Foeke Postma

2 months ago | bellingcat.com | Foeke Postma

For more than a decade, one anonymous wildlife dealer has been advertising rare and endangered animals to thousands of followers online. But despite posting a prolific number of videos every year, they have remained almost impossible to trace. In 2022, with the help of Bellingcat contributors Darcy White and Chris Osieck, we managed to establish that they were operating out of Malaysia. We also had a name. But to be certain of their identity, we needed more proof.

Oct 22, 2024 | bellingcat.com | Kolina Koltai |Foeke Postma

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been accused of trespassing on land owned by US game company, Cards Against Humanity, for more than six months as per a lawsuit filed and announced on September 19, 2024. However, satellite imagery shows that the land has been in use for more than 12 months. At time of writing, SpaceX had not replied to our request for comment. We have no evidence SpaceX knowingly trespassed on Cards Against Humanity’s land.

Sep 20, 2024 | bellingcat.com | Foeke Postma |Logan Williams |Jake Godin

Dozens of people were killed and thousands more injured after two consecutive days of explosions across Lebanon this week that the Shia militant group Hezbollah has blamed on Israel. Pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated simultaneously on Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least 12 people dead, including two children. On Wednesday, another wave of coordinated explosions affecting handheld radios killed at least 25 people.

Aug 16, 2023 | bellingcat.com | Foeke Postma

In 1909, inventor George Cove posed in front of an early rooftop solar panel of his own design for a photograph. One hundred and ten years later, the resulting image was reprinted in the official journal of the US’ most prestigious research institute – but Cove was nowhere to be seen.  Using a range of sources such as newspaper archives and historic city maps, Bellingcat sought to establish the seeming mystery of Cove’s ‘disappearance’ from the photograph.

Jun 30, 2023 | bellingcat.com | Tristan Lee |Foeke Postma

Books associated with a Satanist Neo-Nazi group are being sold and distributed in the US by mainstream outlets including Amazon and Barnes & Noble. At time of publication, Bellingcat found that literature associated with the Order of the Nine Angles (O9A) and its US affiliate Tempel ov Blood (ToB) are being sold in the US as well as a number of international retailers.