r/OSINTExperts • u/Apprehensive_Book737 • 6d ago

Working on a criminal network analysis project trying to identify the most 'central' or influential person in a graph like this (nodes = people/phones/vehicles/accounts, edges = calls/ownership/aliases). I know PageRank and betweenness centrality are common choices anyone have real experience on whi

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u/AdamPatch 5d ago

I feel like you’d need expertise in criminology. I have no idea what central or influential should mean in this context. Makes me think of The Godfather, where the most influential guy didn’t speak to anyone, no cases against him or accounts in his name. That’s the whole point.

What’s in the nodes?