Narcotics Trafficking, Drones, and Illicit Finance: OSINT Case Studies and Actions You can Take

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Criminal and adversary networks are evolving faster than many organizations can respond. From Chinese precursor chemicals to weaponized drones, the technologies and typologies are rapidly evolving – and many are hiding in plain sight.

In this live session, financial crime expert Catherine M. Woods and OSINT investigator Hailey Swaak walk through two real world case studies, narcotics trafficking and drone procurement, and look to what the future holds. They analyze the scale and impact of these illicit activities, how OSINT and dark web sources expose them, and the actions institutions can take in response.

In this webinar, you’ll be:

• Tracing narcotics trafficking flows, including links to Chinese precursor suppliers
• Following drone technology and procurement networks
• Examining the actionable steps financial institutions can take
• Assessing future trends in how criminal networks adapt, including fraud and synthetic identities

We’ll start with brief outline on OSINT and dark web sources, and the current scale of illicit finance, then dive into our two detailed investigations, before closing with future trends and live Q&A.

Ideal for: AML, fraud, and financial crime teams, threat intel analysts, sanctions investigators, and anyone tasked with understanding how criminals weaponize technology and the financial system.

Save your seat now and bring your questions — Q&A is built into the agenda.

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Meet the speakers

Catherine Woods

Associate Managing Director
Institute for Financial Integrity

Catherine M. Woods is a counter illicit finance expert focusing on cartels, Chinese Money Laundering Networks, illicit procurement, and crypto. With a career in banking and fintech, she is now an Associate Managing Director at the Institute for Financial Integrity in Washington, DC. She is also a Nonresident Fellow at the Irregular Warfare Initiative.

Hailey Swaak

OSINT AND Dark Web Analyst
CACI

Hailey Swaak is an OSINT and Dark Web Analyst for CACI’s DarkBlue Intelligence Group, where she draws on her experience as a cybercrime analyst to reveal threat actors and surface critical information.