Heading Off: New Technique Helps Track Grain Smuggling Expansion to Libya
On February 15, 2026, the bulk carrier, Grumant (IMO: 9385879) was pictured at the occupied Ukrainian Port of Feodosia on the Crimean peninsula. Satellite imagery suggests it had…
Banned Russian Submunitions Found After Mali’s Military Announces Airstrikes
This investigation is a collaboration between Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique. You can read Jeune Afrique’s article in French here. Unexploded Russian-made cluster munition bomblets,…
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…
Unearthing a Colombian Politician’s Connections to Neo-Nazi Active Club Group
This investigation is a collaboration between Bellingcat and Colombian media outlet Cerosetenta. You can read Cerosetenta’s piece in Spanish here. A video posted on Feb. 26 shows…
Mining China’s ‘Little Red Book’ for Open Source Gold
The challenges of conducting open-source research in China are well-documented. Consistently named one of the most digitally oppressive countries in the world, China blocks some…
Satellite Imagery Shows Ongoing Demolitions Across Southern Lebanon
The fragile ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hezbollah last month is holding. But satellite imagery shows that at least 46 of 54 towns and villages within the Israel Defense…
DRC’s Coltan Belt: Verifying Deadly Landslides at Mines Under M23 Control
Since the beginning of 2026, at least four landslides are reported to have killed hundreds of people at the Rubaya mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a major global…
The ‘Lost’ Villages of Myanmar’s Rakhine
A “river of blood” was how one survivor described the scene in western Myanmar. “I saw shooting. I saw mass killing.” Another told the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…
Tracing Digital Links Between Viory and Ruptly
“In the age of misinformation, the line between fact and fiction is blurrier than ever.” “For those of us working in video news, verification isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a…
“Make Iran Ungovernable” – Tracking Efforts To Destroy Iran’s Police Infrastructure
Bellingcat has identified at least 80 police stations or infrastructure related to law enforcement agencies and the Basij paramilitary group that has been damaged or destroyed in…