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72--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(74,234,220) 0%,rgb(151,120,209) 20%,rgb(207,42,186) 40%,rgb(238,44,130) 60%,rgb(251,105,98) 80%,rgb(254,248,76) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,206,236) 0%,rgb(152,150,240) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(254,205,165) 0%,rgb(254,45,45) 50%,rgb(107,0,62) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,203,112) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 50%,rgb(65,88,208) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--midnight: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(2,3,129) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%);--wp--preset--font-size--small: 13px;--wp--preset--font-size--medium: 20px;--wp--preset--font-size--large: 36px;--wp--preset--font-size--x-large: 42px;--wp--preset--spacing--20: 0.44rem;--wp--preset--spacing--30: 0.67rem;--wp--preset--spacing--40: 1rem;--wp--preset--spacing--50: 1.5rem;--wp--preset--spacing--60: 2.25rem;--wp--preset--spacing--70: 3.38rem;--wp--preset--spacing--80: 5.06rem;--wp--preset--shadow--natural: 6px 6px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--deep: 12px 12px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);--wp--preset--shadow--sharp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--outlined: 6px 6px 0px -3px rgb(255, 255, 255), 6px 6px rgb(0, 0, 0);--wp--preset--shadow--crisp: 6px 6px 0px rgb(0, 0, 0);}:where(body) { margin: 0; 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72.has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum) !important;}.has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple) !important;}.has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux) !important;}.has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk) !important;}.has-pale-ocean-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean) !important;}.has-electric-grass-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass) !important;}.has-midnight-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--midnight) !important;}.has-small-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important;}.has-medium-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important;}.has-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large) !important;}.has-x-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large) !important;}
73/*# sourceURL=global-styles-inline-css */
74</style>
75
76<link rel='stylesheet' id='nouislider-css-css' href='https://www.bellingcat.com/app/plugins/before-after-image-slider-lite/libs/nouislider-14.6.2/nouislider.css?ver=14.6.2' media='all' />
77<link rel='stylesheet' id='wpbaimages-css-css' href='https://www.bellingcat.com/app/plugins/before-after-image-slider-lite/ImageComparisonSlider.css?ver=2.2.0' media='all' />
78<link rel='stylesheet' id='bp-style-css' href='https://www.bellingcat.com/app/themes/bellingcat/assets/css/style.min.css?ver=20260930120722Z' media='all' />
79<script id="jquery-core-js" src="https://www.bellingcat.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1"></script>
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79
80<script id="jquery-migrate-js" src="https://www.bellingcat.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.1"></script>
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80
81<script id="nouislider-js-js" src="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/plugins/before-after-image-slider-lite/libs/nouislider-14.6.2/nouislider.js?ver=14.6.2"></script>
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81
82<script id="wpbaimages-js-js" src="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/plugins/before-after-image-slider-lite/ImageComparisonSlider.js?ver=2.2.0"></script>
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83<script id="bp-js-js" src="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/themes/bellingcat/assets/js/main.min.js?ver=20260930120722Z"></script>
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83
84<script id="advanced-ads-advanced-js-js-extra">
85var advads_options = {"blog_id":"1","privacy":{"enabled":false,"state":"not_needed"}};
86//# sourceURL=advanced-ads-advanced-js-js-extra
87</script>
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87
88<script id="advanced-ads-advanced-js-js" src="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/plugins/advanced-ads/assets/dist/advanced.js?ver=4e4c7549b1472da4abe5"></script>
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88
89<script id="utils-js-extra">
90var userSettings = {"url":"/","uid":"0","time":"1790832917","secure":"1"};
91//# sourceURL=utils-js-extra
92</script>
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92
93<script id="utils-js" src="https://www.bellingcat.com/wp-includes/js/utils.min.js?ver=7.0.3"></script>
93
94<link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/wp-json/" /><link rel="alternate" title="JSON" type="application/json" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/38097" /><link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
95<!-- Onion Location for language: en -->
96<meta http-equiv="onion-location" content="http://bellcatmbguthn3age23lrbseln2lryzv3mt7whis7ktjw4qrestbzad.onion/" />
97		
97<script type="text/javascript">
98			var advadsCfpQueue = [];
99			var advadsCfpAd = function( adID ) {
100				if ( 'undefined' === typeof advadsProCfp ) {
101					advadsCfpQueue.push( adID )
102				} else {
103					advadsProCfp.addElement( adID )
104				}
105			}
106		</script>
106
107				
107<script type="text/javascript">
