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· Jul 31
Introducing Horizons: A Revolutionary Investigative Platform Built to Solve Global Challenges
On Thursday, July 31, 2025, C4ADS publicly launched Horizons — our flagship investigative platform designed by investigators, for investigators. We’re excited to provide access to the platform for…
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From uncovering illicit networks to tracing financial flows, strong investigations demand more than access — they demand tools that keep up. So we built our own.
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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
January 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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.
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C4ADS Announces New Partnership With TRM Labs
C4ADS is proud to partner with blockchain intelligence leader TRM Labs to investigate cryptocurrency flows linked to sanctions evasion, organized crime, and other illicit networks.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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.
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We're proud to be a member of the Joint Analytical Cell, and grateful to all of our partner organizations for their commitment to protecting our oceans. We accomplished so much this year, and have shown what becomes possible when we unite behind a shared mission.
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JAC 2025 Highlights
The collaborative strength of the Joint Analytical Cell’s five organizations has shaped a highly productive year for fisheries intelligence in 2025. As partners around the world confronted evolving…
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December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We're proud to be a member of the Joint Analytical Cell, and grateful to all of our partner organizations for their commitment to protecting our oceans. We accomplished so much this year, and have shown what becomes possible when we unite behind a shared mission.
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“This continued growth...is emblematic of the junta’s inability to rein in the industry within Myanmar."
Thanks to @apnews.com for covering our work on the persistence of scam centers in Myanmar despite recent crackdowns. Quote from Analyst Michael Di Girolamo.
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Thanks to @apnews.com for covering our work on the persistence of scam centers in Myanmar despite recent crackdowns. Quote from Analyst Michael Di Girolamo.
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Myanmar declares a 'zero tolerance' policy for cyberscams. But the fraud goes on
Myanmar’s military leadership has vowed to crack down on cyberscam centers, starting with the notorious KK Park.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“This continued growth...is emblematic of the junta’s inability to rein in the industry within Myanmar."
Thanks to @apnews.com for covering our work on the persistence of scam centers in Myanmar despite recent crackdowns. Quote from Analyst Michael Di Girolamo.
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Thanks to @apnews.com for covering our work on the persistence of scam centers in Myanmar despite recent crackdowns. Quote from Analyst Michael Di Girolamo.
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Squid is in-demand — and the race to catch it is transforming the South Pacific.
C4ADS worked with @elfocope.bsky.social and Artis0nal to investigate trends in industrial squid fishing and overfishing, with emphasis on the enablers of distant-water fleets.
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C4ADS worked with @elfocope.bsky.social and Artis0nal to investigate trends in industrial squid fishing and overfishing, with emphasis on the enablers of distant-water fleets.
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EL OTRO JUEGO DEL CALAMAR: explotación a pescadores peruanos en embarcaciones chinas
Seis pescadores peruanos sufrieron explotación y abusos laborales en embarcaciones chinas de calamar. Los pescadores fueron obligados a trabajar 16 horas y vivir con medio litro de agua al día. Dormía...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Squid is in-demand — and the race to catch it is transforming the South Pacific.
C4ADS worked with @elfocope.bsky.social and Artis0nal to investigate trends in industrial squid fishing and overfishing, with emphasis on the enablers of distant-water fleets.
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C4ADS worked with @elfocope.bsky.social and Artis0nal to investigate trends in industrial squid fishing and overfishing, with emphasis on the enablers of distant-water fleets.
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ICYMI: @dvbenglish.bsky.social featured our Hot Lines report in coverage on Myanmar’s planned sham elections, connecting our findings to evidence linking sanctioned KNA leader Saw Chit Thu with the junta.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
ICYMI: @dvbenglish.bsky.social featured our Hot Lines report in coverage on Myanmar’s planned sham elections, connecting our findings to evidence linking sanctioned KNA leader Saw Chit Thu with the junta.
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ICYMI: C4ADS Analyst Michael Di Girolamo spoke at the Global Anti-Scam Summit, leading an interactive session to demonstrate how publicly available information can be used to investigate the networks enabling the scam industry.
December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
ICYMI: C4ADS Analyst Michael Di Girolamo spoke at the Global Anti-Scam Summit, leading an interactive session to demonstrate how publicly available information can be used to investigate the networks enabling the scam industry.
@Reuters.com reports a tanker seized near Venezuela was flying a fake Guyana flag — tied to the same fraudulent registry network tracing back to Suniel Kumar Sharma, who we recently exposed in collaboration with @financialtimes.com
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Captain of convenience: how one man left a global trail of false flags
Authorities have repeatedly targeted a mysterious figure who set up shipping registries in far-flung countries
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December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
@Reuters.com reports a tanker seized near Venezuela was flying a fake Guyana flag — tied to the same fraudulent registry network tracing back to Suniel Kumar Sharma, who we recently exposed in collaboration with @financialtimes.com
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ICYMI: Donated clothes aren’t closing Europe’s fashion economy “loop” — they’re traveling thousands of kilometers through opaque free zones in Pakistan and UAE, tripling carbon emissions and creating potential money laundering risks.
