🎂 May 2022: Chocolate Peda OSINT Collective

Originally named India Chocolate after this text — “I'll name this informal investigation group: Indian Chocolate. Switzerland & Belgium are countries proud of their chocolate and well, the Indian part you guessed…”. I guess we are a “bunch of sweet-tooths up for bittersweet investigations” . . .

The new name keeps the spirit of the OG name and at the same time communicates that “OSINT Warriors” from across the world can join us. OSINT stand for Open Source Intelligence Tools and put it simply it is a method of gathering information which would range from simple keywords search or using computation research methodology.

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📌 We are a group of passionate journalists from Europe and India that occasionally collaborate on online investigative projects. Our objectives include —

• Investigate videos and images that depict some form infringement of human rights and mis/disinformation narrative.
• In addition to visual element related human rights violation and mis/disinformation, other factors that are important —
  • The story or a specific perspective has not be been covered by the media.
  • All the members approve the story idea.
• Sharpening our existing skills and learn from other members.
• This is voluntary group and members don’t have to apologies for their unavailability.

📌 If you are interested in joining the group —

• Send a brief write up about yourself and your portfolio at [email protected]
• We will reach out —
  • When we are working on a new project.
  • If we have the bandwidth to welcome another team member.
• Applicants are requested send their application and wait for use to get back.

🗞️ OUR REPORTS

📌 Note for Readers: The headline is hyperlinked with the English version of the report. In brackets, you'll see the report in either German or Dutch.

📅 FEB 2023: **BEATEN, RUN-OVER AND SHOT: DAMNING EVIDENCE OF IRAN’S POLICE BRUTALITY CONFIRMED ON TAPE [🇧🇪** 🇩🇪]

“A brutal video appears online. The victim is beaten, run over by a motorcycle, and then shot at short range. Members of the Iranian parliament immediately discredit the footage as fake. But it’s real. Against all odds of police brutality, the person survives the attack. An open source (OSINT) investigation analyses the brutal attack involving a dozen police, including a senior officer.”

Print version of the article published in Belgian magazine Knack

📅 JUN 2022: **KILLER COORDINATES: HOW A RUSSIAN MISSILE HIT KYIV WITH THE HELP OF ONLINE SLEUTHS [🇧🇪]**