Tuesday 9th December 2025 

10:00 - 10:05 - Welcome Address 

Assistant Commissioner Rachel Williams, Metropolitan Police   

 

10:05 - 10:10 - Opening and Housekeeping

Detective Inspector Claire Harvey, Hertfordshire Constabulary

 

10:10 - 10:50 - OSINT Deep Dive: Online Abuse in Football and WSL

Joseph Miller, Account Director, Fivecast

 

10:50 - 11:20- Op VANTAR - The MPS approach to dealing with missing people and RIPA 

Detective Sergeant Paul Connelly, Metropolitan Police 

Operation VANTAR, part of Project Alpha, is an MPS initiative for safeguarding missing persons when conventional tactics fail and no crime is involved. Developed because RIPA surveillance powers were unsuitable without a crime-related statutory purpose, VANTAR supports safe recovery by exploiting SOCMINT and communications data.

 

11:20- 11:40 - Panel Q&A

 

12:30 - 13:00 - Project Nebula

DC Tony Marshall, Yorkshire and Humber ROCU, Christopher Spencer, Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research (CENTRIC), Brian Bridge, Data Scientist and Dun Lund, Data Analyst, Collaboraite 

Project Nebula aims to research and innovate methods to improve the successful use and application of GenAI imagery and video in (III/covert) policing; all within a legal, ethical and accountability framework that can maintain public trust and confidence.

 

13:00 - 13:20 - UK Policing Response to Online Threats to Life

Jolene Robinson and Georgia Legge, CTP London NDES S2

The presentation is in 2 parts.  
1.    An overview of Operation SHINA, a UK policing response to TTL online, created as a direct result to the Christchurch terrorist attack, 2019.
2.    A joint international law enforcement operation between UK and Ukraine, in response to a public referral of a planned school massacre. 

 

13:20 - 13:40 - Panel Q&A

Wednesday 10th  December 2025 

09:00 - 09:25 - Op Digital - Cross Border Youth Violence

Jade Priestley, Constable Digital Media Intelligence Officer, Merseyside Police

Operation Digital was an intelligence led investigation ran by the DMIU in order to identify a group of adolescent males involved in violent offences across Merseyside which involved the use of offensive weapons, ultimately resulting in an Attempted Murder. The presentation covers how the males involvement were identified by their own social media content.  

 

09:25 - 10:10 - Crime Overseas Production Orders in the MPS

DS Christopher Haines, Digital Case Officer, MO2, Metropolitan Police Service

An Overview of Digital Operations’ experience of implementing Crime Overseas Production Orders in the Metropolitan Police Service. Including examples of the opportunities and challenges which have been identified and some case studies of what can be achieved.

 

10:10 - 10:30 - Panel Q&A

 

Thursday 11th December 2025 

12:30 - 13:10 - How to Run a Pig Butchering Scam 

Nitish Chandan, Principal Subject Matter Expert- Maltego Technologies GmbH

Ever wondered what it takes to run a pig butchering scam? In this talk, we walk you through an ongoing investigation that started with a modest complaint: someone trying to recover lost crypto, and led us down a rabbit hole of indicators and techniques, kingpins and dealers and a lot of heartbreakers. Come for the scam breakdown, and leave with actionable insights into how these frauds operate and how to catch the butchers.

pons, ultimately resulting in an Attempted Murder. The presentation covers how the males involvement were identified by their own social media content.  

 

13:10 - 13:50 - A Practical Introduction to AI-generated Fake Personas and Social Engineering

Mark Johnson, OSINT and Cyber Lead, TRMG

Mark walks the audience through some popular “artificial intelligence” tools criminals use to generate fake online personas, to enable a range of crime typologies. This is a live recording of a practical demonstration performed on currently active online sites, including Perplexity, Midjourney and X-ray.

 

13:50 - 14:10 - Panel Q&A

 

14:10 - 14:30 - IPCO Q&A Session 

Ben Watkins, Inspector, Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office 

Please submit your questions for Ben and Jo to: register@cjsevents.co.uk 

 

14:45 - 15:20 - Policing Online: Evidencing Frontline Requirements

Inspector Liam Cahill, Anti-Corruption Command, Metropolitan Police

The internet is a vital tool in everyday professional and operational policing, yet most police personnel are considered ‘core’ internet users operating without access to technological resources or training in i3 techniques.
This presentation reviews the current position for frontline personnel and discusses the evidence for investment in open-source capabilities beyond our specialist communities. 

 

15:20 - 15:30 - Panel Q&A

 

Friday 12th December 2025 

12:30 - 13:00 - How I F*cked up and What I Learnt

Lisette Abercrombie, Internet Specialist, Dutch Police

The worst feeling in the world? When you’ve made a mistake, a misconception or an error you can’t correct, and it delays or ruins the whole investigation. We’re ashamed and never celebrate those f*ck ups.  Well, I think we should start celebrating f*ck ups, those are the best ways to learn. Therefore I’m sharing my most horrible and painful f*ck ups and the lessons I learned form it. 

 

13:00 - 13:20 - Forensic Cyberpsychology: The Mind Behind the Screen

Dr. James McDowell, Executive Director, Cybercrime Research Institute

This presentation examines forensic cyberpsychology, revealing threat actors’ motivations and the ways in which they exploit cognitive processes in the furtherance of their schemes. It concludes with a discussion of AI’s dual role: how offenders weaponize AI for scalable, targeted attacks and how investigators leverage it to detect anomalies and anticipate emerging threats.

 

13:20 - 13:40 - Panel Q&A

 

13:40 - 13:50 - Closing Address 

Detective Inspector Claire Harvey, Hertfordshire Constabulary and Assistant Commissioner Rachel Williams, Metropolitan Police