Big data analysis artificial intelligence (AI) corporations S2W (hereinafter S2W) said on the 17th that it took part in the global joint operation "Operation Cyberprotect II," led by the International Criminal Police Organization Interpol and the European Union (EU) police agency Europol.
The operation code-named "Cyberprotect II" is a large-scale global joint operation in a hackathon format held from the 15th to the 17th of last month at Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, France. Investigators dispatched from 10 countries took part in the operation with the goal of identifying online-based human trafficking and illegal migrant smuggling organizations spreading worldwide and disrupting and dismantling their criminal networks.
According to Interpol, the operation investigated a total of 79 potential smuggling facilitators and operators; 175 documents and files related to illegal immigration and human trafficking brokerage; 269 social media (SNS) and messaging accounts and internet addresses (URLs); phone numbers registered in 29 countries; and stolen travel and identification information issued in 11 countries.
In this international cooperative operation, patterns and actor characteristics that appear in processes such as advertising or negotiating crimes were comprehensively analyzed and organized into data. S2W, along with Meta in the United States, was officially invited as a key private partner for the operation and provided data and AI analysis technology. S2W said it "contributed to deriving various criminal leads by using the security and public safety AI platform XAVIS."
XAVIS is an AI-based platform that integrates monitoring of hidden channels such as the dark web, Telegram, and illegal virtual asset networks to collect and analyze incident information and criminal profiling data. S2W said it helped gain a multidimensional understanding of key activity patterns of international human trafficking organizations through XAVIS, including accounts promoting smuggling routes, accounts selling forged documents, and guidance on movement.
Suh Sang-duk, S2W's chief executive, said, "It is meaningful that S2W's technological capabilities contributed to finding fundamental ways to deter international crime in a global joint operation to strengthen the cyber safety net," adding, "We want to continue to actively participate in international cooperative activities and prove that Korea's AI and security technology is at a world-class level."