The value of virtual traces in the investigation of the terrorism financing

Traces have long been used to detect the crimes. In the process of investigation of the terrorism financing, the investigator can make useful conclusions about the criminal event while studying the whole group of traces. Therefore, practitioners must be able to correctly identify, confirm, exclude not only the material and ideal traces but also the new and insufficiently studied “virtual traces”. This article examines the role and significance of “virtual traces” when detecting and investigating the terrorism financing.