ONLINE TOOLS OFFER ANTI-FRAUD INVESTIGATORS INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED SURVEILLANCE OF CRIMINALS
March 1st, 2019
With more than 5.48 billion (see https://www.worldwidewebsize.com) pages on the internet, fraud investigators have a wealth of material at their fingertips to help trace fraudsters and link target individuals, objects, locations and events. Thankfully, there are also increasingly sophisticated sites and tools available online to make this task more efficient and less time-consuming.
There is also guidance helping investigators prevent criminals counter-hacking their own work when conducting open-source intelligence (OSINT) gathering.
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