Descripción del proyecto
Una nueva herramienta detecta productos químicos precursores empleados para fabricar bombas
La lucha contra el terrorismo requiere un arsenal de herramientas. Una de estas son los conocimientos sobre precursores de explosivos; sustancias químicas que pueden emplearse para fines legítimos, pero que también pueden utilizarse indebidamente para la fabricación ilícita de explosivos caseros. En este contexto, el proyecto ODYSSEUS, financiado con fondos europeos, desarrollará herramientas de pronóstico, de detección y forenses eficaces y eficientes para mejorar la prevención, hacer frente e investigar atentados terroristas con explosivos caseros. Los conocimientos del proyecto ayudarán a desarrollar herramientas para vigilar la cadena de suministro de productos químicos y detectar en tiempo (casi) real los precursores de explosivos. Las herramientas del proyecto se probarán sobre el terreno en tres casos de uso operativo.
Objetivo
ODYSSEUS aims to increase the knowledge on explosive precursors and homemade explosives (HMEs), including precursors not previously studied, and develop effective and efficient prognostic, detection, and forensic tools to improve the capabilities of LEAs towards the prevention, countering, and investigation of terrorist incidents involving HMEs. ODYSSEUS will build upon relevant previous projects mainly HOMER, through the involvement ofHOMER’s core partners in this consortium, and will thus continue the work already done in HOMER on some precursors and further extend it to not previously studied precursors.
To discover potentially hitherto unknown information, online HMEs recipes will be collected and their content will be analysed so as to extract knowledge about (possibly unknown) precursors and HMEs. Selected precursors will be then characterisedand analysed for determining their explosive properties, feasibility, and potential for becoming a threat.This knowledge will be leveraged for developing tools for(i) chemical supply chain monitoring for irregularity detection to enable prediction and localisation of potential threats; (ii) advanced sensors for detecting in (near) real-time explosive precursors through air emissions and sewerage networks; (iii) robotised tools for improved mobile detection and in-situ forensic support; and (iv) automated threat detection, localisation, and assessment; these tools will be integrated into a configurable platform that will assist LEAs’ operations in diverse scenarios.
ODYSSEUS will be validated in lab and field tests and demonstrations in three operational use cases. Extensive training of LEAs' personnel, hands-on experience, joint exercises, and training material will boost the uptake of ODYSSEUS tools and technologies. With a Consortium of 4 LEAs, 9 Research/Academic partners, and 5 industry partners, ODYSSEUS delivers a strong representation of the challenges, requirements and tools to meet its objectives.
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H2020-SU-SEC-2020
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IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
1574 Sofia
Bulgaria