Resources Hub
Explore our practical guides, insights, news, webinars and everything
you need to transform investigation best practices.
Reports
Explore our practical guides to applying open source intelligence in a range of contexts and use cases.
Featured Report

The OSINT Handbook for Law Enforcement
Discover how to elevate policing with open source intelligence gathering and analysis

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 OSINT Handbook for Anti-Financial Crime
See how Financial Institutions can transform financial crime investigations with Open Source intelligence.
Blogs
The latest insights into open source intelligence best practices, tools and industry applications.
- All
- Anti Financial Crime
- Anti Money Laundering
- Compliance Trends
- Fraud Prevention
- Intelligent Automation
- Open Source Data
- OSINT Investigations
- Product Updates
- Sanctions
- Supply Chain Risk
- The Intelligence-Led Approach in Action
Implementing the New EU AML Package: The Crucial Role of OSINT
On 30 May 2024, the Council of the EU adopted a package of new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) rules. The AML Package contains an EU Single Rulebook Regulation, a new Directive and a regulation establishing a new AML…
OSINT Applications in Public Sector Security
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) has long been an important resource for the public sector – and since the advent of the internet, public sector OSINT usage has only grown. The internet contains large volumes of readily available, open-source data which can…
OSINT and Technology for Greater Border Security
The Importance of Border Security International borders are crucial in the fight against organised crime. Large criminal networks rely on smuggling people and wares across borders in order to make profits from crimes including: Although the list above is far…
How to Investigate Whistleblowing Complaints with OSINT
Introduction It has been more than a decade since Edward Snowden brought mass global attention to the concept of whistleblowing, and the intervening years have seen numerous high profile cases make the news. The Danske Bank scandal, for example, saw…
Why Banks Need OSINT: Lessons from the TD Bank Scandal
Introduction Toronto-Dominion (TD), Canada’s second largest bank, is in trouble. Its AML programme has been under scrutiny for years, but a major scandal erupted earlier this month when it was revealed the US Department of Justice (DoJ) is investigating if…
Reframing Wildlife Crime: International Networks and Organised Gangs
When most people think of wildlife crime, they might see it as being a relatively isolated affair. It’s easy to imagine individual poachers – or small groups at most – killing individual animals to make a profit; a distressing image,…
Latest News
Stay up to date with the latest news from Blackdot Solutions and Videris.
- All
- Announcements
- Events
- News Updates
- Product Updates
- Sanctions
- Supply Chain Risk
- Videris
Maven VCTs lead funding round in advanced intelligence and investigations platform provider, Blackdot Solutions
London, 6 February 2025: Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”), one of the UK’s leading private equity firms, has…
Blackdot listed in the RegTech100 2025
We’re delighted to share that Blackdot has been listed in the RegTech100 2025. This award, presented by…
Blackdot makes BusinessCloud’s RegTech 50 ranking for 2024
We are pleased to reveal that we feature in the RegTech 50 innovation ranking for 2024. Readers…

On-Demand
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.