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Forensic Graphology







Writing - Documents^
In our time every person comes into contact with documents of every kind in which his or her signature or writing is required, including professional and financial transactions such as invoices, delivery notes, cheques, bills of exchange, company statutes and powers of attorney, personal and social acts such as authorisations, receipts, wills, certificates, credit cards, contracts and solemn declarations, and many other specialised operations.
The type of writing may be natural, that is handwritten writing, mechanical, that is writing from typewriters, printers, photocopiers, facsimile devices and similar equipment, or impression-based, such as stamps and similar marks.
All the above documents may, for various reasons, be altered, manipulated and forged.

Field Activity^
The Forensic Graphology Section is active in cases that require laboratory examinations of handwritten, mechanical or impression-based writing, in order to ascertain elements and information mainly concerning the identification or exclusion of a person, a machine, a stamp and similar sources.

Laboratory Examinations ^
By applying scientific and technical methods that are internationally recognised, scientifically documented and judicially admissible, we conduct laboratory examinations:
  1. For the investigation of identification and correlation of handwritten writing, signatures, signs and symbols on documents of every kind.
  2. For the investigation of identification and correlation of mechanical and impression-based writing from machines and writing devices of every kind, such as typewriters, printers, stamps, facsimile devices and others.
  3. For the detection and visualisation of any existing alterations and falsifications of writing, including modifications, additions or deletions, on documents of every kind, as well as examinations and comparisons of documents that are wholly or partly destroyed.
  4. For the deciphering and reading of latent or invisible writing and other latent traces, the visualisation of writing, whether permanent or temporary, and the restoration or recognition of destroyed documents.
  5. On graphic instruments and writing materials, such as inks and paper substrates, for the purpose of analysing, identifying or differentiating them, as well as determining their source of origin and the age of the document.
  6. For linguistic analyses of written texts, in order to determine the profile of the writer or author of the disputed text.
Evaluation - Utilisation ^
In addition, we carry out:
  • Evaluation of reports of laboratory examinations by State and other laboratories or specialists, in cases connected with every kind of writing.
  • Utilisation of elements requiring further examination, by indicating forensic points for additional analysis, documentation and presentation, and by identifying points for which laboratory examination and exploitation were possible but no corresponding request was made.
Indicative questions that may be raised, depending on the case under examination ^
  1. Is the signature under examination genuine or has it been forged?
  2. Was the document under examination written by the suspected typewriter?
  3. Is falsification or addition found in the will under examination?
  4. Can the writing instrument used and the date of writing be determined from the ink?
  5. Is the stamp on the document genuine?
  6. Is the handwriting on the documents under examination, such as invoices, cheques and similar documents, related to the writing of the suspect?
  7. How should the disputed points of the report under evaluation, prepared by State or other laboratories or by other specialists, be interpreted?
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