Tracing the network of crime

摘要

Sicilian police were looking to bust a criminal network thought to be responsible for a string of robberies, extortions and drug trafficking. They had a few leads, but wanted to know who else their suspects worked with and for. Eventually, they got all the evidence they needed - thanks to software that traced who they were talking to and when. Called LogAnalysis, the software used metadata from some of the suspects' phones to map out the relationships between them. By plugging in information from a few people, the police could figure out who was involved, who they worked with and even what role they may have played in the crime.