Online Social Media and Investigations

There are over 300 known social networking sites on the Internet. If you add photo sharing, video sharing, and dating sites, that number jumps to over 800. Myspace.com has over 260 million users and Facebook.com adds 20,000 new users each day. Too often, investigators and analysts overlook or underutilize this valuable resource.

Social networking sites are virtual communities. As in any large community, criminal organizations, fraud, violet crime, and victimization exist. These virtual communities transcent traditional geographic and national boundaries. Investigators need to understand these communities along with the tools, tricks, and techniques to prevent, track, and solve crimes.

This Webinar will use major criminal case studies to look at how criminals use online social media to stalk intended victims, communicate, and perpetrate their crimes. It will also look at cases in which criminal investigators exploited these emergent technologies.

Presented By:
Charles Cohen
Cohen Training and Consulting, LLC
[Charles Cohen also holds the position of Commander, Special Investigations and Criminal Intelligence, Indiana State Police]