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You get a text message. One spouse sends a screenshot that shows the other spouse admits to concealing funds. Later, a threatening voicemail follows. Or maybe there is a video that seems to depict behaviour that could be relevant to…
Day 3 of Asia ADR Week 2026 examined the challenges of AI-generated content, digital evidence and technology, and discussed digital evidence authentication, deepfakes, forensic verification, and AI use in arbitrations. [In picture left to right: Prof. Robert G Volterra, Lim Chee Yong,…
According to the joint announcement, the settlement includes: The parties stated that the settlement agreement is a public document. Critics argued the program allowed the government to collect genetic information from people accused of relatively minor offenses who had not…
FBI Director Kash Patel said this week that the bureau has cleared a backlog of DNA samples that once topped 1.8 million and reduced it to zero in under a year and a half. The backlog covered DNA collected from federally…
Luxembourg, 16 October 2026 Europol’s new report identifies priorities to help law enforcement recover and analyse digital evidence in an increasingly complex technological environment. A message on a mobile phone, a road trip recorded by a connected vehicle or information stored in…
Police and other law enforcement authorities across the EU lack the resources, tools and common standards they need to collect and analyse digital evidence, according to a Europol report published on Friday. The report warns that without coordinated European action,…
The Madras High Court recently refused a man's plea for a DNA test, noting that he had filed the same 10 years after the wife filed a Domestic Violence case, without providing any reasonable or acceptable explanation for the delay. Justice…
While the country continues to mourn the deaths of 12 women whose bodies were discovered in various locations across Ekurhuleni, the chairperson of the National Portfolio Committee on Police, Ian Cameron, says systemic failures and police investigations stalled by a lack…
On 16 October, Europol together with the European Commission published the analysis on digital forensic gaps. Extracting data from seized devices and analysing them is key for law enforcement authorities to investigate crime and obtain the necessary evidence to prosecute perpetrators.