Notes on Google Trends
In contrast to online marketing, where significant behavioural patterns are identified, forensic analysis examines weak individual patterns that can provide clues as to the perpetrator’s motives, level of information and origin.
In a novel reconstruction process, different data sources are linked together so that informed hypotheses and specific perpetrator characteristics can be derived that would otherwise have remained hidden.
The content of communication platforms, such as Telegram, which is often difficult to keep track of, can also provide information on the preparation and observation of criminal offences. Specialised analyses convey fundamental developments and reveal radicalisation processes.