Hi there. Do you, a friend, colleague, or family dog, want to nail #OSINT basics: geolocation, flight tracking, hidden info, disinfo etc?
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The son of a top Russian defense official allegedly bought eight properties in Spain’s northeast using funds linked to the Troika Laundromat money laundering network.
Dmitry Artyakov is the son of Vladimir Artyakov, vice-president of Russian defense firm Rostec.
www.occrp.org/en/news/span...
“Keep all wireless communication devices away from the leaders.” Documents unearthed after Assad’s fall show Syrian spy agency reacting to Israel’s pager attack on Hezbollah. Our latest feature with @occrp.org and Daraj:
Confidential Syrian cables discovered by Daraj reporters show how Bashar al-Assad's intelligence services scrambled to make sense of Israel’s explosive pager attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon last September.
www.occrp.org/en/feature/d...
Very well deserved
"عقب سقوط نظام الأسد وفتح أبواب الفروع الأمنية، عثرنا على ملف في مقر إدارة المخابرات العامة (أمن الدولة) في دمشق، يكشف عن عملية تتبّع وتجسّس تستهدف “الوحدة السورية للصحافة الاستقصائية- سراج”، المنضوية كشريك محلي مع مشروع الابلاغ عن الجريمة المنظّمة والفساد"
Documents found after the fall of Assad show Syrian intelligence spying on journalists. A file discovered at General Intelligence Directorate headquarters details an operation to investigate Siraj, a Syrian journalist collective that is part of the
@occrp.org network. Our story:
Investigation: Daraj obtained access to the file of Ahmad Hussein Al-Sharaa (Abu Muhammad al-Joulani) in the notorious Palestine Branch in Damascus. This is how the leader of HTS evaded the regime’s intelligence 👇
"Syria’s evidence is not just a record of the past; it is a promise to the future—a promise that the world will not forget, and it will not turn away." @rawanssa18.bsky.social
"This must be done to honor the sacrifices of those who risked their lives to preserve the truth and to ensure that the voices of victims and survivors are not drowned out by silence." @rawanssa18.bsky.social
"To act now is to affirm that no perpetrator, no matter how powerful, is beyond the reach of justice." @rawanssa18.bsky.social
Insightful article by @rawanssa18.bsky.social for @foreignpolicy.com: Syria’s paper trail of atrocity must be preserved
6/ You can read my analysis (in French) here: lorientlejour.com/article/1439...
#Lebanon #Syria #HumanRights
5/ The families of the disappeared have waited decades for answers. Their suffering should no longer be overshadowed by political agendas or used as a bargaining tool. Accountability must take priority.
4/ Parties like the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Lebanese Forces (LF) have often exploited the plight of the disappeared to serve their own agendas. This instrumentalization only adds to the pain of the families.
3/ Recent reports of detainees being freed after the fall of the Assad regime, including two Lebanese missing for decades, have sparked fragile hope. But this tragedy remains heavily politicized.
2/ Enforced disappearances were a tool of repression under Hafez and Bashar al-Assad, used to silence dissent. Some Lebanese factions were complicit, deepening the tragedy. Families have been trapped between hope and despair for years.
1/ My latest analysis for L'Orient Le Jour - Lebanese disappeared in Syria: a tragedy turned into a political weapon.
Over 650 Lebanese disappeared during the civil war and Syrian occupation, leaving families in limbo for decades. 🧵👇
It’s been a while since #Russia was precision striking hospitals in #Syria - but it’s restarted, as #Putin pursues a punishment campaign against civilians & vital infrastructure.
This was #Idlib University hospital earlier today:
As there has been a lot of chatter about @occrp.bsky.social, the investigative non-profit is clarifying some points in a Q&A. Please read carefully, and form your opinion on whether the Mediapart&Co report is truly revelatory and fair. www.occrp.org/en/frequentl...
In response to @mediapart.fr etc’s highly unethical and willingly deceptive reporting, @occrp.bsky.social has released an FAQ on our funding and editorial policies. It also links to our public financials, which Mediapart misleadingly claimed to have uncovered
www.occrp.org/en/frequentl...
