Lawful Intercepts: Navigating the Maze of Communication Data

Emails, social media data, location information, financial statements, money transfers, and hotel and flight reservations—being able to intercept such a diverse amount of information surrounding a potential target is invaluable to investigators. How do you know which communication types are best to gather in your investigation? How do the different sources of information stack up in terms of cost, efficiency and accuracy, and which might be the most appropriate to your investigation?

This guide will compare and contrast the various communication types available today, including those that can be collected historically and elaborating on the similarities and differences of those that are collected live.

Topics Covered:

• Tolls
• Pen Registers/Trap-and-Traces
• Location Pings
• Tower Location (Tolls and Pens) vs. Ping Location
• Social Media Intercepts
• Wiretaps
• Conducting live intercepts with PenLink

This resource is for active law enforcement and government personnel only. An agency email is required to download.