Youri van der Weide is an open source researcher and trainer for Bellingcat.

He has worked on a wide variety of topics including human rights abuses in Africa, migration in the Eastern Mediterranean, arms exports by EU countries, and research into new open source research tools and methods.

Youri van der Weide

Basic information

Name
Youri van der Weide
Title
Open source researcher and trainer
Expertise
OSINT
Country
Czechia
City
Brno
Twitter
@y_vdw

Supported projects

How Israeli mercenaries trained the Cameroonian army

  • Corruption
  • Security

YAOUNDE - Over the past decades, a handful of Israelis have overseen and trained elite units of the Cameroonian army. Their paid services brought them millions of dollars, which they invested around the world. Meanwhile, the army unit they've trained, the BIR, has committed extensive human rights violations.

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