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"Hätte ganz anders ausgehen können" - auch deutsche Frauen gerieten in Jeffrey Epsteins Visier Erstmals berichten zwei Deutsche über ihre Begegnung mit Sexualstraftäter Epstein. Die Schwestern entgingen Rekrutierungsversuchen wohl nur knapp.

Was macht eigentlich @darcdataresearch.bsky.social?

Die Rechercheagentur, die aus unserem Förderprojekt Secure Research Hub hervorgegangen ist, hat für ZDF frontal und @spiegel.de Ende Dezember ein Leak mit E-Mails des Sexualstraftäters Epstein durchsuchbar gemacht.

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Check out the full blog post here: openaleph.org/blog/2025/06...

🚨 New in OpenAleph: Geocoded Addresses

Names & IDs are key for finding connections, but geography tells a story too.

Now you can:
📍 Map entities
🏠 Spot shared addresses
🕵️‍♀️ Explore what’s nearby
🧩 Uncover hidden links

A new lens for network mapping & company sleuthing.
#OpenAleph #OSINT #DataTools

🔍 Read our blog post: openaleph.org/blog/2025/06...

With geocoded addresses now built into OpenAleph, you can map entities, spot who shares an address, explore what’s nearby, and uncover links that
aren’t immediately obvious.
A new lens for mapping networks, shell companies, and proximity-based connections.

🚨 New in OpenAleph: Geocoded Addresses

Investigators often look for links between names, companies, or IDs, but geography tells its own story, and sometimes it's the missing piece.

Ecopetrol: Whistleblower reveals Colombia oil giant's ‘awful’ pollution Colombia’s Ecopetrol polluted hundreds of sites, including water sources and wetlands, the BBC finds.

#IguanaPapers: BBC carried out a years-long investigation into a Colombian state-owned oil company after a whistleblower leaked 100s of internal emails & documents. On publication day, they made the documents available, @darcdataresearch.bsky.social made them searchable: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Whether you just want to lurk or contribute, we'd love to see you there!
#OSINT #OpenAleph #DARCSocial

Darc.social is growing, and we've been actively sharing OpenAleph updates there. If you're into OSINT, building a shared library of datasets for investigations, or helping shape the future of OpenAleph and other investigative tools, come join the conversation.

Let us know if you're going to be there. We'd love to hang out and share some stickers!
#NR25

Can't wait to catch you all at Netzwerk Recherche Jahreskonferenz 2025! We'll be running two workshops:

Tracking Ships, Planes, and Other Vehicles: lnkd.in/e3zH7nVi
Einführung in OpenAleph: Das Neue Daten-Tool: lnkd.in/enSk7PEs

Signals and Systems: the Ethics of Infrastructure | LinkedIn In an age where technology increasingly shapes every facet of our lives, the media industry stands at a critical crossroads. In this podcast episode, we delve into the pressing need for ethical guidel...

Catch the full conversation here: lnkd.in/d-Hau6-E

Signals and Systems: the Ethics of Infrastructure | LinkedIn In an age where technology increasingly shapes every facet of our lives, the media industry stands at a critical crossroads. In this podcast episode, we delve into the pressing need for ethical guidel...

Jan spoke about DARC’s commitment to open source tools and why we run our
own physical servers to host infrastructure critical to our clients, like OpenAleph.
Huge thanks to Sabrina
for the thoughtful questions and the other panelists for the engaging discussion.

At Publix, our co-founder Jan Lukas Strozyk joined Alexandra Borchardt and Wafaa Albadry for a live podcast panel hosted by Sabrina Faramarzi, digging into who controls the tech that powers journalism, and what we can do about it.

Thank you so much!

Karina, Simon, and Jan will be there to join the conversations and run a couple of workshops:
Tracking Ships, Planes, and Other Vehicles: lnkd.in/e3zH7nVi
Einführung in OpenAleph: Das Neue Daten-Tool: lnkd.in/enSk7PEs

We're going to be at this year's Netzwerk Recherche Jahreskonferenz!

We're excited to meet you there!
#NR25

Data and Research Center – DARC The community for all things OSINT, data research and OpenAleph.

If you'd like to lurk or participate in discussions about building a "Library of Common Reference Datasets" for investigative journalism, or to shape the future of OpenAleph (and other investigative tooling), join us ( @darcdataresearch.bsky.social ) on our new Discourse server: darc.social .

Data and Research Center – DARC The community for all things OSINT, data research and OpenAleph.

Even more, we're excited to hear your feedback on what we've already built and all the new features to come.
Don't forget to join the conversation and help shape what's next on darc.social

#DataJournalism #OpenAleph #Dataharvest2025 #CommunityContributions

Thank you to the community of journalists, data scientists, educators, organizations, and like-minded folks who shared their excitement about OpenAleph and our mission. We're looking forward to collaborating with you on expanding the DARC Library.

Thank you to the amazing team at @journalismareana.eu for such a successful #Dataharvest2025! We're so grateful and honestly in awe that we got to be part of it.

Catch @flokinet.bluesky.flokinet.social and our team at #Dataharvest 2025!

The Investigative Commons- how to share structured data, document collections and build knowledge collaboratively: lnkd.in/e49v42n8

Investigative Tools for the Commons: DARC, OpenAleph, and the Case for a Shared Data Library: lnkd.in/eaYfAU-2

Skill take away- come and learn four skills/tools in one session: lnkd.in/en5ys7Jx

Catch us at #Dataharvest, all sessions featuring DARC peeps today!

Harnessing the power of OpenAleph: a look at its new features and how to use them to find the data you're looking for: lnkd.in/eVH3DB-w

Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference: Farm subsidies: get the new data, find s... View more about this event at Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

Farm subsidies: get the bew data, find stories about the biggest EU money pot: dataharvest25.sched.com/event/1zuzR/...

Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference: The Investigative Commons - how to share... View more about this event at Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

The Investigative Commons- how to share structured data, document collections and build knowledge collaboratively: dataharvest25.sched.com/event/1zuzO/...

Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference: Skill take away - come and learn four sk... View more about this event at Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

Skill take away- come and learn four skills/tools in one session: dataharvest25.sched.com/event/1zv0t

Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference: Nerd Jam: bring your software projects,... View more about this event at Dataharvest 2025 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

Nerd Jam: bring your software projects, scripts and tools: dataharvest25.sched.com/event/23IeX/...