Painkiller Pipeline: 300 Million Tapentadol Pills Sent from India to West Africa
This article is the result of a collaboration with Indian media outlet Newslaundry. You can find Newslaundry’s editorially independent coverage here. Indian companies have shipped…
How Wildlife Traffickers Are Using Coded Language to Sell Protected Animals On Facebook
A Bellingcat investigation has identified nine Facebook groups with a combined membership of more than 70,000 people, in which coded language has helped illegal wildlife dealers…
Munition Remnants Pictured at Site of Deadly Chad Strike Match Weapon Previously Used by Sudan’s RSF
Munition remnants pictured at the site of a strike that killed at least 17 people in the town of Tiné, Chad, last week appear to match a weapon previously used by Sudan’s Rapid…
‘Snoopy’, ‘Adolf’ and ‘Password’: The Hungarian Government Passwords Exposed Online
Almost 800 Hungarian government email addresses and associated passwords are circulating online, revealing basic vulnerabilities in the security protocols of ministries involved…
Explosive Misinformation: A Guide to Mushroom Clouds, ‘Sonic Weapons’ and Disintegration
Explosives test in Canada. Source: Defence Research and Development Canada. The post Explosive Misinformation: A Guide to Mushroom Clouds, ‘Sonic Weapons’ and Disintegration…
Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal Further Details About Iran School Strike
Bellingcat has geolocated and verified two new videos showing the deadly strikes that hit an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound as well as an adjacent school in the…
How India’s Ruling Party is Using AI to Boost Hate Speech in States Near Bangladesh
The video posted by a state branch of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) showed Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shooting an image of two men in Muslim skull…
When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf
Access to open source visuals of the current Iran conflict, which has spread to many parts of the Middle East, continues to be sporadic. Videos and photos from within Iran trickle…
Evidence Points to US Scattering Mines over Iranian Village
The US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, in southern Iran overnight. Several people were killed according to Iranian…
Croatia’s Football Team Signed Deal With Gambling Sponsor Whose Rep Used Fake Name
This article is the result of a collaboration with Josimar. You can find Josimar’s corresponding piece here. A European academic used a false name to represent an opaque…
The War You’re Not Allowed to See: How the UAE Rewrites the Story of Iranian Strikes
Bellingcat has identified several high-profile incidents where authorities in the United Arab Emirates have downplayed damage, mischaracterised interceptions and in some instances…