Osint For Mexico

Learn the especial considerations, constrains and culture needed for conducting OSINT collection operations in Mexico

What you'll learn

Learn the Mexican government system and its transparency in order to better gather inteligence on targets

Learn to use private and public Mexican based databases to gather information and intelligence

Identify transnational organized crime (TOC) networks in Mexico through SOCMINT

Learn key social, cultural, and economic aspects of the Mexican society and criminal networks to better ID potential key elements of intelligence

Identify I&W in the Mexican landscape to properly predict and react to events

Learn how to do basic GEOINT in Mexico using OSINT

Learn how to investigate companies and people in Mexico for a proper due diligence work

Requirements

The basic of OSINT

Basic Spanish

Research experience

Basic understanding of LE, private security, military or investigative journalism, CP or NGO operations

Description

A great deal of analysts and intelligence operators believe that the same skills can be used worldwide and while this is partially true there are specific skill sets and techniques that need to be applied to certain operational environments and different countries. These skills need to be learned based on a cultural, bureaucratic, and organizational understanding of an objective, such as Mexico. This course will this equip you with the essential skills, knowledge, and mindset to execute effective OSINT (and to a lower level GEOINT) gathering operations in Mexico. While OSINT is crucial in supporting operations across various fields including Law Enforcement, Military, Close Protection, Recruitment, Investigative Journalism, Corporate Development, Private Investigation, Surveillance, and Business Analytics it is always critical to understand different contexts and operational environments. In the case of Mexico, there are key elements one must understand prior to conducting a successful investigation. Some of these include:* Understanding the military and police organization and culture* Understanding the local criminal network and TTPs* Understanding the bureaucracy and how to exploit it* Understand how private corporations operate in MexicoThis course will also allow you to create actionable intelligence packages to asses and advice in real-world problems in Mexico or pertinent to foreign companies and individuals looking to operate in Mexico. To do so the course will cover critical OSINT techniques only used in Mexico and provide real-world examples of how they have been used to solve a problem or further an investigation.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to OSINT, the Intelligence Cycle and Practical Application

Section 2: People

Lecture 2 Social Insurance Number and equivalents

Lecture 3 General searches for names

Lecture 4 SOCMINT in Mexico (facebook, IG and WhatsApp)

Section 3: Companies and organizations

Lecture 5 Legal name vs commercial at government sites at the federal and state level

Lecture 6 Doing some due diligence, calling, visiting, talking, and checking job postings

Section 4: The military, police and private security

Lecture 7 Organization, identifications and capabilities of the SEDENA, GN and SEMAR

Lecture 8 Organization, identifications and capabilities of police forces

Lecture 9 Organization, laws, identifications and capabilities of the private security

Section 5: Cartels and Organize Crime

Lecture 10 Cartel geopolitics, their I&W, understanding and mapping their movements

Section 6: Other useful skills

Lecture 11 Useful Sites, Facebook Marketplae and Others

Private security,Private investigators,Law enforcement,Military or police intelligence analyst or operators,Journalist,NGOs,Close protection team leaders and support staff,Business intelligence analyst