Surveillance of Telecommunications Traffic Data

The access to so-called telecommunications traffic data is an investigative method which has increasingly been resorted to in recent years. It not only complements “classic” forms of telecommunications interception but has in fact evolved to form an independent investigative method in its own right that can be implemented in both a cost effective and economical manner. Consequently, its use has spread beyond the areas of computer related crime and data theft to take in more conventional crimes – not as the “last” resort, but rather as the “first”.