{"source":"bellingcat","name":"Bellingcat investigations","kind":"widget","via":"native","records":[{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07/16/leakedbb-crypto-entrepreneur/","title":"Identifying the Crypto Entrepreneur Linked to Popular Forum Trading in ‘Leaked’ Nudes of Women","subtitle":"2026-07-16 · Asia-Pacific, Investigations","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07/16/leakedbb-crypto-entrepreneur/","props":{"summary":"This investigation is a collaboration between Bellingcat and New Zealand news site The Press. You can read The Press’ piece here. Content warning: This article discusses non-consensual sexually explicit content and child sexual abuse material. In 2024, a former track and field coach in Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced to five years in jail for attempting […] The post Identifying the Crypto Entrepreneur Linked to Popular Forum Trading in ‘Leaked’ Nudes of Women appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Asia-Pacific","Investigations","US & Canada","Digital Hate and Harms Team","New Zealand","Non-Consensual Intimate Image Abuse"],"date":"2026-07-16T16:00:01.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07/06/between-graves-and-uncertainty-the-management-of-the-dead-after-venezuelas-earthquake/","title":"Between Graves and Uncertainty: The Management of the Dead After Venezuela’s Earthquake","subtitle":"2026-07-06 · Investigations, Latin America & Caribbean","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/07/06/between-graves-and-uncertainty-the-management-of-the-dead-after-venezuelas-earthquake/","props":{"summary":"Bellingcat has geolocated footage circulating on social media that appears to show coffins placed in newly dug trenches following the recent deadly earthquakes in Venezuela. The site identified extends over two hectares beside an existing cemetery in La Esperanza, a town near La Guaira on the country’s northern coast. It was visited by a representative of […] The post Between Graves and Uncertainty: The Management of the Dead After Venezuela’s Earthquake appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Investigations","Latin America & Caribbean","Earthquake","Venezuela"],"date":"2026-07-06T22:19:31.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2026/06/30/burning-forests-tools-for-tracking-and-reporting-wildfire-damage/","title":"Burning Forests: Tools for Tracking and Reporting Wildfire Damage","subtitle":"2026-06-30 · Guides, Copernicus","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2026/06/30/burning-forests-tools-for-tracking-and-reporting-wildfire-damage/","props":{"summary":"If you’ve seen reports of a wildfire in your region and you’re looking for open source data, NASA’s fire-tracking tool is often the first place to start. It provides a heat signature and an approximate location. But detection is only the first step in understanding what’s happened. In this guide, we explore ways to analyse […] The post Burning Forests: Tools for Tracking and Reporting Wildfire Damage appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Guides","Copernicus","Environment","Environment and Wildlife Investigations Team","Fire","Italy"],"date":"2026-06-30T08:25:31.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/29/satellite-imagery-shows-scale-of-venezuela-earthquake-damage/","title":"Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage","subtitle":"2026-06-29 · Investigations, Latin America & Caribbean","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/29/satellite-imagery-shows-scale-of-venezuela-earthquake-damage/","props":{"summary":"At least 1,719 people are reported to have died after two devastating earthquakes struck northwestern Venezuela last week. The final casualty count is expected to rise significantly. Some media outlets report resident’s growing frustration with the Venezuelan government and its recovery efforts. Sky News on June 29 reported that the United Nations Coordinator for Humanitarian […] The post Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Venezuela Earthquake Damage appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Investigations","Latin America & Caribbean","Earthquake","Venezuela"],"date":"2026-06-29T22:34:11.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/27/poster-boy-sanctioned-kinahan-cartel-lieutenant-found-playing-padel-in-dubai/","title":"Poster Boy: Sanctioned Kinahan Cartel Lieutenant Found Playing Padel in Dubai","subtitle":"2026-06-27 · Europe, Investigations","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/27/poster-boy-sanctioned-kinahan-cartel-lieutenant-found-playing-padel-in-dubai/","props":{"summary":"This article is the result of a collaboration with The Sunday Times. You can find their corresponding piece here. Every Friday evening, the brochure says, players can compete to win cash prizes in one of the world’s fastest-growing racquet sports. The padel club in Dubai’s west is the picture of modern wellness culture: climate-controlled courts, […] The post Poster Boy: Sanctioned Kinahan Cartel Lieutenant Found Playing Padel in Dubai appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Europe","Investigations","Middle East","Drugs","Kinahan"],"date":"2026-06-27T18:02:34.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2026/06/25/how-to-use-ai-to-help-find-civilian-harm-conflict-report-monitor-war-machine-learning-telegram/","title":"How to Use AI to Help Find Civilian Harm","subtitle":"2026-06-25 · Guides, Resources","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2026/06/25/how-to-use-ai-to-help-find-civilian-harm-conflict-report-monitor-war-machine-learning-telegram/","props":{"summary":"Between February 2022 and September 2025, Bellingcat staff and volunteers collected, geolocated, and shared more than 2,500 incidents of civilian harm following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As part of this effort, Bellingcat tested a new machine learning model intended to rank Telegram social media posts on their likelihood of containing incidents of civilian harm. […] The post How to Use AI to Help Find Civilian Harm appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Guides","Resources","AI","Civilian Harm","Conflict and Human Rights Team","Ukraine"],"date":"2026-06-25T13:59:13.