Tax ID / VAT Number: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A tax number is the identifier the state actually uses to track economic activity, which makes it a far better...
Corporate Filing
Corporate Filing: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Filings are where organisations say things under legal obligation, on the record and with a date. That combination is rare...
Legal Entity Identifier: Data Point Intelligence Guide
The LEI is the closest thing global finance has to a universal entity key, and unusually for identity data it...
Patent: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Patents are the one place where organisations are legally required to describe their capabilities in detail, name the engineers who...
Company / Organization: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Companies are how money, liability and control get organised. Follow the entity and you find the people who preferred not...
Accounting Intelligence (ACCTINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Financial statements are an argument, not a record. Accounting intelligence is the discipline of testing whether the argument actually holds....
Corruption & Governance: Mission Domain Intelligence Guide
Grand corruption almost never appears in a budget line. It appears as a contract awarded in nineteen days to a...
Anti-Money Laundering: Mission Domain Intelligence Guide
Money laundering intelligence is not about spotting dirty money. It is about spotting structures whose only purpose is to make...
Financial Crime: Mission Domain Intelligence Guide
Most financial crime cases are not cracked by a clever trade reconstruction. They are cracked by an entity that should...
