Future of Water, Energy, and Food Nexus Nikolas Badminton Futurist Speaker

Charity scams take advantage of people’s generosity and kindness by asking for donations to a fake charity or by impersonating a real charity. You may get a call from two people, one pretending to be your grandchild and the other pretending to be either a police officer or a lawyer. Your “grandchild” asks you questions during the call, getting you to volunteer personal information. In the typical scenario of an emergency scam, a grandparent receives a phone call from a scammer claiming to be one of his or her grandchildren. Callers go on to say that they are in some kind of trouble and need money immediately. They claim to have been in a car accident, are having trouble returning from a foreign country or they need bail money.

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He echoed one of the Canadian government sources, who noted any interviewees would already be provisionally approved following their background checks. On top of a question portion, first-time interviews at enrolment centres include a high-resolution iris photo and fingerprinting, to be used for scanning at border kiosks. “One example could include the authority to carry or have access to a firearm while on duty,” spokeswoman Rhonda Lawson said in an email. The impact of meth use has been particularly experienced in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where its use has reached epidemic proportions. According to the Winnipeg Police Service, meth use has contributed to an eight percent (8%) increase in personal and commercial robberies, a twenty-nine percent (29%) increase in property crime, and an overall increase in firearms-related offences in 2018. When compared to a five year average, this represents an increase of fifty-eight percent (58%), forty-four percent (44%), and sixty percent (60%), respectively.

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While information sharing is key to the success of cross-border investigations, it was noted that jurisdictional and legislative restrictions can sometimes act as an impediment to cooperative bilateral efforts. Such impediments represent an ongoing challenge for cross-border investigative efforts. The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) is a research unit within the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba. MCHP performs population-based research on health services, population and public health and the social determinants of health. Such research assists the province of Manitoba in identifying and developing future health and social policy tools.

• It is one of Canada’s most important commercial partners and Canada’s largest source of bilateral Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Asia.
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• It also provides a proven strategic planning and foresight methodology – the Positive Dystopia Canvas (PDC) – that allows leaders to supercharge their teams to build evocative visions of futures that strengthen planning today.
• Established in 2023, it has quickly become a focal point for users seeking a wide array of products, from illicit drugs to various digital goods, all facilitated by an efficient and secure platform.
• Overall, this session examined the importance of collaboration among law enforcement stakeholders and within the broader community.
• The relationship goes both ways, with hundreds of thousands of Canadians living in the region.
• During their presentation, researchers from the University of California San Diego introduced their software application that searches and identifies linkages between the surface web, dark web, and social media platform postings.

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From a provincial perspective, the Government of Saskatchewan is making strides to deal with the illicit drug problem through grant programs, provincial strategies, and partnerships that embody collaboration. In addition, the province has also initiated or contributed to a number of strategies, including the Saskatchewan Drug Taskforce, Crime Reduction Team, and Crystal Meth Strategy. Furthermore, the University of Saskatchewan is working with the provincial government to leverage cross-sectoral data and predictive analytics to address the growing rate of narcotic use and related mortality in Saskatchewan.

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Canada will build on its Women, Peace and Security agenda and its established security partnerships to reinforce regional capabilities and promote stability. The Indo-Pacific region will play a critical role in shaping Canada’s future over the next half-century. Encompassing 40 economies, over four billion people and $47.19 trillion in economic activity, it is the world’s fastest growing-region and home to six of Canada’s top 13 trading partners. The Indo-Pacific region represents significant opportunities for growing the economy here at home, as well as opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses for decades to come.

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This makes it significant for astrophysics, but also an important object of research for fundamental physics. However, a team of physicists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has now succeeded in measuring the vibrations of the molecule with a laser for the first time. The result matches the theoretical prediction very closely, as the researchers now describe in the scientific journal Nature Physics. To build a connection with other networks, a modem is used to connect the network to the telephone infrastructure which already connects one house’s network to anyone in the world.

The Role of the Dark Web in the Crime and Terrorism Nexus

The Bing search engine has developed a pilot project in the United States to display warnings directly in its results for websites identified by the FDA and/or NABP as operating illegally. NABP has partnered with the (Canadian) National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities and the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies – Canada to enhance the safety of Canadian consumers. Given the potential harm that illegitimate pharmacy sites can cause, it is essential to educate the public and raise awareness of accessing safe online pharmacies. The anonymous nature and sophistication of both the surface and dark web sites has paved the way for a modernized landscape for drug trafficking. In conjunction with the protection afforded by the web through protected websites.

