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Table 4 Examples of data types and sources connecting players in a criminal network investigated by law enforcement authorities

From: Federated databases and actionable intelligence: using social network analysis to disrupt transnational wildlife trafficking criminal networks

Sender

Recipient

Message/Action type

Data source

A

D

Conversation

Cellphone intercept

B

D

Payment

Field evidence/confession

C

D

Conversation

Cellphone intercept

D

E

Conversation

Cellphone intercept

E

G

Conversation

Cellphone intercept

F

G

Conversation

Interrogation

G

H

Conversation

Cellphone intercept

H

I

Conversation

Cellphone intercept

I

J

Conversation

Cellphone intercept