Project Details
Description
Assay-ssination explores the growing use of jewellery and gemstones by international criminal organisations for the purposes of terrorism, money laundering, and drug smuggling, with the aim of developing new methodologies for the prevention, detection, and categorization of jewellery and other gem-related crimes (JAG)
Key findings
Project outputs have thus far resulted in 3 international conference presentations (Netherlands, Brazil, Canada), 1 podcast, 1 industry report, and 1 peer-reviewed book chapter. The project has a pending application with the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grants Scheme: ‘Get Your Rocks Off: An Interdisciplinary Exploration into Drug Residue Recovery from Jewellery’, which, if funded, would support data collection in Canada through fieldwork with the RCMP and JVC to obtain samples from jewellery recovered vis-à- vis drug trafficking investigations, in addition to the development of an online course in Jewellery and Gem Crime for Police and Forensic Investigators.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/05/20 → … |
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