Five ways to extend the investigative horizon with DeepDive search

In today's digital landscape, using web search results to inform investigations and Enhanced Due Diligence has become table stakes. Compliance professionals and investigators have had to become experts in how to develop Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and search and digest Publicly Available Information (PAI).       

In today's digital landscape, using web search results to inform investigations and Enhanced Due Diligence has become table stakes. Compliance professionals and investigators have had to become experts in how to develop Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and search and digest Publicly Available Information (PAI).       

But while a standard Google search might be sufficient for everyday queries, it falls dramatically short when trying to build a complete picture of an individual or organization across multiple jurisdictions, languages, and data sources.

This is where DeepDive's advanced search tools come into play—the critical first step in our AI-powered knowledge engine that's re-imagining investigations and Enhanced Due Diligence.

The challenges faced using standard web search tools

Here’s some of the challenges faced by compliance analysts and investigators using standard web search tools:

• Technical expertise required for targeted searches: Investigators need to develop expertise with complex search syntax and Boolean operators such as AND,OR,intitle: or source: 
• Language translation expertise: Searching in one language only can miss critical information meaning that investigators need to invest time with translation tools and multiple searches.
• False positives: Noise crowds the investigation from irrelevant results with similar names.
• The swivel chair problem: Investigators and compliance analysts must cross-reference signals from specialised compliance and KYC databases against their open-source research.
• Bringing together multiple search threads: Disconnected searches create a disjointed picture without proper context or a systematic way to organise findings for effective analysis.

These challenges mean that hours of painstaking manual work can still lead to incomplete due diligence and missed risks.

 Five ways that the DeepDive search UI offers a no-code approach to overcome these challenges.

DeepDive doesn't just search for an exact name, it creates intelligent permutations based on:

• Name variations: Including forenames, middle names, surnames, and aliases
• Contextual keywords: Occupation, industry terms, and relevant qualifiers
• Business associations: Companies, directorships, and organizational affiliations
• Known associates: Family members, business partners, and other connections

From one investigation, DeepDive produces tens, scores, or hundreds of search permutations, making sure that the investigation pulls on the widest possible data set.   

DeepDive empowers investigators with in-built translation and transliteration before executing searches:

• Multi-language capability: The system automatically translates search terms into relevant languages based on related countries, ensuring nothing is missed due to language barriers.
• Alphabet permutations: For non-Latin scripts, DeepDive automatically creates appropriate character variations, essential when investigating subjects with names that can be transliterated in multiple ways.

• Google is not the only engine: Searches are conducted across Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo. Where an investigation has wider geographic relevance, regionally relevant engines like Yandex, Baidu, and Naver are automatically searched.
• Search engine nuances:  DeepDive adapts the search according to the search engine nuances and linguistic context.

• Search Assistant: Searches can be pre-populated with a simple copy and paste of a web page such as a news article, a LinkedIn page or a CV.  Our AI analyses the content and populates the search terms accordingly.     
• Client source upload: Searches can also be triggered by uploading any existing documentation or skeleton investigations to inform the search terms.  

• Business registry integration: DeepDive has a direct connection to a global list of business registries such as Companies House in the UK, the Juntas Comerciais in Brazil, the Handelsregister in Germany, or the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in India. This extends the search to include company hierarchies and related business entities.
• Compliance Screening databases: DeepDive incorporates carefully curated intelligence from Sanctions databases, Politically Exposed Persons lists and Law Enforcement Watchlists  

The Knowledge Engine…beyond traditional search

The comprehensive approach to search is the foundation for DeepDive's next steps:

• Source retrieval and content extraction
• Natural Language Processing (NLP) and entity recognition
• Advanced entity resolution to eliminate false positives
• Body of knowledge creation through LLM-powered statement extraction
• Report generation with full source citations and confidence scoring

 DeepDive's search capabilities represent a fundamental shift in how investigations begin. Rather than the traditional approach of an analyst making educated guesses about what to search for and where, our system constructs the optimal search strategy automatically.

The result? Investigations that are not only up to 10X faster than manual research but also considerably more thorough, drawing from a vastly expanded pool of relevant data sources that a human analyst simply wouldn't have time to discover and process.

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