International cooperation is becoming more important in digital investigations. This work provides a comprehensive study about Mutual Legal Assistance in relation to digital evidence. A survey of avail- able information related to making a Mutual Legal Assistance Request is given, followed by a quantitative analysis of practitioner survey results related to making and receiving Mutual Legal Assistance Requests. The given survey is a first effort to provide data behind the challenges identi- fied by practitioners when attempting to request Mutual Legal Assistance related to digital evidence. From this data, some justification for com- monly cited challenges are found, as well as the circumstances in which these challenges arise.
['Joshua I. James', 'Pavel Gladyshev']
A Survey of International Cooperation in Digital Investigations