It is public, scattered across sources nobody has time to check by hand on every case, and it is exactly the data that separates a routine file from one that needed a closer look.
Not "can you search the open web". It is does the research get done on the cases that need it, at a pace an investigation can actually use.
Open-source research against public and semi-public sources, compiled into a structured finding rather than a pile of links to read. Used for cases that clear a normal check but still warrant a closer look, and for tracing a subject who would rather not be found.
Not established for a public claim. Source breadth needs an owner before this section states it.
Skipping it on the one case that needed it is a cost that surfaces in an investigation report months later, not at the moment the case was closed.
Triggered by risk score, by case type, or requested manually per file.
The one case that needed a closer look is the one that shows up in an investigation report months later if it gets skipped.
The sources behind each finding, not a score with no way to check it.
Built as an escalation inside the same risk workflow, not a separate manual step somebody has to remember to run.