108			if ( typeof advadsGATracking === 'undefined' ) {
109				window.advadsGATracking = {
110					delayedAds: {},
111					deferedAds: {}
112				};
113			}
114		</script>
114
115		<style id="wp-custom-css">
116/* The following CSS was added to support details/summary tags. (December 2020) */
117
118.collapse-details {
119  display:none;
120  padding-left: 4px;
121  padding-right: 0px;
122	margin-right: 4px;
123}
124
125.collapse-open {
126  display: none;
127}
128
129.collapse-button {
130  border: 1px solid #999;
131  background-color: #eee;
132  border-radius: 2px;
133  cursor: pointer;
134  padding-left: 4px;
135  padding-right: 6px;
136	margin-right: 4px;
137}
138
139.collapse-button:hover {
140 background-color: #ddd;
141}
142
143.collapse-open:checked ~ .collapse-button {
144  display: none;
145}
146
147.collapse-open:checked ~ .collapse-details 
148{
149  display: inline;
150  margin-left: 4px;
151  background-color: #eee;
152}
153
154.collapse-close {
155  border: 1px solid #999;
156  background-color: #eee;
157  border-radius: 2px;
158  padding-left: 4px;
159  padding-right: 2px;
160  margin-left: 4px;
161  cursor: pointer;
162}
163
164.collapse-close:hover {
165  background-color: #ddd;
166}
167
168/* The following CSS was added to allow certain elements to be hidden on mobile or desktop devices (particularly data visualizations that need a minimum width). 2021 */
169
170@media (max-width: 680px) {
171  .mobilehide {
172    display: none;
173  }
174}
175
176@media (min-width: 681px) {
177  .desktophide {
178    display: none;
179  }
180}
181
182/* This is used for iframes that should be larger on mobile. */
183
184@media (max-width: 1023px) {
185	iframe.square {
186		height: 100vw;
187	}
188}
189
190/* H6 is hijacked to support drop caps on specified paragraphs. July 2021*/
191
192h6 {
193	margin-bottom: 1rem;
194	font-size: 1.06rem;
195	line-height: 1.65;
196	font-weight: normal;
197}
198
199h6:first-letter {
200  float: left;
201  font-family: Georgia;
202  font-size: 75px;
203  line-height: 60px;
204  padding-top: 6px;
205  padding-right: 8px;
206  padding-left: 3px;
207}
208
209/* Additional CSS for new editor drop caps */
210
211.has-drop-cap:not(:focus):first-letter {
212	float: left;
213  font-family: Georgia !important;
214  font-size: 75px;
215  line-height: 60px;
216  padding-top: 6px;
217  padding-right: 8px;
218  padding-left: 3px;
219}
220
221/* Tweaks to HR styling */
222
223hr {
224	background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
225	height: 3px;
226	margin-top: 2em;
227	margin-bottom: 2em;
228}
229
230/* Pull quotes. 2021 */
231
232blockquote.pull {
233	background: #fffff0;
234  border-left: 10px solid #faf9a2;
235  margin: 1.5em 10px;
236  padding: 0.5em 3em;
237  quotes: "\201C""\201D""\2018""\2019";
238	font-size: 24px;
239	font-style: italic;
240	text-align: center;
241}
242
243@media (min-width: 1024px) {
244	blockquote.pull {
245		margin-left: -20%;
246		width: 120%;
247	}
248}
249
250blockquote.pull:before {
251	color: #ccc;
252  content: open-quote;
253  font-size: 4em;
254  line-height: 0.1em;
255  margin-right: 0.25em;
256  vertical-align: -0.4em;
257}
258
259blockquote.pull p {
260  display: inline;
261	color: #444 !important;
262}
263
264/* Use system defaults for higlight colors, for accessibility. August 2021  */
265
266::selection {
267	color: highlighttext !important;
268	background-color: highlight !important;
269}
270
271/* Support scrolly-telling parallax maps. November 2021 */
272
273.overlay-caption {
274width: 300px;
275    margin-left: 400px;
276    background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8);
277    z-index: 2;
278    position: relative;
279    margin-bottom: 200px;
280    font-size: 20px;
281    padding: 0.5em;
282	  border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.5)
283}
284
285@media (max-width: 680px) {
286	.overlay-caption {
287		margin-left: unset;
288	}
289}
290
291.overlay-image {
292	  position: absolute;
293    top: 100px;
294    height: 250px;
295    width: auto;
296    left: -700px;
297}
298
299.overlay-image .media {
300	height: 100%;
301}
302
303.overlay-image .media img {
304	height: 100%;
305}
306
307/* The following CSS was added to support a scrollytelling visualization. November 2022 */
308
309.scrolly {
310	overflow: hidden;
311	position: relative;
312}
313
314.scrolly div.p {
315	position: absolute;
316	right: 2em;
317	max-width: 300px;
318	background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
319	border-radius: 0px;
320	padding: 1em;
321}
322
323.scrolly div.p img {
324	margin-bottom: 1em;
325	max-width: 100%;
326}
327
328.overlay-counter {
329	opacity: 0;
330}
331
332@media (max-width: 680px) {
333	.scrolly div.p {
334		z-index: 2;
335		margin-top: 200px;
336		right: 0px;
337		left: 0px;
338		max-width: 100% !important;
339	}
340}
341
342/* Additional block styles, November 2022 */
343
344cite {
345	margin-top: 0;
346	font-size: .875rem;
347	line-height: 1.57;
348}
349
350.wp-block-table figcaption {
351	  margin-top: 0;
352    font-size: .875rem;
353    line-height: 1.57;
354}
355
356/* Fix menu spacing, December 2022  */
357
358@media screen and (min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1150px) {
359	.nav__list-item {
360		padding: 10px 5px !important;
361	}
362}
363
364/* Consistent size form checkboxes, Feb 2023 */
365
366.gform_wrapper.gravity-theme .gfield_checkbox label, .gform_wrapper.gravity-theme .gfield_radio label {
367	font-size: 0.875em !important;
368}
369
370/* Hide form tabs Feb 2023 */
371
372.donate__support {
373	display: flex;
374	margin-bottom: 2em;
