This meeting of the Open Data Working Group of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum will explore the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in law enforcement investigations and its evidential reliability in court.

AI-driven tools are increasingly used to analyse large datasets, identify patterns and support investigative decision-making. Drawing on research at the intersection of forensic linguistics, technology-assisted investigation and digital evidence, our speaker will examine how AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) are reshaping the analysis of publicly available information.

The session will address both the opportunities these technologies offer and the risks and challenges they pose within legal proceedings.

Speaker

• Tim Grant, Professor of Forensic Linguistics, Aston University

Moderator

• Fred Ellis, Wildlife Trade Analyst and Financial Specialist, TRAFFIC

Details

The meeting is open to current members of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum and its Open Data Working Group, as well as those potentially interested in joining. The session will be held in English via Zoom.

Date and time: 4 March 2026, 09.00 EST / 15.00 CET

Relevant resources

• Language and Online Identities: The Undercover Policing of Internet Sexual Crime
• Cambridge Elements in Forensic Linguistics
• Writing Wrongs podcast
• The Idea of Progress in Forensic Authorship Analysis.

Organisers

The Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum is a joint initiative of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Basel Institute on Governance, Transparency International and TRAFFIC.