Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 4:11:13 GMT
GUID="ricardo_molina.jpeg">There is no shortage of work for forensic phonetics expert Ricardo Molina . With the stratospheric multiplication of telephone interceptions in police investigations, the specialist has been increasingly sought after by the accused to prepare reports on the recordings. And with the experience of someone who carries out up to forensic examinations per year, Molina has no doubt in saying that the quality of the recordings produced by the country's police is bad enough to invalidate them as reliable judicial evidence. “There is little transparency and technical mystification”, states the expert in an interview with Consultor Jurídica . “When it is not the content that is manipulated, it is the technical quality that is terrible.
According to international standards, recordings that in Brazil are considered absolute and indisputable truths should not be accepted as legal evidence. Therefore, they are accepted Iraq Telegram Number Data as good interceptions with recording interruptions made automatically by the telephone system. Only, as the expert explains, interruptions absolutely similar to this can be made to tamper with the content of recorded conversations. Therefore, Molina teaches, according to international forensic phonetics standards, recordings with interruptions must be discarded, even if the interruption is the result of a technical failure. This is not just a technical issue, says Molina. As the wiretap system is a black box, it is not possible to independently audit the recordings.
The responsibility for the authenticity of the recording lies with the telephone operator, which is a private company with no public faith,” he says. Molina says that even though he was supported by a court order, he was unable to learn about the interception system used by the Federal Police. Another problem is that of interpretation. Since everyone is afraid to talk on the phone, they end up talking in code. And the police end up making a free interpretation of everything that is said over the phone. So, on the phone, a shirt becomes a dollar, flour is a drug and sneakers are a weapon. It may even be that the code is true, but as the expert teaches and international technical conventions prescribe, it is not up to the expert who transcribes the recording to authenticate it.
According to international standards, recordings that in Brazil are considered absolute and indisputable truths should not be accepted as legal evidence. Therefore, they are accepted Iraq Telegram Number Data as good interceptions with recording interruptions made automatically by the telephone system. Only, as the expert explains, interruptions absolutely similar to this can be made to tamper with the content of recorded conversations. Therefore, Molina teaches, according to international forensic phonetics standards, recordings with interruptions must be discarded, even if the interruption is the result of a technical failure. This is not just a technical issue, says Molina. As the wiretap system is a black box, it is not possible to independently audit the recordings.
The responsibility for the authenticity of the recording lies with the telephone operator, which is a private company with no public faith,” he says. Molina says that even though he was supported by a court order, he was unable to learn about the interception system used by the Federal Police. Another problem is that of interpretation. Since everyone is afraid to talk on the phone, they end up talking in code. And the police end up making a free interpretation of everything that is said over the phone. So, on the phone, a shirt becomes a dollar, flour is a drug and sneakers are a weapon. It may even be that the code is true, but as the expert teaches and international technical conventions prescribe, it is not up to the expert who transcribes the recording to authenticate it.