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January 30, 2026 | Live, Virtual Training

10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

From Digital Footprint to Prosecution: OSINT for

Criminal Investigations

Every criminal leaves a digital trail.

The question is whether you can find it.

Coruse Overview

From encrypted communications to seemingly innocuous online interactions, criminals generate digital exhaust that can reveal networks, methods, and intent. OSINT Academy’s OSINT for Criminal Investigations empowers investigators and analysts to follow those trails, uncover hidden relationships, and develop intelligence that supports operations and legal proceedings.

Unlike tool-specific training, this course emphasizes OSINT tradecraft and methodology, ensuring participants can apply techniques across multiple platforms, case types, and jurisdictions. With instruction grounded in real-world investigations, you will leave with skills that can be immediately applied to intelligence and investigative work.

Course Learning Objectives

  • Identify criminal digital footprints across open and closed platforms

  • Uncover methods of communication across platforms

  • Establish access and placement for investigative support

  • Build link analysis to expose hidden networks

  • Manage evidence & intelligence effectively to support operations and prosecution

Who Should Attend?

Law enforcement investigators, analysts and intelligence professionals

Corporate security and insider threat teams

Analysts supporting criminal, fraud, or trafficking cases

District attorneys and prosecutors

As an OSINT Academy student, you will:

  • Develop professional skills through hands-on, practical training

  • Learn best practices in open-source intelligence (OSINT)

  • Learn from industry experts in the field of criminal investigations

  • Build a skill set that can be used across different industries and sectors

  • Develop the confidence and ability to succinctly communicate findings to audiences and executives

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