Working with our partners Evident and [@CALMatters](

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Our team of reporters explain the politics, policies and personalities of California.

) we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. Footage collected is of more than 100 arrests and shows agents from the likes of Border Patrol (BP) and, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arresting people in public spaces, from car washes to swap meets, with officers often obscuring their identities and sometimes using significant force.

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Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat

Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.

We’re back with a new series of open source challenges! Bellingcat researcher Peter Barth created five exercises that allow you to uncover some dark secrets buried in time. Welcome to a world of forgotten files, and (confusing) historic maps.

Bellingcat Open Source Challenge

Test your open source research skills.

Our work with Evident Media and @Scripps News has won the News Emmy Award for Outstanding Video Journalism! Watch the full film here:

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The Hidden War in Gaza and the West Bank - bellingcat

Bellingcat and partners Scripps News used open source research and on the ground interviews to cover the war in Gaza and escalations in the West Bank.

The documentary features and was published alongside our investigation into one IDF unit responsible for demolitions throughout Gaza. You can read that investigation here:

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“We’ve Become Addicted to Explosions” The IDF Unit Responsible for Demolishing Homes Across Gaza - bellingcat

Bellingcat investigates the demolitions carried out by the IDF in Gaza.

Ever discovered data that just isn't collected but should be? On Thursday we'll be talking with Cecília Olliveira about Fogocruzado , a group mapping shootings in Brazilian cities. Fogocruzado is currently one of the largest databases on armed violence in Latin America, and their API is free to access. We'll be discussing how the project got started, collection obstacles and data trends, join us live to ask your questions in our Discord Server at:

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Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and h...

We all know AI models can now create realistic images and videos but how do they fare at identifying where a real image was taken? Bellingcat researchers have put large language models to the test; we ran 500 geolocation tests, with 20 models each analysing the same set of 25 images. Find out which LLM performed best and which one failed at identifying our geolocation challenges more than others here:

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Have LLMs Finally Mastered Geolocation? - bellingcat

We tasked LLMs from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Mistral and xAI to geolocate our unpublished holiday snaps. Here's how they did.

Here’s how we found the identity of a key figure behind MrDeepfakes —one of the largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography in the world. Our latest investigation in partnership with TjekDet , Politiken and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is out on YouTube now:

EXCLUSIVE: Bellingcat, in partnership with Tjekdet, Politiken and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepfakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. MrDeepFakes(.com) was visited millions of times every month and hosted almost 70,000 explicit videos which have collectively been viewed more than 2.2 billion times.

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Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat

Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website i...

We're overjoyed to see our documentary produced in partnership with the Evident media team “In Real Life: A Hidden War,” has been nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The film explores land changes during the conflict in Gaza, highlighting the level of demolition in the Gaza strip and the ongoing expansion of West Bank settlements, using on the ground reporting and satellite analysis.

We're overjoyed to find our work on migration, as part of a consortium effort, has won the Tom Renner Award for Outstanding Crime Reporting (Investigative Reporters and Editors) .

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2024 IRE Award winners & finalists

Awards will be presented at the 2025 IRE Conference.

Have you seen our latest video yet, looking at Gaza from the skies? We analyse satellite imagery from the region and build a 3D model of two sites to capture the scale of demolition. Watch here: