read each paragraph and give me your opinion if you agree or disagree with it
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In white collar crimes the authorities have to figure out the level that the crime has take place. You have to figure out how the perpetrator first gained knowledge then gained access. If it is for example credit card fraud. You must find out was a wallet stolen or was an account hacked. Transactions will be looked at, records from the bank, surveillance footage areal things that can be looked into. It takes lot of manpower to successfully investigate white collar crimes.
Technology is always changing in todays society is always changing. Today you don’t really hear of any bank robberies unless committed by amateurs. Now you hear of more high tech bank heist or cyber crimes concerning banks. People are easily hacking into systems. Puling accounts and creating fake banking sites that have to use their bank info and then their accounts are wiped clean or their passwords and other sensitive info is stolen. It is much easier than traditional bank robberies. No on sees it coming. No one can identify you. No weapons. No physical contact. More difficult for the police to track down the perp or perps. Benefit of working in white collar crime task forces is always knowing what is the new and improve crime out. That way you can make sure you are safe and ensure that the people around you in your community are aware of the possible crimes that can committed against them unknowingly.
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In this case I can see two methods to gather the evidence the task forces need in order to be granted a warrant and/or to make an arrest. The methods would be surveillance of the site where the toxic waste are suspected of being disposed, and a internal informant in the company. Surveillance of the site, and to physically witness the company illegally disposing of the toxic waste is a slam dunk case for the prosecution to win. Another method to gather more evidence would be to speak with an informant that is caught in the surveillance. Provide a plea deal for this individual to assist the investigation to obtain more evidence and to use their testimony to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this crime was knowingly being committed. A challenge with technology in an investigation would be the best way to access the data. Most companies will use an encryption of some sort for their data and if they use a very thorough encryption then the data can be very difficult to access. Another challenge is the integrity of the data. If a company is willing to commit a immoral act of dumping toxic waste into drinking water, then what is to stop them from creating fake data to hand over to the Feds. Therefore, technology cannot be trusted because of the many ways it can be altered. Lastly, two benefits to working in a white collar crime task force with federal and local agencies is more man power, and resources. Obviously the more agencies that are involved in the investigation will provide more “boots on the ground” and a bigger footprint for the investigation. Having more resources can be very beneficial to any organization. For example, if Agents from the FBI were to investigate a crime in Louisiana, then they would be somewhat restricted on the amount of resources they have available to them. The more agencies that are involved creates a bigger network of individuals. Therefore, if the investigation takes them to another company or to another state, they will have the ability to assume the added subjects.
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The two different ways evidence was gathered from the Deep Water Horizon Task Force was the use of ROV and AUVs. These automated vehicles were used because of the depth of the hole that was drilled into the ocean floor. Any human could not swim down there to take photos and collect evidence so they had to incorporate these vehicles to accomplish the task for them.
The challenges that these vehicles created was the agencies were not familiar on how to operate them. Secondly, using a machine to swim down into the ocean, being controlled by a remote was not a easy task. These vehicles were used to take samples and analyze how much oil was leaking. Not to mention, the information that was given to them was false regarding how much oil was in the ocean and how dangerous it was to the wildlife. Other technological challenges the task force faced was the information gathering and interviews that had to be conducted from the surviving crew members and the company employees. All of this data had to be created and stored in order to be used in court. The amount of data that had to be entered in reference to the measurement of the millions of barrels of oil that was now in the ocean. Experts had to be incorporated in the investigation because the magnitude of the oil spill has never occurred in the history of our country.
I think the biggest benefit that this task force accomplished was the justice that was served for our country and the entire world. The people involved in the efforts to investigate this, were faced with new challenges and new methods of investigating. The experience that any of the agents or law enforcement officials gained from this may not be experienced again in their lifetimes. Additionally, other benefits would include being a part of the biggest oil spill in history. I do not mean the fame or recognition but to be apart of a task force that had the responsibility to find the truth and comb through all of the data that was gathered. Imagine having to analyze pictures, and physical evidence of a machine that exploded and killed 11 people. Also how deep in the water the drill was being used. This investigation and all of the people involved had such a huge uphill battle to get the accurate and true picture of the crime that was committed. In the beginning of this story it was filled with tragic and death that was discovered to be avoidable but due to greed and ignorant choices, 11 people and countless wildlife died.
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Two types of evidence gathering techniques that were used during the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill were ROV’s and AUV’s. These were used due to the fact that the depths of the water in which the drilling, and eventual spill, took place it was a level in which human cannot go. With using these vehicles, they are able to do a number of things that humans are not, which include gathering evidence and collecting samples. With these abilities it allowed the agencies involved with the investigation to get an understanding on the amount of oil that was being put into the water and how that much oil can affect the ocean and the wildlife that lives there. Since the ROV’s had not been used there were some difficulties that arose which could not be predicted but ultimately affected the investigation. As these were new devices being used, those who were controlling them had to learn how the machines operated. Along with operation it was important for those who were running to ROV’s to learn and understand how they needed to work together. They needed to work together due to the fact that the magnitude of the oil being spilled was something no one had ever seen before. Working together also allowed investigators to understand the actual amount that was being put into the ocean and not what the company, whom was being investigated, said was being put into the ocean. One benefit of working the DHTF is that since there were so many law enforcement agencies involved there were many different sets of eyes to look over the mass amount of evidence that was collected. Having such a large amount of evidence can be very taxing on any one agency so combining multiple agencies would help with that workload as well as allowing officers to not feel burned out as there could be someone else to review something one person may have thought they overlooked. Another benefit is that with so many officers it makes it easier for the District Attorney to have their charges organized and in an order that will allow for those who committed the crimes to pay for it. With so many agencies it makes for a better system to oversee the evidence and create the case that they needed which resulted in 11 counts of felony manslaughter; one count of felony obstruction of Congress; a violation of the U.S. code for Obstruction of Proceedings Before Departments, Agencies, and Committees; and violations of the Clean Water and Migratory Bird Treaty Acts.
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