ANDREAS JOHANSSON
OSINT Investigator & Private Intelligence Analyst
Education
Criminal Justice BA
University of North Texas
Anthropology BA
University of North Texas
Licensed Private Investigator in the state of Texas
Veracity Research Company
Criminology:
Theoretical approaches to the analysis of crime, history of criminalistics, and the social/political milieu in which they develop.
Criminalistics:
The study of forensics and the collection, analysis, and preservation of forensic evidence.
Criminal Procedure:
Examination of the constitutional and statutory bases/the judicial interpretations of the procedures governing the administration of criminal justice.
Police Systems:
The study of the history of American law enforcement and the analysis of historical trends, schools of thought, and policies of conduct.
Digital Crime and Cyberterrorism:
The study of online crime, terrorism, and digital forensics.
Skills
- Background checks, Social Media Investigations, Record investigations (Criminal, Civil, Property, Financial, etc.)
- Locating and obtaining verified records (Police reports, diagrams, video footage of incidents, etc)
- 1,000+ hours of free time spent pursuing OSINT passion projects and education
- Robust OSINT proficiency in python, go, and shell tools
- Able to effectively research, vet, and implement new tools when discovered
- Wide ranging scraping, enriched reverse checks, and breach data search abilities
- Extensive knowledge of OSINT techniques and the history of the discipline
- Extensive knowledge of crime history/serial offenders
- Production and analysis of research studies on crime trends, case studies, and subfields such as religious extremism, psychotic offenders, bias in investigations, etc.
- General knowledge of criminalistics with an emphasis on forensic anthropology, criminal investigation, and the handling of physical evidence
- Extensive knowledge of Criminal Justice topics/criminological history and theory
- The ability to incorporate anthropological theory/concepts into the study of crime and apply them to Criminal Justice topics such as corrections, reduction of recidivism, methods of policing, etc.
- Extensive researching/academic writing ability
- Competent with technology
- Fluent in Swedish as well as English.
Projects
Current:
- Integrating OSINT tools and other resources for the team at E.R. Quinn Co.
- Self hosting a community based OSINT hub website complete with tools, training, and other resources free of charge.
- Formed my own OSINT Team for CTF events and personal investigations.
- Self hosting my own onion site with privacy resources.
Ongoing/Future:
- Working on my own OSINT based linux distro.
- Building my own tools for the community.
- Acquiring CERTS and industry level training to expand my abilities.