Prof. Dr. Sc. Mitko Bogdanoski, prof. Dr. Sc. Dimitar Bogatinov and MSc. Goce Stevanoski members of the Military Academy “General Mihailo Apostolski” - Skopje presented the NOTIONES project during the three-day workshop on OSINT with information technology experts in Chișinău, Moldova. (March 13-17, 2024).The workshop offered interactive sessions on data...
The report “Cross-agency situation report” outlines significant threats impacting the fight against organized crime, highlighting economic crime, its geographical spread, global reach, and unlawful influence. Key vulnerabilities include the misuse of incorrect data in official records and the challenges posed by the digital and cross-border nature of crime. Digitalization has...
On January 23, 2024, the NOTIONES project consortium conducted the third of five workshops planned during the project’s lifecycle. This event took place face-to-face in Madrid, Spain, as well as virtually via the MS Teams platform. The workshop methodology was carefully designed to facilitate open discussions on selected topics related to...
IntroductionThe intelligence activities in the field of the fight against criminality and terrorism include the capability of recognizing signals and facts of interest within unstructured textual contents. The possibility of retrieving information contained in proclaims, disseminations, propaganda in general, is a very useful instrument that can help the intelligence agencies to...
Terrorist attacks using explosives and CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) materials have been present throughout history. While the frequency of CBRN terrorist attacks is relatively low compared to those with explosives and other types of weapons, it is crucial to treat the efforts of both terrorist organizations and individuals with appropriate gravity in order...
The results of the NOTIONES project were presented in November 2023 at the 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Technologies for Defense and Security (IEEE TechDefense2023) in Rome.Dr. Paola Fratantoni (Zanasi & Partners) presented the results obtained by NOTIONES about the technologies for Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) and Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) in the conference...
The Intelligence community has an unquestionable role in pursuing the security of citizens and Nations. The evidence clearly suggests that ethical dilemmas are a constant trait of the intelligence profession, and can generate much public controversy when certain operations become public - consider as examples mass surveillance of citizens over...
ISEM Institute cooperated on 27th September 2023 within UC 4 Rescue of people and collection of pollution on sea in international waters. More than 500 people and three countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) worked together in a sea rescue and spill recovery operation.The exercise started with a passenger ship hitting an...
A group of officials from Uzbekistan recently completed a five-day CBRN-E Related Crime Scene Investigation Training program in Rajecke Teplice, Slovakia. Organized by the European Union-funded LEICA project (Law Enforcement In Central Asia), this training was conducted by EU experts from Slovak and Czech CBRN response units.Thirteen Uzbek officials, including...
The whitepaper with the title “Tackling terrorist content online – Propaganda and content moderation” examines how the tech industry deals with online terrorist and violent extremist content, which is a major factor in radicalisation and violence, according to recent reports and studies. The whitepaper consists of three parts: the first...