Neil Smith
Neil Smith is an investigative researcher & trainer, open source intelligence techniques.
After serving over 10 years as a police officer in a major UK police force, then as a counter-fraud specialist for a government department and a fraud investigator for insurance companies, Neil has now spent over 10 years as a full time investigative researcher for clients from insurance companies to law enforcement agencies.
For the last 10 years Neil has taught many hundreds of investigators, mostly from law enforcement, in the art of using the internet as an investigative tool. These courses have taken him all around the UK and into Europe. www.uk-osint.net
Articles by Neil Smith:
My Favourite Tipples from an Investigative Researcher
Wednesday, 19th November 2014
My Favourite Tipples are shared by Neil Smith, a specialist in open source intelligence techniques. He shares some of his favourite online resources in areas from domain names to sources for tracking and tracing people.
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