Author: vishal

In a secure defence operations centre, rows of analysts monitor streams of surveillance footage, radio chatter, and open-source intelligence feeds. Every second brings in terabytes of data, from border sensors,...... Read More

In the past, wars were won by whoever had the largest armies or the most powerful weapons. Today, they’re won by whoever sees more — and sees it sooner. Whether...... Read More

Banks generate millions of suspicious transaction alerts every year. Regulators mandate reporting. Compliance dashboards show activity and rising Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR) volumes. On paper, the system appears active and...... Read More

Most criminal networks don’t look organised at first glance. They show up as isolated suspects, unrelated cases, or what appear to be one-off incidents. A theft here. A financial irregularity...... Read More

The year is 2016. An officer at a district police station receives a report of a narcotics peddler arrested in the next district. There is no way to know that...... Read More

Thousands of mule accounts are operating simultaneously through the same network, each individually invisible, collectively moving hundreds of crores of illicit funds through the banking system every year. Mule account...... Read More