OSINT Case Studies & Investigations

Aidan, an OSINT investigator, exposed a crypto scam known as "Pig Butchering" using digital tools to trace stolen funds. His work led to tracking down the scammer and aiding victims.

Facebook knows us better than we know ourselves. There’s no better social media platform for open-source personal data. One final element, Facebook Marketplace, has long been closed off to OSINT Investigators - until now. Learn how one investigator unlocked Marketplace for OSINT Industries, and used it to bust fraud, break up theft rings - and even bring a subject back from the dead.]

Scams are everywhere. Anything can be faked. The task of a brand protection investigator is to stop the fakers, and combat the flood of threats the internet brings to companies and consumers. Follow, through three exemplar missions, how OSINT Industries is key in the day-to-day victories of a non-profit investigator doing research and analysis for brand protection.

Moving on to expose human trafficking networks, Aidan says he relies on OSINT Industries for his vital work. Aidan entered the OSINT world several years ago. He also details the (sometimes humorous) ways in which OSINT Industries assists his personal investigations outside his former organisation.

As a law enforcement professional with coding ability, it was not long before Lee notices the significant gap in UK investigators’ command of digital facilities. Searching for a solution, he discovers OSINT industries - and decides to leave mainstream digital forensics after 20 years experience to build his own investigative platform that integrates our technology.

How a small-town East Coast police officer significantly enhances his investigative capabilities (and forensic confidence) with OSINT Industries. This breakthrough allows him to progress cases of online financial sextortion and scam artistry, previously stymied by technological and resource limitations, marking a pivotal shift towards holding digital predators accountable.

In a groundbreaking application of our OSINT tool, an investigator traces fentanyl distribution back to Chinese pharmaceutical entities - and even the CCP itself. Our real-time intelligence and selector enrichment capabilities help to show the export of fentanyl from China has been subsidized not criminalised, exposing institutional failures and a complex web of deceit spanning continents.

In our latest case study, OSINT Industries aids Néstor Espinosa Robledo, an investigative journalist for El Colombiano, to unravel layers of corruption and organised crime activities linked to the perilous crossing at the Darién Gap. Through live intelligence and selector enrichment, our tool provides undeniable evidence of leaked financial information, government misinformation campaigns, and illicit operations facilitating people-smuggling, demonstrating the unparalleled power of real-time OSINT in exposing hidden truth.

Dog fighting is not only animal abuse — it’s also a million-dollar racket. But now, OSINT is tearing it apart. As the bloodsport shifts online, discover how following digital ‘pawprints’ with OSINT Industries is helping the Animal Welfare Investigations Project (AWIP) to rescue abused dogs and bring down brutal operations.

OSINT Industries' dedicated two-day training program equips Brazilian federal and civil officers with advanced OSINT techniques for child online safety and digital investigations, enhancing their skills in combating child abuse.