Mobile/Telephone Contacts and Calls In Forensics Analysis

Abstract

When tackling and preventing crime, the analysis of mobile or tele phone data, particularly contacts and calls among crime actors plays a significant role in both civil and criminal cases. Forensic analyst and investigators are able to reconstruct illegal and suspicious activities between specific individuals on the basis of the relationships connecting those individuals. This paper discusses mobile / tele phone contacts and calls in forensic analysis. By analysing the contacts and call log data among individuals related to a criminal activity, forensic analysts and investigators get a proper perspective about a particular criminal network. It is worth mentioning that not all mobile phones are smartphones. But they all have the same ability to store the names and phone numbers as well as call logs. When dealing with a digital device such as a mobile phone, the method used to extract data from it must have little impact on the memory for the evidence to be admissible in court. As such, the methods used to acquire data from a mobile phone will play an important part in an investigation which requires evidence to be extracted from a mobile phone. The investigator must be sure that the information acquired actually reflects that which is stored in the phone, and that the procedures used do not adversely affect the integrity of the information, or any other data stored in the device (McCarthy, 2005). Mobile or tele phone contacts and call data is important to law enforcement in tracking illegal activities and providing evidence for dismissals or acquittals. Keywords: Mobile, Telephone, Calls, Threats, Forensic Analysis, Cyber Security, BOOK Chapter ǀ Research Nexus in IT, Law, Cyber Security & Forensics. Open Access. Distributed Free Citation: Samuel Opoku Daniels (2022): Mobile/Telephone Contacts and Calls In Forensics Analysis Book Chapter Series on Research Nexus in IT, Law, Cyber Security & Forensics. Pp 315-320 www.isteams.net/ITlawbookchapter2022. dx.doi.org/10.22624/AIMS/CRP-BK3-P50