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    The Rising Threat of State-Sponsored Organized Crime

    In a world where the lines between organized crime and state actions are increasingly blurred, the comments of Graeme Biggar, Director General of the UK's National Crime Agency, offer a stark illumination of the evolving threat landscape.

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    Crime Scripts: Interpreting Criminal Decision-Making to Disrupt Crime

    To prevent and disrupt crime and disorder at scale, investigators are increasingly utilizing scientific approaches. Problem-oriented policing (POP) is an approach that involves using analytics to identify and understand a specific problem and develop a tailored response.

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    Digital Policing: Conducting Internet Investigations in an Increasingly Digitized World

    Technology plays a significant and central part in almost everything humans do. By the end of 2021, the number of internet users worldwide stood at roughly 4.9 billion people, almost two-thirds of the global population. The majority of people using the internet have no links to criminality and the protection of their right to privacy has always been,…

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    Proceeds of Crime: Repurposing Criminal Funds to Fight Crime

    Almost all criminal activities yield profits. The profits of such criminal activity are referred to as the proceeds of crime. The term ‘proceeds of crime’ includes any property or assets derived from or obtained, directly or indirectly, through the commission of or in connection with a criminal offense. The proceeds of crime include property derived…

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    Connecting the Dots: Social Network Analysis in Criminal Investigation

    Investigators frequently need to establish if two or more individuals or businesses connected to an investigation are associated with one another in any way. Identifying an association may mean identifying if two people know one another or may involve identifying an array of links between a large group of people within an organized crime group.…

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    OSINT for Law Enforcement

    Intelligence-led law enforcement investigations and operations rely on reliable, relevant, timely, and actionable intelligence. OSINT enables law enforcement agencies to collect and analyze information from the internet relating to their investigations, identifying criminals, criminality, and witnesses.

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    The Evidence Challenge

    During 2020, financial and white-collar crime have reached record highs, while public prosecution has reached record lows. If the low prosecution rates of high-level executives after the last financial crisis are anything to go by, these statistics are unlikely to improve in the near future. With the right open source intelligence (OSINT) capabilities,…

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    From The Age of Information to The Age of Intelligence

    We live in a world where information is everywhere but rarely exploited to its full potential. The distinction between information and intelligence has long been established in specialist sectors. But in the broader world, and even within these sectors, the terms are often used interchangeably. As a result, vast amounts of valuable information are…

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    How Forensic Architecture Uses 3D Reconstruction to Investigate Human Rights Violations and State Violence

    The success of open source investigations often hinges on the availability of visual evidence like photos or videos found on social media, CCTV footage, or satellite imagery. But what can you do when that evidence isn't conclusive or simply not available?

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    6 Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Applications for Your Business

    Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools, like Skopenow, aggregate and analyze publicly available information from the open web-based on a specific search. Using an OSINT tool is a great way to streamline your intelligence collection process for use in many investigative applications.

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