375}
376
377.donate__support .support__item {
378	width: 50%;
379}
380
381.ginput_address_country {
382	flex: 1 !important;
383}
384
385#input_8_2 {
386	width: 100%;
387}
388
389/** Front page hotfix **/
390/**
391p a:hover {
392	color: black !important;
393}
394**/
395
396@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
397	h1.heading--jumbo {
398		font-size: xx-large !important;
399	}
400	
401	h1 {
402		font-size: x-large !important;
403	}
404	
405	.featured-posts {
406		padding-bottom: 2rem !important;
407	}
408}
409
410/**
411
412.section--patreon p {
413	color: white;
414}
415
416.section--socials p {
417	color: white;
418}
419
420.section--socials p a {
421	text-decoration: underline;
422}
423
424.highlight p a {
425	text-decoration: underline;
426}
427
428@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
429	.footer__logo svg {
430		max-width: calc(100% - 5em);
431	}
432	
433	.email form input[type=email] {
434		max-width: calc(100% - 90px);
435	}
436	
437	.section--newsletter div.d--f {
438		    max-width: calc(100% - 32px);
439	}
440	
441	.section--newsletter div h1 {
442		max-width: calc(100% - 1em) !important;
443	}
444	
445	footer {
446		overflow-x: hidden;
447	}
448}
449
450.highlight {
451	margin-right: 1em;
452}**/
453
454
455</style>
456
457
458    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/app/themes/bellingcat/assets/icons/favicons/favicon-32x32.png">
459<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/themes/bellingcat/assets/icons/favicons/favicon-16x16.png">
460<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/themes/bellingcat/assets/icons/favicons/favicon-32x32.png">
461<link rel="manifest" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/themes/bellingcat/assets/icons/favicons/manifest.json">
462<meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
463<meta name="theme-color" content="#000">
464<meta name="application-name" content="bellingcat">
465<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/themes/bellingcat/assets/icons/favicons/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png">
466<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="60x60" href="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/themes/bellingcat/assets/icons/favicons/apple-touch-icon-60x60.png">
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656                                  Funding and How to Support Bellingcat
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662<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Our Funding</strong></p>
663
664
665
666<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bellingcat is composed of a charitable foundation registered in the Netherlands as well as a registered charitable organisation (a 501c3) in the US.&nbsp;A portion of Bellingcat’s budget is currently raised from workshops held throughout the year, and from paid keynotes and presentations. Bellingcat also currently receives about 50% of its funding from private and public foundations in the form of grants, both as core funding and funding for defined projects.&nbsp;</p>
667
668
669
670<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We would like to express our gratitude to the following organisations for their support:&nbsp;</p>
671
672
673
674<ul class="wp-block-list">
675<li>Civitates</li>
676
677
678
679<li>The Dutch Postcode Lottery</li>
680
681
682
683<li>The European Commission</li>
684
685
686
687<li>Limelight Foundation</li>
688
689
690
691<li>Sigrid Rausing Trust</li>
692
693
694
695<li>Startsmall Foundation</li>
696
697
698
699<li>
699Swedish Postcode Foundation</li>
700
701
702
703<li>Wellspring Philanthropic Fund</li>
704</ul>
705
706
707
708<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There are several organisations who graciously support our work, but prefer not to be mentioned in public. We honour their wishes and express our sincere gratitude. The names of all these donors are known to our auditors.</p>
709
710
711
712<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bellingcat also receives financial contributions from various companies as well as special discounts and in-kind donations such as software access and platform resources.&nbsp;</p>
713
714
715
716<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We would like to express our gratitude to the following organisations for their support: </p>
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718
719
720<ul class="wp-block-list">
721<li>Adobe</li>
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723
724
725<li>Bitwarden</li>
726
727
728
729<li>Canva</li>
730
731
732
733<li>Cobra CRM</li>
734
735
736
737<li>Datayo</li>
738
739
740
741<li>Donorbox</li>
742
743
744
745<li>Dropbox</li>
746
747
748
749<li>Financial Times</li>
750
751
752
753<li>Google</li>
754
755
756
757<li>Hunchly</li>
758
759
760
761<li>Maltego</li>
762
763
764
765<li>Mapbox</li>
766
767
768
769<li>Mapcreator</li>
770
771
772
773<li>OSSO</li>
774
775
776
777<li>Oxylabs’ Project 4β</li>
778
779
780
781<li>Planet</li>
782
783
784
785<li>Plausible.io</li>
786
787
788
789<li>RiskIQ</li>
790
791
792
793<li>Salesforce</li>
794
795
796
797<li>Total Design</li>
798
799
800
801<li>Vizlegal</li>
802
803
804
805<li>Yubico</li>
806
807
808
809<li>Zoom</li>
810</ul>
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812
813
814<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Funding principles</strong></p>
815
816
817
