Open Source Intelligence Investigations (OSINT)

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) refers to collecting and analyzing information from publicly accessible sources. This includes online databases, social media platforms, news articles, and more. OSINT is a powerful tool for uncovering valuable insights for personal, legal, or corporate investigations. At Nathans Investigations, we specialize in Open Source Intelligence investigations (OSINT) to provide comprehensive investigative solutions. Our expert private investigators utilize advanced techniques to gather and analyze publicly available information, ensuring you have the insights you need to make informed decisions. OSINT investigations are essential for a wide array of entities and individuals seeking actionable insights from publicly available sources.

The OSINT Process: From Data Collection to Legal Compliance

A private investigator’s OSINT process begins with the systematic collection of relevant information from publicly available sources. This involves identifying open-data resources that align with specific investigative objectives, such as social media platforms, public records, and online databases. By gathering data points like email addresses, usernames, IP addresses, and social networking profiles, investigators can build a comprehensive dataset related to a person or entity of interest. This initial phase is crucial for laying the foundation of a thorough and effective online investigation.

Once our private investigator collects the data, the next step is validation. Given the vast amount of information available online, private investigators must verify the accuracy and reliability of the data. This process may involve cross-referencing multiple sources, translating documents from different languages, and ensuring that the information aligns with known facts. Validating the data helps produce detailed and accurate insights necessary for drawing meaningful conclusions and identifying relevant trends and behaviors.

Despite OSINT’s open nature, private investigators must adhere to strict legal and ethical standards. Compliance with human rights principles, privacy, proportionality, and legality is mandatory throughout the process. OSINT investigators must ensure that their methods do not bypass judicial or legal procedures and that all data collection and analysis activities are conducted within established guidelines and law. This ensures that the gathered information from the private investigator is valuable, legally permissible, and ethically sound.

Our Open Source Intelligence Solutions

• Social Media Investigations: Our private investigators analyze data from social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn to gather information about individuals, organizations, or activities. This includes monitoring posts, interactions, and multimedia content to uncover relevant insights.
• Public Records Retrieval:  We access and extract information from publicly available records, including court documents, property records, business licenses, and official filings. This helps verify identities and gather background information.
• Background Checks: Our private investigators perform thorough background checks using publicly available information. This includes information like active phone numbers, address summaries, address details, aircraft records, associates, associate summaries, bankruptcy records, historical data of cities, corporate filings, historical data of counties, criminal records, driver’s licenses, email addresses, eviction records, hunting permits, judgments, neighbor summaries, additional phone numbers, pilot licenses, potential associates, summaries of possible associates, professional associates, professional licenses, property deeds, property foreclosures, property assessments, property owners, summaries of relatives, business associates, trademarks, UCC filings, utility connections, vehicles, voter registration, weapon permits, and a choice of relative information.
• Risk Assessment: Our private investigators identify potential risks by analyzing publicly available data related to individuals or entities. We assess threats and vulnerabilities to help you make proactive decisions.
• Fraud Detection:  Our investigators use open-source information to identify and investigate fraudulent activities. This involves analyzing patterns and discrepancies in publicly available data to detect possible fraud schemes and prevent financial losses.
• Trend Analysis: Our private investigators monitor and analyze trends and patterns in publicly available data to understand emerging issues, behaviors, and developments. This can provide valuable insights into our clients’ market trends, social dynamics, and potential threats.
• Document and Data Extraction: Private investigators can extract and organize OSINT information from publicly accessible documents, reports, and datasets. This involves gathering and structuring data to support investigative and research purposes.

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Our agency employs specialized teams consisting of highly skilled professionals who bring valuable expertise from military, law enforcement, and risk management backgrounds. With our extensive knowledge, training, and practical experience in private investigations, we are dedicated to delivering prompt and efficient results to our clients. Working closely with you, we will identify the most appropriate services for your specific case. Our team is equipped with a wide array of unique and innovative solutions to tackle even the most challenging circumstances our clients may face.

Our rates for private investigations are designed to align with the complexity and duration of each individual case. Unlike many other agencies, we have developed a distinct system that offers our clients a pre-established price for the entire investigation. This means you won’t encounter any unexpected fees, retainers, fuel costs, tolls, or hidden charges. Our aim is to provide a cost-effective solution for even the most challenging investigations. Additionally, we do not employ any form of “rounding up” in our rates to account for unforeseen expenses. Instead, the price of an inquiry will be determined based on your specific requirements, ensuring a tailored and transparent approach.

To initiate an investigation, the first step is to engage in either a phone call or an email conversation with one of our licensed private investigators and private detectives. During this initial interaction, we will ask you a series of questions in order to assess the optimal course of action for your case. Based on the information gathered, our team will meticulously construct an investigative plan that meets your satisfaction and aligns with the unique needs of your situation. Throughout the investigation process, you will be kept informed of any relevant updates or modifications. Upon the conclusion of the investigation, we will provide you with a comprehensive written report, accompanied by any pertinent photos or video evidence that was collected during the investigation.