats in drug-related crime networks. ARIEN also aims to promote effective international cooperation among EU and non-EU law enforcement agencies, Customs, Border Guards Authorities, and policymakers, using AI techniques to strengthen investigative activities against criminal groups.
The ARIEN project is supported by the European Union under grant agreement number 101121329. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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