Combating Drug Crimes with the help of Cyberspace

Parties Involved:

• The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is a governmental agency responsible for controlling drug use within the United States of America.<|human|>Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is a state agency tasked with regulating drug consumption in the United States of America.
• Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU).

Key Details:

• NCB DG Shri Anurag Garg signed an MoU in New Delhi with the RRU VC Professor Bimal Patel.
• The aim is to enhance the fight against drug crimes that are narcotic and cyber-enabled by research, training, and capacity building.

Target Areas of Cooperation:

• Research & Innovation: An investigation of Darknet markets, cryptocurrencies tracking, and better understanding of cyber threats.
• Training & Skill Development: Specialization of the NCB officers in Cyber Forensics, Blockchain Forensics, Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), and Behavioral Profiling.
• Technology Solutions: The creation of digital investigation tools to be used in forensic analysis.
• Capacity Building: Strengthening the capacity to counter cybercrime.

Key Initiative:

• The introduction of a Cybercrime Investigation and Drug Intelligence Centre of Excellence to perform high-level research and create AIs to detect crimes.

Expected Outcomes:

• Greater intelligence collection and technology based suppression.
• Enhanced cooperation between the law enforcement and academia.
• Assigning officers sophisticated levels of digital skills in investigation.
• Profittory to current policy development of narcotics control.
• Reporting It is on schedule with national projects such as Digital India and Safe and Secure India.