Sector Forensics has extensive experience working with law enforcement agencies including the Metropolitan Police, City of London Police, Customs and Excise, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, National Crime Agency, Surrey Police, Thames Valley Police, British Transport Police, Hampshire Police, South Yorkshire Police, Devon and Cornwall Police, Avon and Somerset Police, Nottinghamshire Police, Sussex Police, Merseyside Police, the Isle of Man Police and the Royal British Virgin Islands Police forces.
We have provided digital evidence on thousands of criminal cases on behalf of Law Enforcement Agencies including cases pertaining to:
Possession, making and distribution of indecent images
Examinations on behalf of Law Enforcement pertaining to individuals accused of offences involving child abuse images with likely charges of:
Making, distributing, showing or advertising any indecent photograph of a child (section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978)
Possession of an indecent photograph of a child (section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988).
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on thousands of cases on behalf of the defence and prosecution relating to investigations of this type.
Grooming, Child Exploitation and Enticement
Examinations on behalf of or pertaining to individuals accused of offences involving child abuse with likely charges of:
Causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity (section 10 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003), or engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child (section 11 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003)
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on thousands of cases on behalf of the prosecution relating to investigations of this type.
Malicious Communications and Trolling
Examinations on behalf of Law Enforcement pertaining to individuals accused of offences relating to the abuse of digital media e.g. Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp pertaining to the following legislation:
Improper use of public electronic communications network (section 127 of the Communications Act 2003)
(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he-
(a) sends by means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character; or
(b) causes any such message or matter to be so sent
(2) A person is guilty of an offence if, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another, he:
(a) send by means of public electronic communications network, a message that he knows to be false,
(b) causes such a message to be sent; or
(c) persistently makes use of a public electronic communications network.
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
(1) A person whose course of conduct causes another to fear, on at least two occasions, that violence will be used against him is guilty of an offence if he knows or ought to know what his course of conduct will cause the other so to fear on each of those occasions.
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on a number of high profile cases relating to investigations of this type.
Controlling or Coercive Behavior in an Intimate or Family Relationship
Examinations on behalf of or pertaining to individuals accused of offences involving controlling or coercive behavior which causes someone to fear that violence will be used against them on at least two occasions; or causes them serious alarm or distress which has a substantial adverse effect on their usual day-to-day activities.
The new offence, which does not have retrospective effect, came into force on 29 December 2015.
Sector Forensics will provide evidence in the following areas:
Email examinations
Mobile Phone Examinations
Evidence of abuse over the Internet, digital technology and social media platforms.
Photographs or videos of injuries or incidents captured on digital devices.
Digital documentation/diaries
GPS tracking devices installed on phones, tablets, vehicles etc.
Internet activity
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on cases on behalf of the defence and prosecution relating to criminal investigations of this type.
Extreme Pornography
The offence of possession of extreme pornographic images in Part 5, section 63 to 67 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 came into force on 26 January 2009 and is not retrospective.
It is an offence to possess pornographic images that depict acts which threaten a person's life; acts which result in or are likely to result in serious injury to a person's anus, breasts or genitals; bestiality; or necrophilia.
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on hundreds of cases relating to investigations of this type.
Sexual offences, trafficking, rape and indecent assault
Provision of evidential data and advice pertaining to offences including:
Trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation
Prostitution, soliciting, controlling causing or inciting prostitution for gain
Rape, Assault by penetration or sexual assault. Causing sexual activity without consent.
Child sex offences including abuse of position of trust
Preparatory offences including administering a substance with intent
Exposure, voyeurism, intercourse with an animal and necrophilia.
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on hundreds of cases relating to investigations of this type.
Murder (Homicide), Suicide and Missing Persons
Provision of evidential data and advice pertaining to offences including:
Suicide or Missing Persons - Investigation into persons social media and browsing history to build up a profile of a person(s) interests and recent online activity that may aid the search for the missing person or determine a possible cause of suicide.
Homicide - An analysis of a users activity on a digital device can place them at or away from a scene of crime. Data pertaining to purchase or use of equipment e.g. balaclava purchased from eBay, hire of vehicles, hotels booked, google map routes, satellite navigation devices, searching for news articles prior to being released to the press, communications with other persons can all be used in the prosecution or defence of a suspect.
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on hundreds of cases relating to investigations of this type.
Theft, Robbery and Firearms Offences
With the advent of computer controlled milling tools like the Ghost Gunner, making a lower receiver, the body of a gun that the other parts like the stock, barrel and magazine attach is now cheap and very easy. The lower receiver is the most regulated component of a gun and as such if you can make this part, the other components are readily available to buy. Thus over the next few years it is very likely that homemade firearms are going to be used more regularly in crime.
Sector Forensics has a wealth of experience in dealing with all cases pertaining to theft, robbery and firearms offences including ones pertaining to computer aided gun milling machines.
Provision of evidential data and advice pertaining to offences including:
The Firearms Act 1968 creates offences of:
Section 1 - Possession of a firearm/specially dangerous air weapon and certain ammunition without a certificate;
Section 2 - Possession of a shotgun without a certificate
Section 5 - Possession of a prohibited weapon.
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on hundreds of cases relating to investigations of this type.
Fraud, Bribery and Corruption
Sector Forensics offers a professional service with over 16 years experience of investigations into serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption.
With experience of working alongside the SFO, as well as the Home Office, City of London Police's Economic Crime Directorate, the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, UK Police forces, National Crime Agency's and Regional Organised Crime Units, our experienced and qualified forensic experts have carried out thousands of examinations and are able to provide a service structured to the requirements of the investigation.
Identity Theft and Identity Fraud
Identity theft is the act of stealing personal details of an innocent victim to create fake identities and impersonate them in order to for example open bank accounts, obtain credit cards, order goods and services.
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on hundreds of cases relating to investigations of this type.
The Darkweb, Darknet, Tor and Onion Routing
Over the last 24 months Sector Forensics has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of criminal cases where the suspect has used the dark web in nefarious activity.
A majority of the cases used the Tor browser to avoid traffic analysis to access indecent material and to buy and sell firearms, drugs, and other elicit items.
Bitcoins are the main currency used on the Darkweb. Bitcoin works as a 'crypto-currency' allowing transfer of money using cryptography.
Sector Forensics has advised, and been instructed on cases relating to investigations of this type.
Drug Trafficking and Misuse of Drugs Act
Digital forensics can aid any investigations pertaining to narcotics in the following ways:
Internet activity can reveal parcel tracking information, routing information from mapping software, access to darkweb trading sites and cultivating equipment, maintenance and research for example can also provide data of interest.
Social media, text and email communications along with photographs generally provide good evidential data.
Sector Forensics sixteen years of experience in providing evidential data for cases of this type enables you to build your case up from solid foundations.
Gaming Systems
Digital forensics can aid any investigations pertaining to any type of gaming systems from home consoles to physical fruit machines:
Sector Forensics have successfully worked on cases pertaining to gaming systems ranging from investigations where the suspect had developed a way of hacking fruit machines to payout the top prizes; to the use of a Microsoft Xbox to groom a minor using social media.
Sector Forensics sixteen years of experience in providing evidential data for cases of this type enables you to build your case up from solid foundations.