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But, through innovation, strategizing and an open-minded approach, they can restructure their organization and practices in order to mitigate (or even take advantage of) the impact of such events. Nikolas will take you through his world-leading process of futures work and show you how that supercharges innovation and strategy to deliver increased revenues and explosive growth. Every organization wants to be seen as innovative, solving real world problems and leading their industry. The majority fall at the first hurdle – taking a chance and empowering their people to explore possibilities.

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• The Indo-Pacific produces more than half of global emissions and includes many rapidly industrializing economies that will have a significant impact on our shared environment.
• We conduct our business with the highest honesty, transparency, and ethical standards.
• Some cybercriminal enterprises are moving away from mass-scale smash-and-grab attacks, which continue to impact targets with less hardened defences, towards operations that demonstrate more patience and sophistication.
• This research, sanctioned by the Manitoba Department of Health, will use data from the repository to create an overview of meth use in the province, and will include the creation of heat maps to determine where individuals access harm reduction and other services.
• In a world increasingly shaped by tensions, trade is not only an economic but, also, a geopolitical priority.
• Cybercriminal supply chain compromises are particularly concerning given the lack of discrimination in their targeting.
• While connecting the informal, grey, and black markets to each other may still be difficult, the technology which helps one often helps the others.
• It also brings together federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the U.S. government as well as agents, analysts, and professional staff with expertise in subjects including drugs, gangs, and health care fraud.

We will strengthen cooperation with key countries across the region to support their transition into more inclusive and prosperous partners. There are also countries in the region with whom Canada fundamentally disagrees; we must be clear-eyed about the threats and risks they pose. But the collective challenges we face, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and nuclear proliferation, are too important to tackle in isolation. Where we can, we will pursue mutually beneficial collaboration, anchored in our commitment to protecting the safety of Canadians and the strategic interests of Canada.

Promoting peace, resilience and security

Thus, even if you are not accessing an HTTPS site, it will still be hard to trace your data. This is especially important when using public networks because you never know who could be watching your traffic or after your private data. Nevertheless, it is important to assess the reliability of the VPN service provider.

Homeland Security Investigations is a critical investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security that combats criminal organizations which aim to exploit America’s travel, trade, financial and immigration systems. Its workforce includes special agents, analysts, auditors and support staff across the United States and throughout the world, including Canada. HSI investigates a broad range of cross-border criminal activity, including financial crimes, money laundering, fraud, cybercrime, human trafficking, immigration fraud, transnational gang activity, and narcotics and weapons smuggling and trafficking.

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Be wary of somebody who talks as if they know you or of redialling a missed call from an unknown number—there may be hidden charges. Scammers will often try to get you to deal outside of online auction sites. They may claim the winner of an auction that you were bidding on has pulled out and offer the item to you. Once you have paid, you will never hear from them again and the auction site will not be able to help you.

Beyond solely financially motivated cybercrime, the Cyber Centre has observed some cases where state-sponsored cyber threat activity and cybercrime overlap. This activity ranges from state-sponsored threat actors tasking cybercriminals to achieve strategic goals or fulfill intelligence requirements, to state-sponsored cyber actors engaging in cybercrime outside of their official capacity in pursuit of personal profit. Ransomware has become one of the most devastating types of cybercrime, impacting individuals, businesses, and government agencies. Successful cybercriminals in the ransomware industry can rapidly develop and adapt their malware to capitalize on evolving global, national, or regional contexts, and the resultant changes in the vulnerabilities of target organizations. Many of them operate from safe havens, countries which willingly turn a blind eye to, or are unable to interrupt, cybercrime within their borders. Health Canada’s Drug Analysis Service (DAS) provides scientific and technical services to assist Canadian law enforcement in their efforts to combat illicit drugs.

This work demonstrates the important role that academia plays in advancing law enforcement’s technological capabilities to reduce illegal online activity. Holding events for the public such as the Opioids Code-a-thon are beneficial for tapping into innovative processes as researchers work on artificial intelligence to go from a big data set to a mapped visualization. Media have proven to be key allies in the process as they make information more accessible nexus market link to the public than academic publications. The work undertaken by DAS is critical in measuring the scope of drug trends as they emerge as well as identifying regional variations in the illicit drug market across Canada. For instance, using data compiled from its activities, DAS has monitored the evolution of opioid use, from the over-prescription of OxyContin in the 2000’s to the recent proliferation of fentanyl-laden counterfeit oxycodone tablets.

