The Benarroch File

Challenge Overview

This challenge is based on a real Interpol Red Notice. The subject — BENARROCH, INONE, born 19/05/1978 in Eilath, Israel, French national — is wanted by France for fraud committed by an organised group, money laundering related to organised fraud, and participation in a criminal conspiracy punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment.

The objective is to identify the individual's last known address in the year 2015 using only legal open-source intelligence methods.

Initial Research

Starting from the Interpol Red Notice, the subject's full name BENARROCH INONE was searched in quotes to narrow results to exact matches. This quickly surfaced a profile on Pappers Entreprises, a French public business registry that indexes company leaders and their associated legal documents.

The Pappers profile confirmed the identity matchinga birthdate on 05/1978 and French nationality. It listed two associated companies: ECO ENERGY HABITAT (manager since 01/01/2014) and PRESTIGE COUNCIL HABITAT (former leader 2017–2021), both in the construction and administrative services sectors.

Finding the 2015 Address

Pappers indexes historical legal filings associated with company leaders, including registration documents, transfers, and procedural records. Filtering through documents linked to the subject and focusing on those dated around 2015 surfaced a French legal document that listed the subject's personal details in the standard French legal format:

The address 95 Rue Sedaine, 75011 Paris was explicitly listed as the subject's place of residence, confirmed by the document's date falling within the 2015 window.

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OSINT{95, Rue Sedaine, 75011 Paris}

Conclusion

This challenge demonstrates the intelligence value of public business registries. French platforms like Pappers index not just company data but the personal details of company leaders as they appear in official legal filings, including home addresses. A subject's involvement in registered businesses creates a paper trail of historical documents that can precisely locate them at a point in time, even years after the fact.

Key takeaways:

• Searching a full name in quotes isolates exact matches and cuts through irrelevant results quickly.
• Public business registries often contain personal addresses embedded in historical legal filings.
• Filtering documents by date is essential when the challenge asks for information at a specific point in time.