Beijing’s push to build a “digital China” and increase the development of data centers relies on domestic and Western tech — including from companies like Dell, Intel, and Nvidia. C4ADS analysis maps these networks in the Uyghur region, supporting broader state monitoring. 1/3 Read👇 buff.ly/KpX5IBE

⚙️ @c4ads.org, @slpjustice.bsky.social and IPHR’s report shows how Russia exploits Shahed-type UAVs' characteristics to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences and increase penetration rates against civilians and energy infrastructure. ➡️https://iphronline.org/articles/irans-role-in-russias-drone-war/

Since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, Belarus has quietly become a key player to its war machine, yet half of the network enabling this role remains unsanctioned. Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) investigated. 1/4 Read 👇 buff.ly/JVBtm10

ICYMI: 160+ cargo flights linked Russia and Algeria from March 2025 - April 2026. C4ADS Senior Analyst Margaux Garcia spoke with @defensenews.bsky.social as they mapped Russia’s shadow airline network and deliveries of Russian-made warplanes, including Su-57 stealth fighters. Read👇

We stand with @accessnow.org and the @rightscon.org community. The cancellation of RightsCon 2026 was likely the direct result of foreign interference aimed at excluding civil society voices — a pattern C4ADS knows well, and a reminder of why spaces like RightsCon matter.

We’re celebrating International Leopard Day on Sunday, May 3rd to highlight the need for the conservation and protection of this critical species — we’ve monitored seizures since 2013 to support partner organizations working to curb poaching and trafficking. Learn more 👇 c4ads.org/wildlife-tra...

ICYMI: C4ADS' Dubai Property Database helped expose the Kinahan cartel's real estate network years before last week's arrest. Our data and technology helped build the public record sustaining pressure on Dubai’s financial opacity leading to this moment. Learn more 👇

On April 15, 2023, violence erupted in Sudan. Since then, armed conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has created the largest displacement crisis in the world — rife with famine, violence against civilians, and worse. 1/ More 👇 buff.ly/SHVslLX

ICYMI: C4ADS Senior Analyst Allen Maggard spoke at the Polish Embassy in Washington, DC, to launch our new joint report with the International Partnership for Human Rights and the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Litigation Project. Watch the recording 👇 buff.ly/XXG1gTw

Proud to see our 2024 Side Effects report cited in this piece from @thewirechina.bsky.social exploring the regulation gap around pharmaceutical industry ties to XUAR, a region of China notorious for rampant human rights abuses and reliance on forced labor. From Savannah Billman 👇

ICYMI: C4ADS Analyst Will Cooke spoke at the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) Commission Meeting about the ways that strengthening beneficial ownership transparency for fishing vessels can improve accountability and cooperation. More 👇 buff.ly/7DJz0tP

ICYMI: Our Refining Power report is cited in Foundation for Defense Democracies' new public commentary to the US Trade Representative on securing critical minerals supply chains from Chinese dominance. Read the full report 👇 www.fdd.org/analysis/202...

📢 New report by IPHR, @slpjustice.bsky.social and @c4ads.org examines how Iran’s drone support to Russia may amount to complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity. 👉Read the full report and watch its presentation iphronline.org/articles/ira...

ICYMI: Community forests in the DRC are meant to protect local communities and biodiversity. But a recent @infonile.bsky.social investigation — using mining data obtained by C4ADS — finds over 100 mining permits overlapping on the same land. Read 👇

AI is actively being used to scale fraud and make scams harder to detect. Join C4ADS Senior Director Mollie Zapata on April 14 as she joins peers from OpenAI, @Microsoft.com, and Google for a GASA webinar exploring how AI is being used by fraudsters. Register 👇 buff.ly/XetVx2M #AI #cyberscams

ICYMI: Guinea-Bissau banned offshore fishmeal and fish oil production. @TheGuardian.com highlighted the Joint Analytical Cell for our work in supporting the analysis behind the decision. Read more 👇

Join us on April 8, 2026 for a masterclass hosted by ACAMS, to learn more about the rise of “dark fleet” tankers and a deep dive into how investigators use PAI, shell ownership structures, and more to trace the opaque networks supporting illicit maritime trade. Register 👇

