False identity documents represent a serious threat through their production and use in
organized crime and by terrorist organizations. The present-day fight against this criminal problem and
threats to national security does not appropriately address the organized nature of this criminal activity,
treating each fraudulent document on its own during investigation and the judicial process, which
causes linkage blindness and restrains the analysis capacity. Given the drawbacks of this case-by-case
approach, this article proposes an original model in which false identity documents are used to inform a
systematic forensic intelligence process. The process aims to detect links, patterns, and tendencies among
false identity documents in order to support strategic and tactical decision making, thus sustaining
a proactive intelligence-led approach to fighting identity document fraud and the associated organized
criminality. This article formalizes both the model and the process, using practical applications to illustrate
its powerful capabilities. This model has a general application and can be transposed to other fields of
forensic science facing similar difficulties.