Sophia Kwong
Open Source Intelligence Analyst Supervisor
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Sophia Kwong began her career in law enforcement in 2006 as a student Border Services Officer with Canada Border Services Agency. In 2009, Sophia completed degrees in Criminology, Anthropology, and Archaeology and began working with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Sophia has worked as an Open Source Intelligence Analyst with Federal Policing Pacific Region Drugs and Organized Crime, since 2018, where she uses open source information to provide investigators with possible new avenues of investigation on files related to drugs and transnational organized crime.

Sophia is currently the Open Source Intelligence Analyst Supervisor for Federal Policing Pacific Region Drugs and Organized Crime. Sophia previously worked with the Real Time Intelligence Centre-BC, as a Criminal Intelligence Information Researcher, and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit-BC Crime Gun Intelligence and Investigation Group as the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team Firearms Enforcement Analyst.

Sophia is a recurrent guest instructor on the Internet for Investigators course, where she provides training on how to safely use the Internet as a research and intelligence tool. Sophia also regularly presents to law enforcement and government agencies across Canada and internationally, on the hidden meanings behind emojis on social media.