Join us on March 31, 2026 for a panel discussion on how the Iranian government’s provision of drones and drone technologies to Russia constitutes complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity under international law. Watch on Youtube👇 buff.ly/6hgvBrO #dronewar

ICYMI: Senior Analyst Omar Al-Ghusbi explores how Russian reliance on the Shahed-136 drone has quickly turned a partnership into competition — as Russia and Iran are functionally competing for the same Chinese-made drone components. For @barrons.com 👇 buff.ly/A6C6Z83 #dronewar #shahed136 #iran

NEW DATE | How can the Iranian regime be held accountable for the provision of drones to Russia? Join the SLP on March 31 at 10:00am for a virtual report launch with the Polish Embassy, @iphr.bsky.social, and @c4ads.org. www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/holdin...

Join C4ADS and Australia Strategic Policy Institute in Canberra on March 26, for an in-person panel on how China is deploying maritime coercion in the Indo-Pacific region, how to use open-source methods to uncover Beijing’s activities, and strategies for response. Register now 👇

A fleet of Dutch cargo ships launders illicit catch from Russian vessels, evading EU port bans on Russian fish products. This investigation from @fd.nl used Triton, C4ADS’ fisheries and beneficial ownership platform, to trace the fleet's ownership and activity. Read👇

Most corruption reports are built from the outside. Earth League International’s recent report is built from inside the criminal networks themselves, drawing on 10 yrs of undercover field intelligence — referencing C4ADS’ data-driven investigations. Read👇

NEW: Our 2025 C4ADS Annual Report is out now. We’re excited to share an overview of our accomplishments, challenges, and impact from last year — here’s what we were up to. 🧵 1/7 More 👇 buff.ly/EOgY5h0

C4ADS ED Varun Vira will participate in the 2026 Miami Security Forum — on Latin American and Western Hemisphere security — to discuss how data-driven analysis is helping investigators disrupt the illicit networks behind the hemisphere's most pressing transnational threats.

A Sarajevo-based real estate firm was found on tape, offering to move money into Dubai real estate — no paperwork or proof of origin required and no questions asked. C4ADS contributed to this recent BIRN investigation 👇

NEW: More than two years into Sudan’s internal conflict violence continues to spread — and so is documentation of it. Our latest tech bulletin release details how we built a WhatsApp bot to help preserve evidence. Read 👇 c4ads.org/tech-bulleti...

🚨C4ADS is hiring! We’re looking for a Business Development Associate to join our team and support the organization's revenue generations and donor engagement offers. Learn more and apply 👇

The Shahed-136 requires no runway, costs a fraction of conventional munitions, and has a 2,000km range. C4ADS spent months tracing how Iran built and exported the production capability behind it. More incoming next week. Get the full report now 👇 c4ads.org/reports/airb...

NBC News cited our analysis of the Russia-Iran drone partnership — including the $1.75B deal for Shahed-136 technology. C4ADS analyst Omar Al-Ghusbi spoke with @janelytv.bsky.social about the impact of these systems. Read more 👇

Join us March 10, 2026 for a webinar on how AI-powered tools identified in Southeast Asian scam compounds have become embedded into scammer workflows, driving cybercrime to new levels of sophistication. Register 👇 buff.ly/8xvwUH7 #webinar #scam #southeastasia #AI #cyberscam

We're proud to share that C4ADS is a signatory to the Beneficial Ownership Recommendations to SPRFMO, backing a collective push for greater transparency of beneficial ownership in fisheries governance. Read more 👇 buff.ly/gttXxs8 #iuufishing #osint

NEW: A ship is easy to spot. Its owner is not. In Anchors Away, we examine how beneficial owners use shell companies, offshore jurisdictions, and flags of convenience to obscure control over vessels. Read 👇 buff.ly/WE5CthK #maritime #iuufishing #osint #globalsupplychains #maritimecrime

“Tracing the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) of a vessel is one of the most critical challenges in maritime governance — complex jurisdiction chains, shell companies, and flags of convenience enable IUU fishing, forced labor, and sanctions evasion alike” - @c4ads.org c4ads.org/commentary/a...

