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 media. Three experts told Bellingcat the munitions appeared to be air-delivered US-made Gator anti-tank mines. The US is the only...
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 Support Forces (RSF) in the war with Sudanese government forces – despite RSF denials of involvement in the incident. Photographs showed...
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 evade bans on the platform for years. Facebook says it prohibits any form of animal trading on its platform. Investigating the operators...
Agents of Chaos: Unpacking the Actions of Border Patrol Agents Across the US
This investigation is part of a collaboration between Bellingcat, Evident Media and CalMatters. You can watch Evident’s investigative video here, and read CalMatters’ report here. In early January 2025, a gardener named Ernesto Campos was pulled over by Border Patrol agents in the city of Bakersfield, California....
Ex-UFC Fighter and Kinahan ‘Friend’ Mounir Lazzez Linked to Iran Sanctions
This article is the result of a collaboration with The Sunday Times. You can find their corresponding piece here. Bellingcat and The Sunday Times last week published photographs showing ex-UFC fighter Mounir “The Sniper” Lazzez with wanted cartel leaders Christy and Daniel Kinahan. The images, captured during the...
Week in OSINT has moved!
There won't be any new articles published on Medium, since I'm migrating to another location. If you want to keep following the latest OSINT news, interesting links, newly developed tools or need tips, then go over here:https://sector035.nlAll previous articles will stay on here for archiving purposes…Photo...
Week in OSINT #2020–26
The last newsletter before taking a long break, with some new articles, tutorials and sites for you to play with!As stated in last week's newsletter, I'm going to enjoy a little break. Every year I'm taking some time off during the holidays and Christmas, and this year is no exception. I want to...
Week in OSINT #2020–25
From geolocation to hate symbols, and from GIS information to YouTube in this small update.Hello and welcome to one of the last Week in OSINT's for a while. Next week will be the last episode before I am taking a break for a couple of weeks. I usually do that around summer and Christmas, and I'm sure up to...
Week in OSINT #2020–24
This week a 'domain special', where I dive into different sites related to domains, DNS, IP addresses and web sites.Hello and welcome to a somewhat different ‘Week in OSINT’ that you are used to. There have been two ‘specials’ in the past, where one was sort of a review about Onyphe and the other dealt with...
Week in OSINT #2020–23
Investigating companies, searching stuff, indexing Snapchat and last minute introduction course by SANS!You made it through another weekend, well done! Time for your weekly dose of OSINT topics, that you are accustomed to by now. This newsletter exists already well over two years, and I'm still finding new...