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What Just Blew Up In Beirut?

Corruption in Coronavirus-Related Public Tenders in Georgia

Corruption in Coronavirus-Related Public Tenders in Georgia

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Andrej Hunko and the Party Borotba: Propaganda from the Kremlin to the Bundestag

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Historic Bombing Runs: The Memphis Belle Case

Historic Bombing Runs: The Memphis Belle Case

Co-authored with Annique Mossou. Geolocation is not just useful for investigations involving current events. The same techniques that we use to geolocate images in modern day cases of human rights violations and…

Geolocating Venezuelan Lawmakers In Europe

Geolocating Venezuelan Lawmakers In Europe

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Locating The Netherlands’ Most Wanted Criminal By Scrutinising Ins...

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The Bellingcat Podcast Season 2 – The Hunt

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Yemen’s Disappearing Date Palms: Applied Environmental OSINT

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The Bellingcat Podcast Season 2 – The Executions

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What You Need To Know About The Battle of Portland

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Germany

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Migrants From Another World: Introduction To The Project

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FSB
GRU

“K” for Kurator, or Catch Me If You Can

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Russian interference in North Macedonia: A View Before the Elections

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The Mystery of the Missing £5.6 Million

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Germany

FSB’s Magnificent Seven: New Links between Berlin and Istanbul Assassinations

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