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Circular Fashion’s Dirty Detour | Journalismfund Europe
BUCHAREST / BARCELONA / MILAN / PARIS – By dropping clothes into collection bins, we often believe to be doing a good deed, “a small gesture that transforms the world”. But does it really? This…
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December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ICYMI: Donated clothes aren’t closing Europe’s fashion economy “loop” — they’re traveling thousands of kilometers through opaque free zones in Pakistan and UAE, tripling carbon emissions and creating potential money laundering risks.
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ICYMI: C4ADS analyst Margaux Garcia spoke to Bloomberg about the rising GPS interference over Venezuela — contextualizing how surges in electronic noise are often tied to military activity.
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Venezuela Sees GPS Jamming Surge Amid US Military Buildup, Flight Cancellations
For a smartphone user on the ground in Caracas, this interference might just mean a slow map load. For an aircraft cruising at 30,000 feet, the implications are far more severe.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ICYMI: C4ADS analyst Margaux Garcia spoke to Bloomberg about the rising GPS interference over Venezuela — contextualizing how surges in electronic noise are often tied to military activity.
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ICYMI: C4ADS Program Director Denise Sprimont-Vasquez spoke to @France24.com about our joint investigation into the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in Sudan — exposing the complex supply chains that may have enabled these attacks.
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Exclusive: The first proof of the use of chemical weapons in Sudan’s civil war • FRANCE 24
An investigation by the FRANCE 24 Observers team reveals how chlorine gas was used as a weapon in the ongoing civil war in Sudan. All evidence suggests the Sudanese army used chlorine to recapture a…
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December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI: C4ADS Program Director Denise Sprimont-Vasquez spoke to @France24.com about our joint investigation into the use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in Sudan — exposing the complex supply chains that may have enabled these attacks.
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NEW: We worked with @France24.com to investigate the alleged use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in Sudan.
Through collaborative investigation, we identified a shipment containing a chlorine cylinder used in the attack, imported via a broader supply chain for military goods.
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Through collaborative investigation, we identified a shipment containing a chlorine cylinder used in the attack, imported via a broader supply chain for military goods.
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C4ADS Supports France 24 Investigation into Alleged Chemical Weapons Use in Sudan
C4ADS partnered with France 24 to investigate the alleged use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in Sudan, uncovering a critical supply chain connecting India to Sudan and the subsequent diversion of…
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December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: We worked with @France24.com to investigate the alleged use of chlorine as a chemical weapon in Sudan.
Through collaborative investigation, we identified a shipment containing a chlorine cylinder used in the attack, imported via a broader supply chain for military goods.
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Through collaborative investigation, we identified a shipment containing a chlorine cylinder used in the attack, imported via a broader supply chain for military goods.
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ICYMI: We just rolled out a design refresh for Horizons, improving visual consistency and accessibility with updated navigation, layout, and modals to help you search and work on a more cohesive interface.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ICYMI: We just rolled out a design refresh for Horizons, improving visual consistency and accessibility with updated navigation, layout, and modals to help you search and work on a more cohesive interface.
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NEW: Brazil’s most powerful criminal group, PCC, is using Florida-registered companies to move laundered money through US banks — despite sanctions and years of enforcement. 🧵1/5
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Billion-Dollar Blind Spot
Despite decades of law enforcement efforts and Western sanctions targeting drug trafficking and money laundering, new C4ADS analysis has uncovered several Florida-registered companies tied to three…
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November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: Brazil’s most powerful criminal group, PCC, is using Florida-registered companies to move laundered money through US banks — despite sanctions and years of enforcement. 🧵1/5
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C4ADS analyst Michael Di Girolamo joined Johns Hopkins SAIS’ Southeast Asia League of Students (SEALS) for a roundtable discussion on the scam industry in Myanmar — introducing the students to our investigative methods using PAI.
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
C4ADS analyst Michael Di Girolamo joined Johns Hopkins SAIS’ Southeast Asia League of Students (SEALS) for a roundtable discussion on the scam industry in Myanmar — introducing the students to our investigative methods using PAI.
ICYMI: Program Director Krista Rasmussen spoke at the ICCF Group’s Inter-Parliamentary Policy Forum, diving deep into distant water squid fishing trends mapped in our recent Pier Pressure commentary.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICYMI: Program Director Krista Rasmussen spoke at the ICCF Group’s Inter-Parliamentary Policy Forum, diving deep into distant water squid fishing trends mapped in our recent Pier Pressure commentary.
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ICYMI: Canadian tech has been routed through Hong Kong and found in Russian weapons. @thecfhk.bsky.social’s Backdoor to the Battlefield — supported by C4ADS analysis — maps how sanctions evasion networks move restricted goods through global systems.