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/24/rhino-horn-leopard-skin-and-tiger-claws-sold-openly-on-facebook/","title":"Rhino Horn, Leopard Skin and Tiger Claws Sold Openly on Facebook","subtitle":"2026-06-24 · Asia-Pacific, Investigations","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/24/rhino-horn-leopard-skin-and-tiger-claws-sold-openly-on-facebook/","props":{"summary":"Warning: Includes graphic descriptions of animal harm and images of animal parts from the outset. A Bellingcat investigation has uncovered a Myanmar-based wildlife trafficker who has operated openly across social media for at least six years, claiming to have sold tiger bones, rhino horn, elephant skin and other products from protected and endangered species to […] The post Rhino Horn, Leopard Skin and Tiger Claws Sold Openly on Facebook appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Asia-Pacific","Investigations","China","Environment","Environment and Wildlife Investigations Team","Facebook"],"date":"2026-06-24T12:05:00.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/18/super-potent-synthetic-opioids-spread-across-us-amid-fentanyl-crackdown/","title":"Super-Potent Synthetic Opioids Spread Across US Amid Fentanyl Crackdown","subtitle":"2026-06-18 · Investigations, Uncategorized","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/18/super-potent-synthetic-opioids-spread-across-us-amid-fentanyl-crackdown/","props":{"summary":"This article was co-published with Signal Ohio and STAT. In high school, Ashley Delgado dreamed of becoming a doctor and one day buying her father a Rolls-Royce. “She wanted to heal people,” said her father, James Taylor. She had a high GPA, Taylor added, and did especially well in science and Latin. In her mid-20s, […] The post Super-Potent Synthetic Opioids Spread Across US Amid Fentanyl Crackdown appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Investigations","Uncategorized","US & Canada","Drugs","Nitazenes","United States"],"date":"2026-06-18T08:59:59.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/12/shadow-fleet-russian-grain-stolen-ukraine-libya-ais-technique-grumant/","title":"Heading Off: New Technique Helps Track Grain Smuggling Expansion to Libya","subtitle":"2026-06-12 · Europe, Investigations","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/12/shadow-fleet-russian-grain-stolen-ukraine-libya-ais-technique-grumant/","props":{"summary":"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 already been there for several days. It appeared to stock up on grain before departing on a two-month-long journey eventually docking at the Port of Benghazi in […] The post Heading Off: New Technique Helps Track Grain Smuggling Expansion to Libya appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Europe","Investigations","Middle East","Libya","Russia","Ship Tracking"],"date":"2026-06-12T08:51:52.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/04/viory-ruptly-rt-russia-uae-propaganda-video-news/","title":"Tracing Digital Links Between Viory and Ruptly","subtitle":"2026-06-04 · Europe, Investigations","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/04/viory-ruptly-rt-russia-uae-propaganda-video-news/","props":{"summary":"“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 necessity. It is how we protect the stories we help shape and how we earn and maintain trust in an increasingly chaotic information ecosystem,” Abu Dhabi-registered […] The post Tracing Digital Links Between Viory and Ruptly appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Europe","Investigations","Middle East","Media","Russia","UAE"],"date":"2026-06-04T12:27:02.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05/27/the-lost-villages-of-myanmars-rakhine/","title":"The ‘Lost’ Villages of Myanmar’s Rakhine","subtitle":"2026-05-27 · Asia-Pacific, Investigations","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05/27/the-lost-villages-of-myanmars-rakhine/","props":{"summary":"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 (UNHRC) how 20 relatives, including three children, had been killed in the 2024 attack on Htan Shauk Khan village. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said earlier […] The post The ‘Lost’ Villages of Myanmar’s Rakhine appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Asia-Pacific","Investigations","Conflict and Human Rights Team","Myanmar","Rakhine"],"date":"2026-05-27T09:41:49.000Z"}},{"id":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/2026/05/26/banned-russian-submunitions-found-after-malis-military-announces-airstrikes/","title":"Banned Russian Submunitions Found After Mali’s Military Announces Airstrikes","subtitle":"2026-05-26 · Africa, Investigations","value":"bellingcat","href":"https://www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/2026/05/26/banned-russian-submunitions-found-after-malis-military-announces-airstrikes/","props":{"summary":"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, as well as damage consistent with bomblet impacts, have been found in a village in northern Mali – despite the West African country being a state party to the Convention on […] The post Banned Russian Submunitions Found After Mali’s Military Announces Airstrikes appeared first on bellingcat.","category":["Africa","Investigations","Africa Corps","Cluster Munitions","Conflict and Human Rights Team","JNIM"],"date":"2026-05-26T17:01:39.000Z"}}],"count":12,"generated_at":"2026-07-17T06:24:26.696Z","cached":true}