--- begin forwarded text To: <somebody else> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: fyi Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 22:42:37 -0400 From: <somebody> ------- Forwarded Message > > Harvard Information Infrastructure Project Seminar > > "Slipping Through the Net - Criminal Opportunities on the Information Highways" > > Lee Litman > Head of the Organization and Development Unit > National Criminal Intelligence Service, United Kingdom > > > The development of information highways - the interconnectivity of information > technology (IT) networks is - revolutionizing global communications and > commerce, offering a plethora of benefits to citizens, businesses, finance, even > law enforcement. However, it has opened up opportunities for criminal activity > too: new types of crime (such as hacking and the release of software viruses) > have emerged, while traditional offences (for example, fraud and software > piracy) have found a new medium for their commission. Thus, the IT revolution > also presents a major challenge for law enforcement. > > Project TRAWLER was initiated by NCIS in July 1996, to provide a strategic > assessment of this phenomenon of ?computer crime? (or ?cybercrime?), including > the potential for criminal activity on the Internet and the implications for law > enforcement. Based on the Project?s findings, the speaker will present a > strategic assessment of the use of cutting edge technologies by organized crime > groups, including securely encrypted communications and fraud, pedophilia, > intellectual property theft, and other offences on the Internet. > > Lee Litman joins the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project as a Visiting > Scholar from England, having been awarded one of two 1999 Fulbright Fellowships > in Police Studies and Public Security Policy. He is Head of the Organization > and Development Unit at the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) in > London, where his role includes responsibility for policy work, management of > relationships with partner agencies, parliamentary affairs and development > projects. > > Thursday, September 9, 1999 > 12.15-1.45 PM > BCSIA Library, Room 369, 3rd Floor > John F. Kennedy School of Government > > The schedule is posted at: > <http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/iip/HIIP-Seminar.html> ------- End of Forwarded Message --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
