Goverment data in #OSINT
8 types of government open databases that many countries have and that will be useful to investigate.
Each link is just an example. In the last tweet I will tell how to find government resources for a particular country.
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Business Registries
On these sites you can find out by person's name the companies that belong to him, addresses, phone numbers, occupation, etc (data set varies by country).
Ex (Czech Republic): or.justice.cz/ias/ui/rejstri…
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Cadastral maps
Such maps show the boundaries of the land plot, information about its owners (individual, legal entity, state) and cadastral number (for which you can find additional information about target in other sources).
Ex (Finland): asiointi.maanmittauslaitos.fi/karttapaikka/
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Court records
On such sites, you can find records of various situations in a person's life that required court intervention (criminal offenses, administrative violations, financial disputes, etc.).
Ex (Netherlands): uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl
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License registries
Professional license databases may contain detailed information about a person's education and work experience. And in some cases there are photos and contact information.
Ex (USA): wvbom.wv.gov/public/search/
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Registers of debtors
And this type of resource will help find the person's part of the address, the type of debt (alimony, loans, taxes), and sometimes the amount owed.
Some countries also have registries of seized property.
Ex (Russia): fssp.gov.ru/iss/ip/
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Voter Records Databases
Sometimes voting data is published (or is accidentally leaked). It contains person's full name, date of birth, and address (or the address of the nearest polling station)
Ex (USA, possible not official): voterrecords.com
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Civil/Vital records
Such databases contain brief records of births, deaths, marriages, and divorces.
They can be found in archives, but more often than not data from 50 years ago (or even older) are in the public domain.
Ex (USA): archives.gov/research/vital…
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Services for checking documents for authenticity
Investigators sometimes have to deal with images of documents (passports, driver's licenses). This type of services check their authenticity (and sometimes provide extra information).
Ex (Ukraine): wanted.mvs.gov.ua/passport/
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All of the links above are just examples, that will help you find your personal additional sources of information. More than 600 links to #osint resources specific to different countries can be found here:
cipher387.github.io/osintmap/
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