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🇳🇱 OSINT: The Netherlands
The Netherlands is the most OSINT-friendly country in the world. And now also one of the easiest countries in the world to investigate.
Why? Because everything is structured, standardized, and publicly documented.
I made a page and a couple sub pages of resources where I cover nearly every public register or starting point.
The subpages cover Anti Money Laundering-Compliance, Politically Exposed Persons and Governance.
Due to the original Dutch names of the registers, the page appears Dutch. Use your browser to translate if necessary.
📚 1. Public Registers Everywhere
The country runs on high-quality public data:
- Basic Registries (addresses, buildings, land, companies, property value)
- Chamber of Commerce (companies, foundations, political parties)
- RDW vehicle data
- BIG medical register
- Financial regulators (AFM, DNB)
These form the national OSINT backbone.
🏯 2. Clear Government Layers
Dutch governance is simple and consistent:
National → Provinces → Municipalities → Water Authorities → Agencies
Each layer publishes decisions, subsidies, and FOIA releases (Woo).
🚰 3. Extreme Transparency
Council documents, open-data portals, spatial plans — the Netherlands documents everything.
If you know where to look, you can map entire ecosystems in minutes.
🙏 4. Start With Yourself
First check what the system exposes about you:
business data, vehicles, land records, property, registrations.
Understand your own footprint → you understand everyone’s.
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