Smart monitoring system for identifying drug trafficking in social media
Ansh Raval, N. D. Patel, Ruhel Shaikh, Wasim Akram, Daxa Vekariya, Mukesh Patidar · IET conference proceedings. · 2025
The increasing use of social media platforms for illicit drug trafficking presents significant challenges for traditional enforcement methods, which struggle to keep up with the speed and complexity of traffickers’ evolving strategies. This research proposes an AI-driven monitoring system that combines user interaction analysis and content examination to identify patterns linked to drug-related activities. The framework generates actionable alerts and visual reports, enabling law enforcement officers to focus on meaningful leads rather than sifting through overwhelming amounts of raw data. Unlike conventional keyword-based systems, this approach adapts to the ever-changing tactics of traffickers, providing both scalability and precision. The system processes real-time social media content, automates routine surveillance tasks, and demonstrates significant improvements in detection accuracy and operational efficiency. By freeing officers from monotonous tasks, this solution enhances their capacity to investigate leads and disrupt drug trafficking networks effectively. Early results indicate that leveraging artificial intelligence not only accelerates detection but also improves the quality of actionable intelligence provided to law enforcement.