# STALITA: Innovative Platform for Bank Transactions Analysis
## 4 Results
### Comparison with the i2 Analyst Notebook  
After the demonstration of the example investigation case in STALITA, a comparison was done with the i2 Analyst Notebook (i2 ANB) [21], which is the most used tool for similar investigations. The same data were imported into i2 ANB, and the same analyses were done. STALITA enables automated import of the CAMT XML data format, while i2 ANB does not support that functionality. Data preparation is usually the most time-consuming phase for that kind of analysis (investigations), and this is a mandatory operation for all investigations. In comparison to i2 ANB (a desktop application), STALITA is a web-based solution. In that way, STALITA enables group work, central user management, central upgrades, data insertion, and tracking of all user activities. Nowadays, these functionalities are crucial for efficient investigations of large datasets. The presented investigation platform also enables fast development of new Cypher queries that can be used as a new tool by all users. This functionality is crucial for the efficient identification of subsets of suspicious accounts and transactions in large amounts of data. On the one hand, the suspicious transactions presented in our test case can also be discovered by i2 ANB with a lot of manual work. STALITA, on the other hand, provides pre-prepared tools that advise investigators on how to analyse specific data. The chosen tool provides results in configurable tables, charts, and graphs that can be saved as templates for new visualisations. A user can configure new scatter plots (e.g., that visualise five dimensions) and save them as new recommended visualisations for certain cases/data. A similar functionality is not supported in i2 ANB. The i2 ANB is a user-friendly and intuitive tool, but it does not provide functionalities for the analysis of large datasets. Nowadays, one of the main challenges in criminal investigations is the fast analysis of large amounts of data. The first implementation of the proposed platform concept in real-life investigations shows good results that cannot be achieved by traditional tools (e.g., the i2 Analyst Notebook). The step-by-step comparison of the presented example between the proposed platform and the i2 ANB is shown in Table 2.  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l l l l} \hline \hline  & & **i2 Analyst Notebook** & & **STALITA** \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Data importation in CAMT format} & 1. & Data transformation from CAMT to Excel; & 1. & Using wizard in six steps to import data (select the data source and control \\  & 2. & Using wizard in 11 steps to import the data & & (select the source data and definition of the imported). \\  & 2. & Using wizard in 11 steps to import the data & & (select the data source and control \\  & 2. & (select the source data and definition of the imported data). & & (select the import). \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Analysis} & 1. & Select tab “Analyse”; & 1. & Select the built-in tool ( Cypher query) and enter search parameters such as the start- or end-node and keywords. \\  & 2. & Select tool “Find path”; & & (select the built-in tool ( Cypher query) and enter search parameters such as the start- or end-node and keywords. \\ \cline{1-1}  & 3. & Define parameters such as entities, attributes, data ranges, and link direction. & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Comparison of the i2 Analyst Notebook and STALITA on an example investigation case.