818<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bellingcat does not solicit or accept funding or contributions directly from governments. Bellingcat can solicit or accept contributions from intergovernmental institutions such as the European Commission or the United Nations. Bellingcat can accept or solicit funding that is distributed by a private foundation that accepts government funds, so long as it is independent from any national government. We will not allow any funding relationship to constrain us from criticising any bodies or individuals that provide funds, exposing any wrongdoing in which said bodies or individuals may be involved or impact our editorial independence.</p>
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820
821
822<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bellingcat reserves the right to research any donor of an amount of €5,000 or more based on available open sources according to our principles.</p>
823
824
825
826<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can review our full fundraising policy <a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2025/02/Fundraising-and-gift-acceptance-policy.pdf">here</a>.</p>
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828
829
830<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Support our Work</strong></p>
831
832
833
834<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bellingcat offers a variety of ways to support our work. We are appreciative and grateful for every single cent donated. Please find general information on how to support us below.&nbsp;</p>
835
836
837
838<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you’re considering another way to donate or encounter any issues when donating please don’t hesitate to reach out to us via <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0662696867726f6968754664636a6a6f68616567722865696b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e3a31303f2a3731302d1e3c3b32323730393d3f2a703d3133">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and we’ll be happy to support you. <br>If you are a foundation, non-profit or a company that would like to explore various funding possibilities with us, please contact us via <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d6962636c796462637e4d6f68616164636a6e6c79236e6260"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3652595857425f5958457654535a5a5f58515557421855595b">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.&nbsp;</p>
839
840
841
842<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Donations &#8211; One Time, Yearly or Monthly</strong></p>
843
844
845
846<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You may support our work by making a donation &#8211; as a one-off or recurring payment &#8211; via our <a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/donate/">online donation form</a> which offers a variety of currencies and payment options via credit card, direct debit and iDEAL. If you’d like to make a donation that is tax-deductible in the US, please choose “United States” as country of residence in the donation form and your donation will go to the Bellingcat Us Inc., our 501c3 in the US.</p>
847
848
849
850<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If you would like to donate via wire transfer or to set up a direct debit from your bank account please use the following bank details:</p>
851
852
853
854<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bellingcat Foundation in the Netherlands</strong> (<a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/app/uploads/2023/02/Bank-detail
854s-Bellingcat.pdf">download</a>):</p>
855
856
857
858<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Account name: Stichting Bellingcat&nbsp;</p>
859
860
861
862<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bank name: ABN Amro</p>
863
864
865
866<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Account number: 83.12.45.492&nbsp;</p>
867
868
869
870<p class="wp-block-paragraph">IBAN: NL68 ABNA 0831 2454 92&nbsp;</p>
871
872
873
874<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Swift / BIC code: ABNANL2A</p>
875
876
877
878<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bellingcat US Inc. in the United States, EIN 92-0346579</strong>:</p>
879
880
881
882<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Checks made payable to our US entity “Bellingcat US, Inc” are fully tax-deductible in the US and may be sent to:</p>
883
884
885
886<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bellingcat US, Inc.<br>169 Madison Ave<br>Suite 38287<br>New York, NY 10016</p>
887
888
889
890<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To donate through the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), create a CAF Giving account&nbsp;and request to donate to Bellingcat.</p>
891
892
893
894<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Long Term Support and Major Donations</strong></p>
895
896
897
898<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Bellingcat has received major donations as well as commitments to support our work over several years. We are very thankful for this kind of support that enables us to plan for long-term stability. If you would like to explore possibilities in that area, please contact us via <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e0848f8e8194898f8e93a082858c8c898e87838194ce838f8d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97f3f8f9f6e3fef8f9e4d7f5f2fbfbfef9f0f4f6e3b9f4f8fa">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> .&nbsp;</p>
899
900
901
902<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Among others we offer the following possibilities:</p>
903
904
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