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OSINT is the New Black Ops: Intelligence in a “Post-Truth” Information Age
Post-truth information inhabits the grey space between fact and fiction. It is where slippage between truth, “alt-facts”, opinions, and beliefs creates a treacherous informational landscape, and objective truth remains evasive. Such an environment spells trouble for any industry that depends on granular coverage of objective facts to make informed…
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From Checklist to Checkmate: How to Really Know Your Client
Does your customer know you better than you “Know Your Customer”? Over the past two decades, U.S. regulators have handed out billions of dollars in fines and deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) for the facilitation of money laundering, sanctions evasion, or terrorist financing. But the $2 trillion worth of suspicious transactions detailed in last…
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Dirty Money’s Selfie Habit: The Digital Face of Financial Crime
If you can’t “follow the money” on paper, follow it on Instagram. Since the phrase was coined in the 1970s, financial crime and corruption have undergone a digital transformation in more ways than one. Dirty money may be laundered on paper, but it’s aired in real life: and these days, much of real life is aired online. With financial criminals…
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Knowledge is Power: OSINT and the Art of Law
In conflict environments, characterized by uncertainty and complexity, knowledge is power. Successful campaign strategy depends on understanding, controlling, and dominating the environment through actionable intelligence.
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