The Environment of Extremist Textual Content Threatening Transportation Systems

Abstract

Today, assuring safety and security is a key to developing efficient and safe transportation systems. This paper examines some issues related to transportation security data and determines the place of extremist textual content threatening transportation systems. The author proposes a few schemes describing extremist textual content environment. They demonstrate how different types of transportation offenses such as Environmental crimes, Thefts, Cyber Crimes and Terrorism. Cyber Crimes and Terrorism are linked together and form a vivid symbiosis for terrorist attacks preparation process. Those attacks target public places like airports and stations, online transportation systems and means of transportation. Online extremists’ activities aiming at transportation systems disruption involve online financing, technological support/coordination, online sites provision and extremist textual content. The variety of textual content is not limited by but includes social media, independent publications, emails, and messengers. The paper also examines some obstacles for examining extremists’ textual content. Many countries’ legislation prohibits extremist content and this makes it a challenge to find hidden discussions or even encrypted messages.