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Backdoor to the Battlefield: How Hong Kong Funnels Canadian Technology into Russia’s War Machine
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November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
ICYMI: Canadian tech has been routed through Hong Kong and found in Russian weapons. @thecfhk.bsky.social’s Backdoor to the Battlefield — supported by C4ADS analysis — maps how sanctions evasion networks move restricted goods through global systems.
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🚨 C4ADS is hiring! 🚨We currently have three open positions to help us advance global security through data-driven analysis and lead our analytical teams.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🚨 C4ADS is hiring! 🚨We currently have three open positions to help us advance global security through data-driven analysis and lead our analytical teams.
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Why choose between following leads and maintaining context? With Horizons, you can highlight text, open new tabs, and investigate in parallel so you can keep the big picture while exploring the details that matter.
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Horizons
Providing a premier search and discovery tool for C4ADS' repository of investigative data.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Why choose between following leads and maintaining context? With Horizons, you can highlight text, open new tabs, and investigate in parallel so you can keep the big picture while exploring the details that matter.
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ICYMI: @NewYorker.com investigates how Irish trafficker Daniel Kinahan continues to operate freely — drawing on the C4ADS Dubai Property Database to reveal the shadow networks enabling his operations.
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The Cocaine Kingpin Living Large in Dubai
Daniel Kinahan, an Irish drug dealer, commands a billion-dollar empire from the U.A.E. Why isn’t he in prison?
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November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICYMI: @NewYorker.com investigates how Irish trafficker Daniel Kinahan continues to operate freely — drawing on the C4ADS Dubai Property Database to reveal the shadow networks enabling his operations.
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Sneak peek: Our upcoming design refresh for Horizons prioritizes what matters most, getting you to insights faster without having to spend time struggling with navigation. Stay tuned to learn more about our commitment to effortless power — coming soon.
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Horizons
Providing a premier search and discovery tool for C4ADS' repository of investigative data.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sneak peek: Our upcoming design refresh for Horizons prioritizes what matters most, getting you to insights faster without having to spend time struggling with navigation. Stay tuned to learn more about our commitment to effortless power — coming soon.
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Nickel powers the EV revolution — but at a cost.
A recent @GlobalVoices.org piece uses C4ADS data to show how the rush for nickel in Southeast Asia can bring pollution, inequality, and foreign control of local industries.
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A recent @GlobalVoices.org piece uses C4ADS data to show how the rush for nickel in Southeast Asia can bring pollution, inequality, and foreign control of local industries.
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Trade-offs behind the electric car boom in Southeast Asia
Critics warn that though Indonesia is viewed as a booming EV market and a source of raw materials, it is not reaping the benefits as an equal partner.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Nickel powers the EV revolution — but at a cost.
A recent @GlobalVoices.org piece uses C4ADS data to show how the rush for nickel in Southeast Asia can bring pollution, inequality, and foreign control of local industries.
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A recent @GlobalVoices.org piece uses C4ADS data to show how the rush for nickel in Southeast Asia can bring pollution, inequality, and foreign control of local industries.
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The RSF has reportedly seized the city of Al Fasher, marking an escalation of atrocities in Sudan’s ongoing conflict. Our conflict map, Sudan Shahid — made with
@cen4infores.bsky.social and the Sudan Human Rights Hub — helps record and map war crimes in real time.
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@cen4infores.bsky.social and the Sudan Human Rights Hub — helps record and map war crimes in real time.
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C4ADS Tracking Reported Atrocities in Al Fasher Through Sudan Shahid
As the RSF seizes control of Al Fasher amid reports of mass killings and ethnic cleansing, C4ADS encourages the use of our Sudan Shahid map — developed in collaboration with the Centre for Information...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The RSF has reportedly seized the city of Al Fasher, marking an escalation of atrocities in Sudan’s ongoing conflict. Our conflict map, Sudan Shahid — made with
@cen4infores.bsky.social and the Sudan Human Rights Hub — helps record and map war crimes in real time.
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@cen4infores.bsky.social and the Sudan Human Rights Hub — helps record and map war crimes in real time.
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A new @France24.com visual investigation documents suspected chlorine gas attacks in Sudan near the al-Jaili refinery. Evidence points to systemic chemical weapons use against civilians — a dangerous escalation in an under-reported war.
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Videos show the Sudanese army's use of chlorine gas as a weapon
On May 22, 2025, the US accused the Sudanese army of using chemical weapons in its war against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia. The US presented no evidence to support the allegations, which…
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October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A new @France24.com visual investigation documents suspected chlorine gas attacks in Sudan near the al-Jaili refinery. Evidence points to systemic chemical weapons use against civilians — a dangerous escalation in an under-reported war.
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The best digital tools are the ones you forget you’re using. Introducing a design refresh for Horizons: maximum power, minimum friction. Coming soon.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The best digital tools are the ones you forget you’re using. Introducing a design refresh for Horizons: maximum power, minimum friction. Coming soon.
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