Artificial intelligence in forensic science

• Artificial intelligence
• Pattern recognition - used including to identify criminals in public spaces.

2024

Identification of drug mortgages in Kazan using AI cameras

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Republic of Tatarstan has begun testing a video surveillance system with artificial intelligence to identify drug mortgagers on the streets of Kazan, which became known on November 5, 2024.

According to TASS, the Deputy Minister of Digital Development of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications of Tatarstan Albert Yakovlev said that experts are developing new mathematical models to recognize the non-standard behavior of people distributing prohibited substances.

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The system is based on an existing urban video surveillance network and uses artificial intelligence technology to analyze behavioral patterns. The developed solutions are of interest to other regions of Russia, which have already begun testing similar systems.

This project is a continuation of the successful introduction of AI technologies into the urban infrastructure of Tatarstan. In July 2024, the IT parks of Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny launched a function to identify violators using artificial intelligence, which at the first stage records cases of smoking in the wrong places.

The Minister of Digital Development of Tatarstan Airat Khairullin stressed that the introduction of new generation video analytics expands the possibilities for increasing the level of security and efficiency in various areas of the republic.

Developers continue to improve mathematical models and algorithms to improve the accuracy of recognition of illegal actions. Within the framework of the project, it is planned to expand the functionality of the system and integrate new scenarios for detecting offenses.

Tatarstan's experience in the use of artificial intelligence to ensure public safety is actively studied by other subjects of Russia. The republic is ready to share developments and technological solutions with interested regions.^[1]

Investigators received an AI tool that accelerates crime investigations by 23 thousand times

At the end of September 2024, the British police began using an AI tool capable of performing "80 years of detective work in 30 hours," accelerating the investigation 23 thousand times. The service developed by Akkodis can simultaneously analyze video materials, financial transactions, social networks, emails and other documents. The assessment showed that the system is able to consider evidence-based materials on 27 complex cases in just 30 hours, which would take a person's whole life. Read more here

2022

An AI system has been developed that predicts crimes with 90% accuracy

On August 19, 2022, it became known that specialists from the University of Chicago created an algorithm for predicting crime by analyzing natural phenomena and predicting possible future crimes in one week with an accuracy of more than 90%. Read more here.

An AI system has been launched in Turkey that identifies drug traffickers in 40% of cases

On May 18, 2022, Turkey began using an artificial intelligence program called Asena in the fight against drug dealers. Turkey has become a new transit point for drug smuggling, said Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu. Read more here.

2018: Use of AI by Dutch police to investigate complex crimes

In May 2018, it became known about the use of artificial intelligence by the Dutch police to investigate complex crimes.

According to The Next Web, law enforcement agencies have begun to digitize more than 1,500 reports and 30 million pages related to unsolved cases. Materials beginning in 1988, in which the crime was not disclosed for at least three years, and the offender was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison, are transferred to a computer format.

Solve a difficult crime in a day. Police take AI into service

Once all content is digitized, it will be connected to a machine learning system that will analyze records and decide which cases use the most credible evidence. This should reduce the time it takes to process cases and solve past and future crimes from a few weeks to one day.

Artificial intelligence will distribute cases according to their "solvability" and indicate the possible results of DNA examination. The plan is then to automate the analysis in other areas of forensic science, and perhaps even cover data in areas such as social science and testimony.

In addition, according to Jeroen Hammer, one of the system developers, API functions for partners may be released in the future. 

Very few people are doing it now and, as far as I know, no one is working on unsolved cases. In fact, there are police officers who have an  annual reminder set up in the Outlook calendar that you need to call the national judicial institute and find out if there are any new ways to analyze physical evidence.

The Dutch police have a special unit specialising in mastering new technologies to solve crimes. It was he who created an AI system for quickly finding criminals on evidence.^[2]

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