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The FBI – Behind the Dark Suits, N-Dex

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Lina Maini

There are approximately 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States – local, state, tribal, and federal— generally working independently,  each gathering clues, conducting interviews, solving crimes, and generating reports and information. Within their jurisdictions. So the 2011 question is: in an age supporting a very mobile and transient number of people, obviously crime will [...]

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The FBI – Behind The Dark Suits, Part I/II Facts & Top Ten Wanted List

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Lina Maini

Each year, around the beginning of March, I begin to check the FBI most wanted lists. Mostly as an exercise in how far I can get in locating information not previously released by the FBI. #10 on this list has an interesting FB page.  And a $1 million tag on his head. Usually it’s a [...]

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How to Read Fingerprints

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Lina Maini

No two fingers have ever been found that are identical.  No two fingerprints have been found that are anywhere near identical.  So the best evidence is empirical. But there has always been an intrinsic appeal to develop a mathematical basis, a statistical basis for fingerprint uniqueness.  And this interest commenced almost at the dawn of [...]

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NYPD Stop N Search Database Struck Down; Crime Fighting Familial DNA Use

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Lina Maini

This week, stop and search records maintenance by police is back in the news. NY Governor David Paterson struck down a search and record procedure used by the NYPD wherein anyone stopped for any reason, would have their info (including DNA if warranted) entered into a crime fighting database shared by multiple local, state and federal agencies. [...]

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World’s Dumbest Cyber Criminal Posts Extortion Demands Online

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Lina Maini

Unbelievably, in this age of immediate information capture, a California man (a former registered agent and manager of New York Life Insurance Company) attempted to extort 3 million dollars from  New York Life via a public website.   Below are a background and breakdown of the (now) defendant, Anthony Digati’s extortionate activities in regard to this matter. Background: At some point in 2007, Mr. [...]

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The FBI’s Most Wanted List: History and “Fun” Facts

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Lina Maini

March 14, 2010 marked the 60th anniversary of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List.   From an official FBI press release: FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III today announces the FBI’s commemoration of its famous “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” program, created 60 years ago. In 1949, a reporter for the International News Service (the predecessor [...]

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Familial DNA An Inadvertent Informant?

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Lina Maini

We hope you are enjoying this unofficial last weekend of the summer!            Back on topic, we’ve been monitoring the development of a relatively new investigation tool  in law enforcement and litigation closely; that of prosecutors, the FBI and other investigative/authorized agencies using the DNA samplings of relatives to locate potential criminals/defendants. In the [...]

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Perfect Crime; Imperfect Searches.

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Lina Maini

From Der Speigel 03/19/2009 Twins Suspected in Spectacular Jewelry Heist Set Free Saved by their indistinguishable DNA, identical twins suspected in a massive jewelry heist have been set free. Neither could be exclusively linked to the DNA evidence. German police say at least one of the identical twin brothers Hassan and Abbas O. may have [...]

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