Google search for human traffickers, drug cartels

Drug cartels, money launderers and human traffickers run their sophisticated operations online. So Google Ideas, Google‘s think tank, is working with the Council on Foreign Relations and others to look for ways to use technology to disrupt international crime.

At a summit in Westlake Village, California, this week, people working to halt illicit networks — from former child soldiers to an assistant defense secretary — will be sharing ideas about cracking down on global crime.

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