Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0452737

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0452737

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

DNA FINGERPRINTING IN DOCUMENT SECURITY TO COUNTER TERRORISM. Crime costs Australia >$18 billion per year. Of this, money laundering/document fraud is estimated at ~$4.5 billion and ~$1.5 to $3 trillion worldwide. Although many techniques combat document fraud (signatures, specialised inks and paper, watermarking etc) they are severely limited by low specificity or are easy to copy. Alternatively identification by DNA fingerprinting is highly specific (>10 billion to 1) and can now be obtained from cells embedded within paper. This project will use these techniques to provide definitive document validity and authenticity to minimise document fraud and thus counter illicit finance and terrorist funding.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $344,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Detection And Prevention Of Crime; Security Services | Criminology | Criminology | Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Law enforcement | Justice and the law not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Biotechnology Not Elsewhere Classified | Criminology | Detection And Prevention Of Crime; Security Services | Justice and the law not elsewhere classified | Law enforcement

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