Sophia Kwong | Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Conference Session
Leveraging Open Source Intelligence for Criminal Investigations
With society’s increasing dependence on the Internet, personal information has become more accessible. Through open source intelligence analysis, law enforcement can leverage publicly available information to generate tangible investigative leads.
This presentation uses case studies to highlight organizational policies, case law, legislation, and legal applications as they relate to using the Internet for investigations. Setting up social media profiles (sock puppets), capturing and saving online information for evidence, network attribution, and best practice recommendations for online risk reduction are also discussed.
Is Seeing Believing? How Deep Fakes Affect Open Source Intelligence
Do you think seeing is believing? In recent years, artificially created media known as “deep fakes” have been increasingly used to distribute “fake news”, manipulate public opinions, and commit criminal offences.
This presentation examines key differences between misinformation and disinformation, the evolution of deep fakes, and the impact their use has on communities around the world. Participants will also hear about the impact deep fakes have on open source intelligence work and learn best practices to verify the authenticity of online information.
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.