Open Source Research Lab

The UTEP Open Source Research Lab's goal is to build the most comprehensive unclassified database on group-based violence in the Western Hemisphere. It performs open source research, exploitation, and analysis of transnational criminal activities including:

Cartel-related violence
Cross-border violence
Immigration-related extremist activities
Immigration-related terrorist activities
Narcotics trafficking
Transnational organized crime activity

The region that the Open Source Research Lab focuses on is in Mexico and along the US border with Mexico, and Latin America.

Criticism

The lab is under scrutiny because it was started and run until recently by S. Fernando Rodriguez, then director of UTEP's Criminal Justice Program. Rodriguez is on paid administrative leave while administrators decide what to do because he did not report outside work worth more than $1 million as required by university rules.^[1]

References

↑ UTEP: Agencies say university's Open Source Crime Lab hasn't given pledged help http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_20249421/agencies-say-crime-lab-hasnt-given-pledged-help

External links

Official website

University of Texas at El Paso

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