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Jim Dinkins brings over 30 years of experience in federal law enforcement and banking, including serving as President of Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS). He began his career with the U.S. Customs Service, later leading financial security initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security. Jim was instrumental in establishing Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), managing a $2 billion budget and 9,000 employees. After retiring from law enforcement, he joined TRSS and held senior roles in financial crimes compliance before being named President. Jim also serves on advisory boards for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the American Gaming Association.
Traditional security tools are built to stop external attackers. Insider threat detection requires a different approach entirely, one that surfaces signals in the places most teams aren’t looking.
Drug trafficking organizations increasingly exploit the scale and opacity of global maritime commerce to move narcotics across borders. OSINT and publicly available data are now essential tools for analysts working to expose those networks.
Penlink launches CoAnalyst360, a multi-agent AI platform that transforms investigative questions into coordinated workflows, synthesizes findings, and generates dynamic reports that evolve with an investigation.
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Call detail records, tower dumps, and RTT data are among the most reliable evidence types in complex investigations. This post explains what each record type contains and what it can reveal when analyzed together.
Smaller agencies are working the same cases with fewer resources. OSINT tools help level the playing field, giving lean investigative teams the situational awareness to move faster and build stronger case connections.