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July 18, 2012 03:41 am GMT
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Google Announces Plans to Fight Illicit Trading Networks
Google's taking on an ambitious global initiative -- using technology to expose, map and disrupt illicit networks of drug smugglers, arms dealers and human traffickers.
The tech giant is hosting its second annual summit, this time called the Illicit Networks: Forces in Opposition (INFO), in Los Angeles on Tuesday and Wednesday. The INFO summit will focus on how technology can expose and disable these illegal networks. In attendance will be tech leaders, Googlers, government officials and survivors. Google says it's been working with frontline fighter groups to gain an understanding of how these criminal trades function.
The summit is part of Google Ideas -- the "think/do tank" the…
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