For the Weekend Warriors, Weirdos & Whackjobs - Issue #34
Stick your ear to the conch of corruption.
Another week in the bag and it was busy. We had cases blown wide open this week. Children graduated. Dogs were walked. Fake tans were applied. Reports written. Content created. That end-of-year that happens in June, well it’s happening.
This week saw MJ take us on a tour of OSINT Industries power tool for corruption hunting in: A Free OSINT Lesson: How Many Shell Companies Does This Guy Have?. Follow along as he shows how finding corporate records isn’t always about corporate records themselves but often the twisty maze of cookie crumbs that an investigator needs to sweep together first. It’s a gooder and if you’ve never taken OSINT Industries for a spin, go do so and use the BS25 promo code at checkout for a discount.
What Justin Read This Week
Very Bad People by Patrick Alley (Amazon)
The Khmer Rouge. Blood diamonds. Corrupt oil and mining companies. Deforestation. Like reading a who’s who of the worst of the worst, this book details the multi-decade battle against corruption, destruction and greed by Global Witness. And battle they do.
Formed as a ragtag group of pissed off people wanting to put a stop to horrifying practices in Cambodia, Global Witness has grown to be a 100-person strong international powerhouse of anti-corruption and bad-business ass kickery. We are cut from the same cloth at Permanent Record, so it;;s no surprise that this book sang to me, made me quietly pump my fist. Made me upset and then made me smile, as those who deserve it, got what’s coming to them.
This book details where the hope lies: in small groups of people, determined to unfuck as much of the world as they can, while they can. Go read it.
End the week on a high note and go listen to some soul music. Trust us.
— Much Love From The Bullshit Hunting Crew