Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal Further Details About Iran School Strike
Bellingcat has geolocated and verified two new videos showing the deadly strikes that hit an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound as well as an adjacent…
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‘A muzzle on elected officials’: NDAs ‘cloak’ Louisiana’s biggest business developments
This story was produced as part of the Springboard Project. In November last year, Abigail Whittington heard there might be a data center coming to her hometown of…
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…
Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” Trial
Fort Worth, Texas—On the last day of testimony in the federal “Prairieland” trial—wherein nine activists faced charges related to a protest outside an Immigration and…
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…
Signal Phishing Attack: Digital Evidence Points to Russia
For weeks, a wave of attacks has been targeting Signal users in Germany and abroad. Among those targeted are security officials, politicians, and journalists. A…
Georgia Lawmakers With Real Estate Ties Are Writing the State’s Housing Laws
When Kenneth Porter moved to Atlanta from Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2016 to advance his career in the entertainment industry, he rented part of a two-bedroom…
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…
Introducing Our 2026 Springboard Project Partners
Type Investigations is pleased to announce three new Springboard Project partnerships for 2026: India Currents, Puente News Collaborative, and South Side Weekly. Through…
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’…
Webinar 3/25: “Finding and Using Public Records to Cover Immigration Enforcement,” hosted by FIJ and IRE.
As many reporters find it increasingly difficult to get records to cover U.S. immigration enforcement actions, the Fund for Investigative Journalism and Investigative…
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…