We're a nonprofit organization with a mission to defeat the illicit networks that threaten global peace and security. RT ≠ endorsement. Learn more at https://c4ads.org/.https://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mvl3y4rs422zICYMI: In 2025, we partnered with France 24 to trace bulk chlorine tanks to a supplier in India. Now, that work is featured in a recent @WashingtonPost.com investigation into new files allegedly showing how Sudan’s military built and hid a chlorine weapons stockpile. Read 👇 buff.ly/Cw0RdON https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/05/trove-documents-reveals-alleged-chemical-weapons-stockpile-sudan/15 Sep 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl3y4rs422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mv6jnnripx24ICYMI: In a study of Russia’s growing security network in the Sahel, Business Insider Africa featured C4ADS analysis of 75 Russian military-linked flights across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. Read 👇 buff.ly/BnAdr66 https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/europes-most-powerful-nuclear-armed-military-is-quietly-building-its-own-security/peq6vkq10 Sep 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6jnnripx24https://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mv67lpivuu2zSometimes being blacklisted doesn’t stop a company’s operations. We’re proud to have supported this @nytimes.com investigation into defense-linked Chinese universities obtaining servers built by Maginfra and Inspur — packed with advanced US chips bypassing export controls. Read 👇 buff.ly/gdMmPWu https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/technology/ai-chips-china-blacklist.html?searchResultPosition=110 Sep 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv67lpivuu2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mv47w7ovqm2eNEW: Western export controls are supposed to keep China from accessing the world's most advanced AI chips — but the data shows substantial gaps. Let’s talk about it. 🧵 1/6 Read Covert Compute 👇 buff.ly/mYU1A6L09 Sep 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv47w7ovqm2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3muka26ethh2q🚨C4ADS is hiring! 🚨We're looking for a Program Director for State Sponsored Threats (SST) to lead a team of analysts and a Design Associate to create custom and engaging infographics, maps, and data visualizations. Learn more about these positions on our careers page 👇 buff.ly/ua2kb1k https://c4ads.org/careers/02 Sep 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muka26ethh2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3muk3txjoqr2fICYMI: In a comparison of asset declarations across Hong Kong’s Seventh and Eighth Term Legislative Councils, China Strategic Risks Institute — with support from C4ADS — found that members’ properties have tripled from 39 to 123 in Mainland China. From CSRI👇 buff.ly/heJiQVt https://www.csri.global/research/conflict-of-interest-disclosure-in-hong-kongs-patriots-only-legislative-council02 Sep 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk3txjoqr2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3muhlhfxuvq2tICYMI: Cocaine corridors are institutional capabilities, not just lines on a map. In their latest piece on illicit transnational routes, Border Security Report highlights our analytical methodology for tracking and exposing hidden networks through ownership chains. Read 👇 buff.ly/l5M8rPZ https://www.border-security-report.com/cocaine-corridors-beyond-brazil-how-transnational-routes-are-reshaping-border-security-frameworks/01 Sep 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhlhfxuvq2thttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mtyio75lrg2gICYMI: Search Party shared a new video diving deep into @bellingcat.com recent investigation into ex-UFC fighter and friend of the Kinahan's Mounir Lazzez, highlighting the role of C4ADS’ Horizons platform in mapping the network of one of Europe’s most powerful drug cartels. Watch👇 buff.ly/cfJuPP1 https://buff.ly/cfJuPP126 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyio75lrg2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mtvy4x3fpy2pWe tracked 75 flights over 19 months to investigate how Russia keeps Africa Corps supplied in the Sahel. Our Routes and Ramifications commentary, covered by Jeune Afrique, maps the air logistics network resupplying Russian state-aligned forces in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. Read👇 buff.ly/5J9INzs https://buff.ly/5J9INzs25 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvy4x3fpy2phttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mttrqciu522pNext week, join C4ADS Senior Director Mollie Zapata and panelists at The Global Anti-Scam Summit America for a deep dive into the networks of Southeast Asian scam operations, and the role of AI in powering these evolving hubs. Learn more 👇 buff.ly/RdsGBM524 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttrqciu522phttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mteeu6w5hw2eJoin C4ADS Senior Director Mollie Zapata at The Global Anti-Scam Summit America for a panel discussion on industrial-scale fraud linked to Southeast Asia’s scam compounds — examining the role of the AI tools and human trafficking that power these operations. Register 👇 buff.ly/3ForqdB18 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteeu6w5hw2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mtc6hmyrjv2eICYMI: @defensenews.bsky.social highlighted our new Routes and Ramifications commentary, mapping flight data across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to detail Russia’s extractive military presence in the Sahel and chart unsanctioned private carriers within these opaque networks. Read 👇 buff.ly/p0n5s6N https://c4ads.org/commentary/africa-corps-flight-tracking-sahel/17 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc6hmyrjv2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mtbui7kzsp2pICYMI: New entities have been added to the UFLPA Entity List — three of which we’ve identified and investigated before. 