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The OSINT and AI Handbook
Discover how to leverage AI in OSINT investigations, to improve the way you identify risks.

Beyond Screening and Monitoring
This report explores the advantages and deficiencies of current counter-terrorist financing models in the age of networks and OSINT.

The OSINT Handbook
Download this handbook to explore the value of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and how it's transforming investigatory best practices.

How Leading FIs Are Using OSINT
Discover how leading FIs are using OSINT to conduct more efficient investigations.

Transforming Financial Crime Investigations
Find out how open source intelligence (OSINT) is improving AML processes and transforming the way financial crime risks are identified.

The AML Investigation Revolution
Explore the challenges of compliance-led AML/CFT models and why using intelligence-led approaches can improve AML outcomes.
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How to use OSINT for Brand Protection
Practicing good brand protection is crucial to a company’s success. It helps maintain integrity, protect revenue and keep customer trust. However, effective brand protection is far from simple, especially given that the internet facilitates the sale of large volumes counterfeit…
Advances in the intelligence-led approach
Introduction In the face of stricter regulatory requirements and an evolving risk landscape, an intelligence-led approach to anti-financial crime is paramount. Experts have contended that an intelligence-led approach is about returning to the fundamental reason why financial institutions have controls…
How to Use OSINT to Identify Connections to Sanctioned Entities
Introduction Whether to avoid regulatory action or to uphold the values of an institution, identifying sanctioned entities is a common task for investigators in all sectors. With the availability of sanctions lists and increasingly automated checks, this can seem relatively…
3 Key Trends in the Use of Corporate Records to Fight Financial Crime
Introduction In our recent webinar, Charles Brown, Head of Community at Blackdot Solutions, and Hugo Veazey, Financial Crime Compliance Industry Practice Lead at Moody’s Analytics, discussed three key trends in the use of corporate records data (CRD) in financial crime…
The Impact of Investigative Journalism on OSINT and Financial Crime
At Blackdot’s recent ‘Future of OSINT’ event, our Head of Community Charles Brown had the pleasure of sitting down with a panel of experts to discuss the impact that investigative journalists, and the open source intelligence (OSINT) they create, have…
Sanctions Evasion: The Lessons of Ukraine – Part 2
Part 2: Implications for the Private Sector In a recent blog post, we looked at how Russia has responded to the ever-growing list of western sanctions, following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As the article noted, Russian elites…
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Blackdot Solutions Receives ISO 27001 Certification
Cambridge, UK — Blackdot Solutions, the UK-based creator of leading investigations platform Videris, today announced it had…
Blackdot Solutions appoints new CEO to support ambitious growth targets
Blackdot Solutions, the UK-based creator of leading investigations platform Videris, today announced the appointment of Stuart Clarke…
The Future of OSINT
Over the course of my career, I have watched the world of open source intelligence (OSINT) grow….

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Investigating illicit trade: The importance of technology and Open Source Intelligence
In this webinar we hope to remind audiences of the importance of developing greater awareness of illicit trade, provide an overview of common typologies and methodologies, and offer tips on how to detect and investigate the people, organisations and networks involved.