Lecture 5 - OSINT For Financial Investigators

Question 1

List some Google search operators

Answer 1

filetype: (pdf, xls, xlsx, doc, docx)

OR, AND, *(wildcard)

intitle: in URL title page

site: targets specific site

cache: cached site version

inurl: string in a URL

AROUND(number)
(e.g. police AROUND(3) philosophy) finds police within 3 words of philosophy

related: similar sites

intext:

before: after: for time frames

Question 2

List some property registries and the country they cover

Answer 2

Land registry - UK and Ireland

Cadastre/Cadastra for many countries

Boletin Oficial del Estado - Spain

Landdirect.ie - Ireland

Netronline.com - US

Question 3

How can you change your search region in Google?

Answer 3

Go to Search Settings>Other>Language and Region>Results Region

Question 4

What coordinate system is used on landdirect.ie?

Answer 4

Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)

Question 5

What is CARIN, and what does it do?

Answer 5

Camden Asset Recovery Interagency Network.

It is an informal network of expert practitioners in the recovery/freezing/confiscation of assets