🧵 1/4 Read the full announcement 👇 buff.ly/0PoT8Mh https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/31/dhs-announces-addition-43-companies-uflpa-entity-list17 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbui7kzsp2phttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mt2cyi3dvu25We’re proud to partner with The Global Anti-Scam Alliance for their upcoming Summit America, where leaders across industries will come together to discuss solutions that can be deployed at scale to protect and reduce the impact of scammers. Register👇 buff.ly/3ForqdB14 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2cyi3dvu25https://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3msxsmdktsj2z500 names to check? One CSV upload into a single Horizons Investigation. That’s what BYOD looks like in practice. Learn more 👇 https://c4ads.org/news/bring-your-own-data/13 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxsmdktsj2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3msvc2shey326NEW: Russia's extractive military presence in the Sahel runs on an invisible air bridge. Logistics networks are designed to be opaque, and current sanctions and monitoring efforts are working from a partial picture. 🧵 1/6 Read 👇 buff.ly/p0n5s6N https://c4ads.org/commentary/africa-corps-flight-tracking-sahel/12 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvc2shey326https://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3msstbf3ys525Got a spreadsheet from a partner? Upload it to Horizons and check it against 3B+ public records instantly. That’s BYOD. Learn more 👇 buff.ly/zeBFF3M https://c4ads.org/news/bring-your-own-data/11 Aug 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msstbf3ys525https://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3msg7daoa3m2eChina's Belt and Road Initiative promised infrastructure. The data tells a different story. Our May 2025 Bulldozed report examined BRI outcomes across recipient countries and found cost overruns, environmental violations, labor exploitation, corruption, and more. Read Bulldozed 👇 buff.ly/TytAoT3 https://c4ads.org/commentary/bulldozed/06 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg7daoa3m2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mse7lesvh22pLast Thursday we celebrated one year of Horizons, our investigative platform, with the staff and partners who helped build it. From its corporate records collection to sanctions tracking, it's become a key element used in our work. buff.ly/bEnX9v405 Aug 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse7lesvh22phttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3msdyu2jxvt26One year ago, we launched Horizons. This month, we launched BYOD — the next step in our commitment to building tools that help investigators do their best work. Here’s to year two. Learn more about BYOD 👇 buff.ly/zeBFF3M https://c4ads.org/news/bring-your-own-data/05 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdyu2jxvt26https://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3msb6dpae2a2oC4ADS Executive Director Varun Vira recently presented at the ACI Trade Compliance Tech conference, sharing case studies from our maritime investigations and detailing the illicit networks behind them.04 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb6dpae2a2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mrv6ndahju2uToday is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, spotlighting people forced into running online scams under threat of violence. We’ve investigated these scam centers to expose the systems that trap and exploit victims. Learn more about our work👇 buff.ly/h2aOoeH #EndHumanTrafficking30 Jul 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrv6ndahju2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mrsgqdumkp2lWe analyzed Chinese government records and found 56 restricted NVIDIA chips reaching institutions with defense, intelligence, and state ties — $1.7M in banned hardware, through unauthorized resellers, buried inside large orders. The findings point to three concrete fixes. 🧵 1/5 buff.ly/AhOQXs3 https://c4ads.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AI-Chips-Fact-Sheet-C4ADS.pdf29 Jul 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsgqdumkp2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mrpogxsuez2fWe're proud to welcome General (Ret.) Charles A. Flynn to its Board of Directors. A veteran and former Commanding General of U.S. Army Pacific, Flynn brings deep national security and China expertise — including recent work at the intersection of tech and defense. More 👇 https://buff.ly/jagZs1u28 Jul 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpogxsuez2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mrneo3dy3u2lIn May, we documented reliance on Western tech inside Xinjiang surveillance infrastructure. June, we showed how Chinese universities spent $1.7M on banned NVIDIA chips, routing bundled shipments through unauthorized distributors. It’s two pieces of the same story. More coming soon. https://buff.ly/0X5fCrQ27 Jul 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrneo3dy3u2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mrdh77ub5x26You no longer have to hand-write a Python class for every Follow the Money (FtM) entity type. We built followthemoney-neomodel to auto-generate FtM’s full vocabulary as ready-to-use Python classes for Neo4j. No Cypher and no custom coding. Learn more and try it now 👇 buff.ly/AjyTsIM https://c4ads.org/tech-bulletin/bringing-follow-the-money-into-the-graph-a-new-neo4j-tool/23 Jul 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdh77ub5x26https://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mralug3xzq2nFrom July 2025 to January 2026, Chinese universities spent at least $1.7M on 56 restricted NVIDIA chips explicitly banned for export to China. Now, C4ADS can tell you how — chips buried inside large orders and transactions routed through regional distributors. More coming soon. buff.ly/0X5fCrQ22 Jul 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mralug3xzq2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mr5yprttig2kBYOD, broken down: 📁 Upload your files, 🔍 search them alongside 3B+ public records 🗂️, organize them into Investigations, and 🔒 share privately on your terms. 1/2 Learn more about BYOD 👇 buff.ly/Gr8saKY https://c4ads.org/news/bring-your-own-data/21 Jul 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5yprttig2khttps://bsky.app/profile/c4ads.org/post/3mr3hdwjl4d2fWe’re excited to share that C4ADS Executive Director Varun Vira will present at ACI’s Trade Compliance Tech conference this week, unpacking maritime case studies and the hidden ownership networks built to evade sanctions. More 👇 https://buff.ly/JG2mGWU20 Jul 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:jswwpklqudsctxkxmc6s3ipp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3hdwjl4d2f