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Bellingcat
Sign in to saveBellingcat is a Netherlands-based investigative journalism group that specialises in fact-checking and open-source intelligence (OSINT). It was founded by British citizen journalist and former blogger Eliot Higgins in July 2014.
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- Investigative journalism
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- Stichting Bellingcatformerly:Brown Moses Media Ltd.
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- Eliot Higgins
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- Amsterdam
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29 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Funding and support
- Notable cases
- MH17
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Syrian Civil War
- El Junquito raid
- Yemeni Civil War
- Skripal poisoning
- Christchurch mosque shootings
- Cameroon
- PS752
- 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
- Poisoning of Alexei Navalny and others
- Tigray War
- West Papua independence movement
- January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Investigation of Maria Adela
- Reception
- Awards
- Films
- ''Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World'' (2018)
- ''Navalny'' (2022)
- Literature
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Bellingcat is a Netherlands-based investigative journalism group that specialises in fact-checking and open-source intelligence (OSINT). It was founded by British citizen journalist and former blogger Eliot Higgins in July 2014.
Bellingcat publishes the findings of both professional and citizen journalist investigations into war zones, human rights abuses, and the criminal underworld. The site's contributors also publish guides to their techniques, as well as case studies. In 2025, Bellingcat expanded operations to the United States.
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Citizen journalismCitizen journalism websitesCrowdsourcingInformation technology organisations based in the NetherlandsInformation technology organisations based in the United KingdomInvestigative journalismKickstarter-funded publicationsMedia listed in Russia as foreign agentsOpen-source intelligenceOrganisations based in AmsterdamOrganisations based in Leicestershire