<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Fellow Autonians,<div><br></div><div>I am very happy to report that our Traffic Jam software helped identify and nab a major international organization conducting sex trafficking activities in multiple countries and multiple states throughout the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>Please see the release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon, linked below.</div><div><br></div><div>Even though neither CMU nor our spinoff Marinus Analytics names are mentioned in the document, it is a fact that the federal agencies involved in the process of tracking the indicted perpetrator's activities, as well as the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA) mentioned in it, have been using the results of the analyses conducted with our software to guide their investigations. It turns out that our software triggered the first alerts of the suspicious activities of this very organization as early as three years ago. We are very glad that those and other subsequent findings obtained with Traffic Jam were correct, informative, and that they ultimately led to the currently announced indictions. Some of the apparent perpetrators are in custody and they will stand court trials, and so until convicted they are presumed innocent. We all hope that the potentially numerous victims, involved in the activities these individuals are being accused for, will all be rescued and will have a good chance to return to their normal, safe lives.</div><div><br></div><div>Cara and Emily from Marinus Analytics are working with the representatives of NCFTA to determine if and how this achievement could or should be publicized more broadly, so please keep the news as internal only until further notice.</div><div><br></div><div>Huge congratulations to the Auton Lab and everyone who contributed to developing and deploying Traffic Jam!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Artur<div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/nationwide-sting-operation-targets-illegal-asian-brothels-six-indicted-racketeering" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/nationwide-sting-operation-targets-illegal-asian-brothels-six-indicted-racketeering</a></div>
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