OSINT Recap' #18

What's up in OSINT?

This month, discover the limitations set by French authorities for legal web scraping using AI, how Wagner operates secret prisons in Mali and tools to monitor corporate misconduct and sanctions.

News

Inside Wagner's Secret Prisons in Mali

Forbidden stories reveals Wagner operates at least six secret prisons on former UN bases and military camps in Mali. Read more...

The CNIL allows web scraping, under certain circumstances

French authorities have specified the conditions for legal web scraping using AI. Read more...

Methods & Write up

How Russian data on sanctioned companies is disappearing

Open Sanctions explores the phenomenon of registry amnesia and how to counter it. Read here...

How to analyze the aftermath of a airstrike

Ben H. shares how to analyse airstrike blasts on satellite imagery with OSINT techniques. Read more...

Tools

PoliDashboard

An open-source web app designed to monitor and visualize ads about elections, political issues and social issues on Facebook and Instagram. Try now...

Violation Tracker Database

VT Global launched a portal offering a free, searchable databaseof corporate misconduct from 57 countries. Try now...

Events

Trace Labs Search Party CTF Webinar - July 20

Learn how to effectively prepare for and compete in Trace Labs' OSINT CTF events focused on locating missing persons. Get tickets...