Uncovering connections is at the heart of investigations by law enforcement agencies, crime prevention efforts and compliance issues – connections between individuals and organisations, goods, means of transport, payment flows, bank details, etc. Questions such as ‘Who was informed when?’, ‘Who communicates with whom, when and about what?’, ‘Who works for which organisation?’, ‘Do two people know each other?’ or ‘Who was where?’ are central to most investigations. 

These facts often have to be compiled manually from a multitude of unrelated documents and data in various formats, structures and origins. The investigator sifts through vast amounts of data from different sources, even though time is short and ...