SYSTEM aims at going beyond the state of the art by improving the readiness of the sensing devices included in the previous H2020 projects, complementing them with commercial sensing devices, and integrating such technologies to work in unison in order to provide effective information to be fused by a customisable data monitoring centre. The expected results (mainly to be achieved in the second part of the project’s implementation) are:
• An innovative approach for the monitoring of amphetamine-type-stimulants (ATS) and homemade explosives (HME) production in urban and suburban areas.
• Chemical analysis methods to detect traces of synthetic drug synthesis and of the making of homemade explosives in the sewage waste.
• Improved sensor principles for chemical measuring under extraordinary conditions.
• Robust technologies, including sensing devices for detection in sewage or in solid waste as well as for autarkic air monitoring.
• Innovative sensor fusion models to help locate the source of the tracked compounds and improve its identification.
• New solutions for LEAs investigations include a unified data management and control centre with algorithms which consider real-time data.
SYSTEM has achieved results having an impact on detection capacities and making evidence available, assessing the effectiveness of “production location” by deploying sensing technologies, as well as proving a reliable information base to fight against crime. The impact of the SYSTEM project refers to a type of device integration that presents innovation and an improvement under the aspect of effectiveness, as well as new best practices associated with the data fusion. Impacts of SYSTEM results are mainly identified in the following areas:
• Proving detection capacities and making evidence available for authorities involved in the fight against crime.
• Assessing effectiveness of “production location” by deploying sensing technologies thanks to a more effective detection and localization of clandestine sites producing synthetic drugs and explosives.
• Proving a reliable information base to fight against crime through a wide range of data that can be offered to Law Enforcement Agencies, Security and Intelligence Agencies, Government Laboratories, etc.
• Potential Impact not foreseen is identified in the application of SYSTEM and its capacities for data aggregation for environmental purposes - monitoring/detection of pollution, or in general anomalous presence of substances.
• Societal Implications of the Project are recognised by the need of safeguarding core societal values, fundamental rights and civil liberties also when security has an essential role.
