{"id":1705,"date":"2021-03-10T08:27:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T08:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2021-03-10T08:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T08:31:20","slug":"osint-ing-with-occrp-aleph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/10\/osint-ing-with-occrp-aleph\/","title":{"rendered":"OSINT-ing with OCCRP Aleph"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1705\" class=\"elementor elementor-1705\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-402d275 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"402d275\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0828346\" data-id=\"0828346\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98543fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98543fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This week I want to introduce a real open source research treasure trove that I found a while ago &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.occrp.org\/\">OCCRP Aleph<\/a>.<\/p><p>Aleph is a repository of data gathered from public sources, created and maintained by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.occrp.org\/en\/\">OCCRP<\/a>).<\/p><p>Created initially by investigative journalists for investigative journalists, OCCRP Aleph contains a massive amount of information, from publicly available FTP server files, to court records, newspapers, company registries and more.<\/p><p>The project&#8217;s primary goal is to equip investigative journalists with tools that help them with &#8220;following the money&#8221;, but also zero in on corruption in politics and the corporate world.<\/p><p>OCCRP have their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/OrganizedCrimeandCorruptionReportingProjects\/featured\">Youtube channel<\/a>, which apart from videos from their investigative efforts contains a trailer for Aleph:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebf598d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebf598d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-315c667 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"315c667\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-331d03a\" data-id=\"331d03a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c25287 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c25287\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"SearchFacet\"><p>The information is organised into categories that include: Datasets, Types, Countries, Languages, E-Mails, Phone numbers, Names, Addresses and File types.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec1045f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec1045f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d188aa\" data-id=\"5d188aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-986a5a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"986a5a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The data is further grouped into sub-categories that include anything from specific countries, to topics, like news, land registries, sanctions, court documents and so on.<\/p><p>Examples of some of my favourite sources and the ones I have found most useful so far include:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff76a30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff76a30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-197f76c\" data-id=\"197f76c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf00b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf00b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.occrp.org\/datasets\/780\">Russian companies (OGRN, 2016)<\/a> &#8211; over 10m records on individuals and businesses operating in Russia.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.occrp.org\/datasets\/2053\">UK People with Significant Control<\/a> &#8211; persons with significant control (PSC) are those who own or control a company &#8211; the &#8216;beneficial owners&#8217;. Over 7.5m records here.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.occrp.org\/datasets\/2302\">UK Disqualified Directors<\/a> &#8211; persons disqualified from becoming company directors in Britain.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.occrp.org\/datasets\/775\">Ukraine Companies Beneficial Ownership<\/a> &#8211; details of every registered company, shareholder and sole trader in Ukraine.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.occrp.org\/datasets\/1146\">US Federal Courts Archive<\/a> &#8211; publicly available court records, sourced from PACER.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.occrp.org\/datasets\/912\">Venezuela Procurement Registration Registry<\/a> &#8211; useful when investigating sanctioned entities linked to the communist regime in Venezuela.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.occrp.org\/datasets\/2637\">Trial and Terror (2020)<\/a> &#8211; database or persons identified as terrorists by the US authorities.\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.occrp.org\/datasets\/908\">EveryPolitician<\/a> &#8211; information on serving politicians from all around the world.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fe18ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fe18ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e52e432\" data-id=\"e52e432\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b0ff16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b0ff16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Warning:<\/strong> Deep diving into the OCCRP datasets could get you sucked in for hours.\u00a0<\/p><p>If using Maltego, note that the tool has recently provided integration with the Aleph data. The Aleph Transforms in Maltego walkthrough can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maltego.com\/blog\/introducing-occrp-aleph-transforms-in-maltego\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p>Tutorials for using Aleph, including technical instructions for developers and operators can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.alephdata.org\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>This is it. Happy research!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCCRP Aleph is a huge database created by investigative journalists who report on white collar crime and corruption. 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