Google works on disrupting crime
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July 18, 2012, Wednesday
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FORGET videos of kittens or deals on iPads. For the past few months, Google has been quietly turning its search capabilities to something far more challenging: criminals.
Drug cartels, money launderers and human traffickers run their sophisticated operations online - and Google Ideas, Google's think tank, is working with the Council on Foreign Relations and other organizations to look for ways to use technology to disrupt international crime.
Officials from Google and groups that combat illicit networks were scheduled to meet yesterday and today in Westlake Village, California, to develop strategies for fighting global crime.
"Google is in a great position to take these on," said Rani Hong, a survivor of child trafficking in India who is now a special adviser to the United Nations. "They're a powerful medium and they have great tools to solve this problem."
Dozens will attend the summit, including Kimmie Weeks, a former abducted child soldier from Liberia, and Brian Dodd, who directs the US Drug Enforcement Administration's counter-terrorism and transnational crime efforts.
"Technology companies today have a lot of powerful tools for bringing transparency to these illicit networks, to fight back against corruption and empower those who are trying to combat transnational crime," said Stewart Patrick, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Drug cartels, money launderers and human traffickers run their sophisticated operations online - and Google Ideas, Google's think tank, is working with the Council on Foreign Relations and other organizations to look for ways to use technology to disrupt international crime.
Officials from Google and groups that combat illicit networks were scheduled to meet yesterday and today in Westlake Village, California, to develop strategies for fighting global crime.
"Google is in a great position to take these on," said Rani Hong, a survivor of child trafficking in India who is now a special adviser to the United Nations. "They're a powerful medium and they have great tools to solve this problem."
Dozens will attend the summit, including Kimmie Weeks, a former abducted child soldier from Liberia, and Brian Dodd, who directs the US Drug Enforcement Administration's counter-terrorism and transnational crime efforts.
"Technology companies today have a lot of powerful tools for bringing transparency to these illicit networks, to fight back against corruption and empower those who are trying to combat transnational crime," said Stewart Patrick, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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