We all like to engage with cute animal videos of baby monkeys, little lion cubs… But what if they’re shown in small cages and in boxes, ready for sale? In our latest, Bellingcat’s Foeke Postma and Bellingcat Discord contributors Chris Osieck and Darcy White, track down a wildlife dealer who has operated for years on social media, selling some of the world’s most rare and endangered animals…
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/02/11/the-hunt-for-malaysias-elusive-wildlife-trafficker/?utm_source=mastodon

New: Satanist neo-nazi books where being sold by mainstream retailers across the world, including Amazon and the Dutch Bol.com. We investigated: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/06/30/the-mainstream-publishers-distributors-and-bookshops-selling-satanist-neo-nazi-books/

@jackmott @Bellingcat Those found guilty can be subject to various sanctions even if they don't leave the country - including travel bans for example. And there's always the risk for them that a future diplomatic deal or new government will allow other countries to prosecute them (Ratko Mladić, for example).

The role of open source information, and our work at @Bellingcat , in the 'intelligence revolution': https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/open-secrets-ukraine-intelligence-revolution-amy-zegart

Open source methods are playing a crucial role in researching atrocity crimes, particularly in Ukraine.

Bellingcat's Hannah Bagdasar explains how we authenticate and analyse such information and its value for international criminal investigations at TEDx
https://youtu.be/sGj-JJq6SFI

Linette Lopez, a reporter at Business Insider who published important investigations of Tesla and has covered Musk for years, has been suspended.
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-faulty-battery-cooling-systems-design-model-s-2012-2019-6 #twitter #twittermigration #twitterexodus #tech #technology #technews #news #journalist

Ook #nieuwhier ? Deze tool kan je gebruiken om je twitter connecties op Mastodon te volgen: fedifinder.glitch.me

@Postma Deal. Wordt vast gezellig zo, met alle vijf Nederlanders.