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A key leader of the Kinahan drugs cartel who has been living in hiding in Dubai for a decade has just had his Emirates residence permit renewed.

This article is the result of a collaboration with The Sunday Times. You can find their corresponding piece here. The Kinahan cartel, led by Christy Kinahan (centre) and his sons Christopher Jr (left) and Daniel (right), controls one of the most powerful

Cristiano Ronaldo during Portugal's losing game against Spain earlier this month. Source: Imagn Images via Reuters Connect Football fans wagered more than US $14 billion on the FIFA World Cup through prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi, a Bellingcat

Bellingcat has geolocated footage showing Shahed-136 type kamikaze drones in operation in Mali. Defence Blog and France 24 previously published reports that these drones were being deployed on the battlefield in northern Mali. But Bellingcat and Jeune Afr

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

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 E

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 und

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 Venezu

This article is the result of a collaboration with The Sunday Times. You can find their corresponding piece here. https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2026/06/1aa_Vid_Top_dixon062026.mp4 Every Friday evening, the brochure says, players can compete to wi

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 machi