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Human Trafficking, Cybercrime and Maritime Transport

Today, around 90% of world trade is carried by the international shipping industry and the biggest and fastest growing method used is container shipping. Containers carry all sorts of cargo, but very often also the forbidden one, such as drugs, weapons, or even human beings. Although some 400 million containers are shipped annually, being moved seamlessly between ships, trucks, trains and airplanes, only around 2% of them are being inspected. Unawareness of cyber security issues has put the entire shipping industry under a great risk, allowing cyber criminals to target transport operators, ports and terminals in order to access data on high- value cargo and susceptible loads. Real cases have proven that the simple software and hardware hacks can allow traffickers to infiltrate the port and steal particular containers from ships before the legitimate owner arrives. This scenario only perpetuates the real threat of smuggling and human trafficking being undertaken by means of cyber crime. This research proposal is build on the indication of transport and shipping industry, especially maritime transportation, being used more than ever as means of trafficking drugs and humans. New ways of organizing transport, including the growing use of electronics, give smugglers and traffickers new tools for committing a crime and also pose new risks to the industry as a whole. The level of cyber awareness in the transport industry is still low and this research will aim to detect the most efficient solutions for tackling this problem.

maritime transport, cyber crime in transport

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