Bellingcat

Also known as bell¿ngcat

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.

Key facts

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Website.type: Investigative journalism
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Website.owner: Stichting Bellingcatformerly:Brown Moses Media Ltd.
Website.creator: Eliot Higgins
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Website.location_city: Amsterdam
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Contents

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 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.