Virtual worlds have emerged as an important gaming platform, and also an a vehicle for intelligence analysis.

Unfortunately, these same platforms are being used for criminal conspiracies and terrorist operations.

Case Studies:

1. •Islam in Synthetic Worlds
   

2. •Terrorist Fundraising
   

3. •PRC Operations
   

4. •Penetration of Research Facilities
   

5. •Espionage Tradecraft
   

6. •Surveillance
   

7. •Attack Simulation
   

8. •Front Organizations

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Edward M. Roche is the Director of Scientific Intelligence for Barraclough Ltd. With more than 30 years of corporate experience in the IT sector, he had conducted a wide range of research projects involving information technology, telecommunications, virtual worlds, national security, political economy and industrial policies for technopolae and microelectronics.