Russia bought Shahed attack drone tech and 6,000 units from Iran in Nov. 2022 for $1.75 billion per a @c4ads.org report released last year. Zelensky said Russia has launched over 57,000 at Ukraine since. Now, we see Iran launching this relatively cheap weapon against civilian and military targets.

Register now! We’re hosting a webinar with C4ADS analyst Michael Di Girolamo on how scam centers in Southeast Asia are adapting emerging technologies, including AI, to increase the success of cyber scam operations. 🗓️ March 10, 2026 Register 👇 buff.ly/ZpWAlcY #webinar #southeastasia #AI #cyberscam

Join us for a live panel discussion, hosted by the Polish Embassy, as we launch a joint report on Iran’s role in enabling Russia’s drone war in Ukraine. We’ll be unpacking drone supply networks of investigative, and accountability pathways. 🗓️ March 3, 2026 🕙 10:00 AM ET Livestream👇 buff.ly/At5RwRf

NEW: AI is reshaping the global scam industry. In Deceptive by Design, we map the AI-enabled tools scammers use to scale fraud, automate deception, and industrialize cybercrime. Read 👇 c4ads.org/issue-briefs...

🗓️ MARCH 3 @ 10:00 am ET | How can the Iranian regime be held accountable for the provision of drones to Russia? The SLP hosts a virtual report launch with the Embassy of Poland in Washington DC, @iphr.bsky.social, and @c4ads.org. Read more ⬇️ www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/holdin...

@Bellingcat.com’s latest report on false flag registries linked to Suniel Sharma references our collaboration with @FinancialTimes.com — tracing how these networks enable sanctioned vessels to sail without accountability. Read more 👇 buff.ly/Ts3tLQy #sunielsharma #falseflags #osint #oiltanker #oil

🚨C4ADS is hiring! We currently have two open roles, and we’re looking for people passionate about advancing global security through data-driven analysis to lead and join our team. Learn more and apply 👇

C4ADS is partnering on the Global OSINT Conference — a practitioner-driven forum for people doing impactful investigations. 📅 5 October 2026 | 📍 London | 🎟️ Tickets: £35 Co-organized by @osint-community.bsky.social and the @PoliceDigital, with BISI. More information and tickets 👇 buff.ly/f48ei94

NEW: Most global security intelligence dies in a PDF. We’re working to change that. The first installment of our new tech bulletin explores how our Data and Software teams securely share large datasets with partners using AWS Transfer Family. Read 👇

Shadow fleets help sanctioned oil keep moving — using fake flags, shell companies, and covert transfers. @economist.com recently spotlighted our work tracking the sales of sanctioned vessels sustaining these illicit networks. Read 👇 www.economist.com/finance-and-...

BTS on the data science, geospatial methods, & engineering behind transnational threat investigations matters. Transparency about *how* evidence is built strengthens the work & the field. Turquoise Roof uses C4ADS' investigative platform to power our open source/PAI research and investigative work:

‼️We’re launching a new tech bulletin — sharing the data science, software engineering, and methods behind our investigations into transnational threat networks. From our Horizons platform to geospatial analysis and emerging tech, we’re diving into the BTS of C4ADS. More 👇 c4ads.org/news/c4ads-l...

The cost of cheap seafood isn’t always visible, but its impacts are felt far out at sea. A new investigation from @elfocope.bsky.social draws on analysis from C4ADS and Artis0nal to expose the networks enabling illicit behavior in the squid fishing industry. More 👇 elfoco.pe/2025/12/espe...

We’re excited to partner with China Labor Watch in support of Department of Labor initiatives to combat labor exploitation in Indonesian nickel supply chains, building on our Refining Power analysis published early last year. More 👇 buff.ly/RdlFMFX

Two days ago, the US military announced that it seized two tankers linked to Venezuela on opposite sides of the Atlantic, the supertankers MARINERA (IMO 9230880, formerly the BELLA 1) and the M SOPHIA (IMO 9289477). 🧵 1/5

We’re proud to announce a new partnership with TRM Labs to expand our investigative capabilities into cryptocurrency and digital asset flows tied to illicit networks. Read more 👇