Pleased to have our latest piece in collaboration with @nikkei.com finally out. Thanks to @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social and @merelzoet.bsky.social
Our Discord stage talk where Arthur Brand @artdetective.bsky.social will discuss some of his fascinating art recoveries is happening tomorrow. No excuses - you have to be there
We’re back with a new series of open source challenges! Bellingcat researcher @oldpete45.bsky.social 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! ➡️ challenge.bellingcat.com
In the latest Bellingchat Premium episode we talk about how we investigated MrDeepfakes, current state of non-consensual AI deepfakes pornography and what is coming up next
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Day 2 art crime challenge is on!
These challenges were created by The Association for Research into Crimes against Art @arca-artcrime.bsky.social, a research organisation dedicated to the study of art crime and promotes the protection of cultural heritage. Check out their work here: www.artcrimeresearch.org
This week we’re showing you what investigating art crimes takes. Test your skills and learn some new ones with our fascinating challenges!
My big thanks to @sauterne.bsky.social, @merelzoet.bsky.social and @galen.reich.me.uk
My latest. I heard about this growing up and spent the last few years seeing what FOIAs, interviews, and archives can tell us. It’s a glimpse into the murky, ruthless underworld of 1970s Texas. Grateful for my brilliant editors @gycsak.bsky.social @liseolsen.bsky.social @beaudonelly.bsky.social
CBC's visual investigation unit, in partnership with @bellingcat.com, @tjekdet.dk , and @politiken.dk revealed for the first time who the key person behind it is.
A hospital pharmacist from Canada — David Do.
INVESTIGATION: With Bellingcat, Politiken, and Tjekdet, our team identified the person behind MrDeepFakes—the largest non-consensual deepfake porn site that shut down after our reporting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We did it before, we’re doing it now, and we’ll do it again. Big thanks to @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social @koltai.bsky.social @charleymaher.bsky.social @merelzoet.bsky.social @galen.reich.me.uk
The Life and Death of Antiquities Trafficker Leonardo Patterson: A Dealer in Stolen History
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Auto Archiver, our free in-house archiving tool, just got a major update. It archives social media posts, videos, images, and webpages in a secure and *verifiable* way and is very easy to use.
Art crime office hours today (19/03) at 6 pm CET / 1pm ET - come along discord.gg/MTRGXpCZ?eve...
Tomorrow in De Telegraaf one of the craziest international art thefts I have ever solved. A story about a fantastic painting and a murder. A story worthy of a Spy novel.
New from me!
This article dives into a sketchy non-profit (so they claim) that Clothoff is supposedly donating money to.
Lots of dodging of questions, and no evidence to suggest that they exist beyond a website.
A handy chrome ext to capture, recognise, and copy in-browser text in many languages with an option to send it straight to google translate or deepL. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/eenjd...
Join our first Discord #artcrime office hours on 19/02 at 5pm UK!
Link: discord.gg/kNCJtNhrHw
Thanks to @sauterne.bsky.social for accepting our invitation to join us. You can listen to the Stage Talk with Lynda on the topic here: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
Apple users can enjoy it too
Happy to have contributed to this piece with our fantastic Financial Investigations Team
Adverts selling an opioid up to 500 times stronger than heroin are all over the internet, from social media platforms to trade sites. Bellingcat and partner Postimees investigate how this deadly drug is infiltrating Europe: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/01...
In case you missed it, we got you
Join us tomorrow, it’ll be fun
🎨 On 16/01/25 ARCA's CEO Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social will be talking about investigating art crimes. Join our very first Discord Stage Talk of 2025 to learn more about the fascinating world of art crimes! Register here: discord.gg/8WhQpZ8B?event=1318250313257324554 #ArtCrime
First stage talk speaker & channel activities for our new #artcrime channel on Discord coming up soon! 🖼️🔍 Explore, discuss and use your skills to untangle fascinating cases of art theft, laundering, looting, trafficking of cultural heritage and more! Join here: discord.gg/5CgmKVG3
