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Welcome to Bellingcat’s Patreon channel! This is where we share our monthly Bellingchat Premium podcast, which sees our investigators provide behind the scenes access to our latest investigations, and where we broadcast live video watch-alongs of investigators attempting our online open source challenges (these livestreams are free but don’t forget to sign up and take part in the challenges yourself at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">www.challenge.bellingcat.com</a>). Our Patreon page is also where we offer advanced access to the latest Bellingcat training announcements so you can be the first to sign up for our popular workshops.Bellingcat is a not-for-profit and our work would not be possible without the kind support of individual donors. Subscribing to our Patreon channel is one of the ways to support our work.Our WorkBellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Founded in 2014, we have pioneered the use of open source research methods to investigate a variety of subjects of public interest. These range from the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine to police violence in Colombia and the illegal wildlife trade in the UAE.&nbsp;We design and share verifiable methods of ethical digital investigation. By publishing walkthroughs to open source research methods and holding tailored training sessions on their use for journalists, human rights activists and members of the public, we’re broadening the scope and application of open source research.<ul><li><a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05/07/canadian-pharmacist-linked-to-worlds-most-notorious-deepfake-porn-site/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/29/weve-become-addicted-to-explosions-the-idf-unit-responsible-for-demolishing-homes-across-gaza/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“We’ve Become Addicted to Explosions” The IDF Unit Responsible for Demolishing Homes Across Gaza</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/03/30/kinahan-cartel-wanted-narco-boss-exposes-whereabouts-by-posting-google-reviews/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Kinahan Cartel: Wanted Narco Boss Exposes Whereabouts by Posting Google Reviews</a></li><li>Determining the true identities of the Skripal poisoners as GRU officers&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/09/26/skripal-suspect-boshirov-identified-gru-colonel-anatoliy-chepiga/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Anatoliy Chepiga</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/10/08/second-skripal-poisoning-suspect-identified-as-dr-alexander-mishkin/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Dr. Alexander Mishkin</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/06/19/identifying-the-separatists-linked-to-the-downing-of-mh17/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Identification of the separatist figures</a> tied to the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine from July 2014</li></ul>

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