Social media is a great way for family and friends to stay connected, but recent research conducted by The University of Texas at El Paso shed light on how transnational criminal elements exploit it. In May 2014, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate commissioned UTEP’s National Center for Border Security and Immigration (NCBSI) to research the levels to which organized crime used social networks. The research was for Homeland Security Investigations ....