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The backdoored website will be then sold to a group specialized in data exfiltration that will attempt to take control over the server and surrounding infrastructure to extract as much valuable data as possible. Finally, customer data is acquired by fraudsters skilled in the aforementioned BEC attacks, spear phishing campaigns, ransomware, banking malware and Remote Access Trojans (RAT) distribution aimed to steal money from the accounts of victim banks’ clientele. To combat the spiraling growth of digital crime and fraud, organization should not delay DWM strategy and keep the wrongdoers under a close surveillance. Modern-day world of cybercrime is well-organized and may serve a decent example of discipline, maturity and overall effectiveness. Cyber gangs usually have a focus on a particular activity that they master the best to attain high efficiency and profitability. Fake accounts in social networks are another facet of the problem, ranging from fake premium support to overt scam solely purported to steal funds.

• It’s not necessary,” said Len Saunders, an immigration lawyer based in Blaine, Wash., just south of Vancouver.
• Like countries around the world, Canada is concerned by the rise of coercive and irresponsible use of technology.
• CI2 employs agency strategies to enhance drug interdictions by conducting investigations and seizing illegal substances transported through the mail system.
• If you are asked to refund the excess amount by money transfer, be suspicious.
• The impact of meth use has been particularly experienced in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where its use has reached epidemic proportions.
• Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall progressively eliminate its customs duties on originating goods in accordance with its Schedule to Annex 2-D (Tariff Commitments).
• In April 2021, the US Department of the Treasury stated that the Russian Federal Security Service cultivates and co-opts cybercriminals, including EvilCorp, enabling them to engage in disruptive attacks.

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Canada will share expertise in clean technology, oceans management, energy transition and climate finance, and it will work collaboratively across the region to reduce emissions and prevent further biodiversity loss. Canada will also work in concert with G7 partners to help the region meet its growing $2.1 trillion infrastructure funding gap. The first objective commits Canada to promoting peace, resilience and security (Objective 1) in the Indo-Pacific. Stability in this region directly impacts the safety, prosperity and security of Canadians. Canada will invest in an enhanced military presence, along with intelligence and cyber security, to promote security in the region and ensure the safety of Canadians.

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• Canada will, at all times, unapologetically defend our national interest, be it with regard to the global rules that govern global trade, international human rights or navigation and overflight rights.
• In other cases, scammers will try to build a friendship with you, perhaps even sending you flowers or other small gifts.
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• In some cases, scammers pretend to be your old neighbour or a friend of the family, but for the most part, the emergency scam is directed at grandparents.
• But, through innovation, strategizing and an open-minded approach, they can restructure their organization and practices in order to mitigate (or even take advantage of) the impact of such events.
• The Nigerian scam (also called the 419 fraud) has been on the rise since the early‑to‑mid 1990s in Canada.

Futures coaching can also be provided for incumbent and incoming Futurist-in-Residence and Chief Futures Officers (CFuO) to ensure a broader worldview is maintained and a connection to the wider foresight community is ongoing. The result is bolder future visions of that might be and imagined future states that allow teams to anticipate unseen risks and create stronger strategic plans that guide the companies forward. Nikolas is now offering three exciting new keynotes for the 2024 events season. I see huge potential with these – thanks for discussing these with me this Friday. Nikolas has been a mainstay in the media for the past decade talking about our futures. He’s appeared in the ‘Smart Drugs’ documentary, was an advisor to the ‘Age of AI’ series with Robert Downley Jr and appears in the upcoming series ‘The Secrets of Big Data’ on Discovery.

As individuals increasingly use the internet as a procurement tool for budget medication, OCGs have capitalized on this opportunity by developing more illicit pharmacy websites. With the evolution of legitimate pharmacy websites, the NABP administers the “Pharmacy Verified Websites Program”. Ninety-five percent (95%) of the 12,000 websites reviewed by the NABP were found to be non-compliant with pharmacy laws and practice standards, thereby posing a health and safety risk to purchasers. With the wide array of online drug outlets masquerading as pharmacies and selling unregulated or counterfeit substances, it was noted that websites with addresses ending in “.pharmacy” are considered safe for consumers.

In light of insufficient knowledge of their attack surface and missing attack surface management program, many large organizations systematically lose and expose their internal data. Such incidents are often caused by careless data storage in unprotected or misconfigured AWS S3 buckets and other widespread forms of cloud storage. Improperly configured websites, mobile APIs and third-party systems processing data is an inexhaustible source of sellable data for cybercriminals. Before shutting down, CanadianHQ was one of the largest Dark Web marketplaces in the world and significantly contributed to harmful cyber activity in Canada.