Call: Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects to solve issues in fighting against crime and terrorism

The primary aims of the Secure Societies Challenge are:

• to enhance the resilience of our society against natural and man-made disasters, ranging from the development of new crisis management tools to communication interoperability, and to develop novel solutions for the protection of critical infrastructure;
• to fight crime and terrorism ranging from new forensic tools to protection against explosives;
• to improve border security, ranging from improved maritime border protection to supply chain security and to support the Union's external security policies including through conflict prevention and peace building;
• and to provide enhanced cyber-security, ranging from secure information sharing to new assurance models

1. New methods to prevent, investigate and mitigate trafficking of human beings and child sexual exploitation - and on the protection of victims
2. Understanding the drivers of cyber criminality, and new methods to prevent, investigate and mitigate cybercriminal behaviour.
3. Developing comprehensive multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approaches to prevent and counter violent radicalisation and terrorism in the EU.

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