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The fight against the 'ndrangheta moves to the web. «The cross-referencing of data through AI to analyze criminal relationships»
Prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri: «Beware of “hallucinations”, artificial intelligence can return false data»
Published: 03/04/2025 – 7:00
RENDE The Turin prosecutor, Giovanni Bombardieri , returns – for a day – to Calabria and participates in an event organized in synergy between the University of Calabria and the Guardia di Finanza to study the techniques of using Artificial Intelligence and support the training of those who are called upon to face the army of evil on a daily basis.
The fight against crime has moved to the web, the network hides dangerous and profitable frauds (for those who carry them out), disguised investments, fictitious sales, but drug dealing also runs on social media and the deep web. In short, a world parallel to the real one “governed” by unwritten rules and which allows a substantial freedom of maneuver that makes the task of investigators engaged in intercepting the intentions and criminal plans of the scoundrels difficult. As is usual, where money moves, the tentacles of the 'ndrangheta arrive : in step with technological evolutions and able to exploit them to launder dirty money or to swell the army of hackers at its disposal. On this point, the position of the former prosecutor of the DDA of Reggio Calabria is clear: « The important thing is to govern artificial intelligence ».
«Ai-based data cross-referencing to analyze criminal relationships»
" Criminal organizations use artificial intelligence for a whole series of crimes, in cybercrime, in money laundering and in the fractioning of financial flows, even in the processing of data for drug trafficking routes ," says Bombardieri. This is why the use of AI becomes necessary already during the investigation phase. "It is a very important investigative tool because it allows us to process and process a quantity of data that would otherwise take years. In Turin, for example, we have a protocol with the National Interuniversity Consortium for Computer Science to verify how to apply artificial intelligence in a useful way within a criminal proceeding."
The project is in its infancy. "This is obviously an experimental moment, so we are talking about already public proceedings that bring together investigative data with data from open sources and this allows us to evaluate all the possible relationships that may exist between subjects, between facts that can be traced back to criminal events. This is a great opportunity for use ."
There is a danger that is difficult, at least for the moment, to contain. "These are the so-called " hallucinations ", that is, the possibility that artificial intelligence offers false data, data that does not correspond to the truth, even in the creation of connections between people. But this does not mean that it should not be used but that it should be governed through a human verification of all the results of the processing". Therefore, a careful examination of the data processing system is needed and consequently a constant and daily commitment to training. " It is an open world that requires the attention and interinstitutional cooperation of all the bodies that deal with this sector ". (f.benincasa@corrierecal.it)
