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in the correct management of traces. In addition, their attempts might have the
effect of delaying police involvement, and, in many cases, they may attract
the attention of the offender. Furthermore, they could be actively involved in
the criminal activities. All of this will have the overall effect of slowing down,
and even hindering, the progress of the investigation. At the same time, the
investigator may be hindered by an insufcient vision of the technological,
organizational, and human context of the concerned entity.
A certain number of obstacles to the smooth functioning of the investiga-
tion add to these causes of incomprehension. Such new forms of crime can
lead, alongside the damage they cause directly, to an erosion ...