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Peter Barth

United States
As seen in: Bellingcat, The Times, EIN News, The Texas Observer, Texas State Public Affairs Network
Covers:  organized crime, unsolved murders
investigator @bellingcat /texan up north. organized crime, past & present. I post on @oldpete45.bsky.social now.

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Peter is an investigator & trainer on Bellingcat's Financial Investigations Team, where he covers organized crime and unsolved murders.

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Investigating a Murder: Public Records Uncover New Clues in Chinatown Cold Case - bellingcat

Investigating a Murder: Public Records Uncover New Clues in Chinatown Cold Case - bellingcat

Skeletal remains were found in the woods of an affluent Boston suburb almost two years after the victim was k…

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Poster Boy: Sanctioned Kinahan Cartel Lieutenant Found Playing Padel in Dubai - bellingcat

Poster Boy: Sanctioned Kinahan Cartel Lieutenant Found Playing Padel in Dubai - bellingcat

A trusted lieutenant of the transnational Kinahan cartel has been found playing padel in Dubai, where he has …

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Ex-UFC Fighter and Kinahan 'Friend' Mounir Lazzez Linked to Iran Sanctions - bellingcat

Ex-UFC Fighter and Kinahan 'Friend' Mounir Lazzez Linked to Iran Sanctions - bellingcat

Mounir Lazzez, the ex-UFC fighter photographed with the Kinahan cartel bosses, is linked to multimillion doll…

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New Footage Shows Wanted Kinahan Cartel Kingpins Post-Sanctions - bellingcat

New Footage Shows Wanted Kinahan Cartel Kingpins Post-Sanctions - bellingcat

Daniel and Christy Kinahan have been photographed in Dubai, marking the most recent sighting of the wanted cr…

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Russia's Smuggled Grain Finds New Market in Saudi Arabia - bellingcat

Russia's Smuggled Grain Finds New Market in Saudi Arabia - bellingcat

New grain route identified from sanctioned Crimean port that Russia is eyeing in latest peace deal.

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Russia's Grain Smuggling Fleet Continues Undeterred - bellingcat

Russia's Grain Smuggling Fleet Continues Undeterred - bellingcat

Bellingcat has identified yet another Russian-flagged vessel exporting grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-c…

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Investigating a Murder: Public Records Uncover New Clues in Chinatown Cold Case Original

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By Peter Barth
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Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Illustration by Oisín Mac Con Iomaire On a June night in 1996, in a basement apartment in Boston’s Chinatown, a killer put a pistol to the back of a young man’s head and pulled the trigger. The victim’s body was wrapped in quilts, lowered into the trunk of a car and driven about 20 miles southwest of the city, where it was dumped in the woods.
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Pigeon Shoots and Hitmen: New Leads in a Texas Oilman's Cold Case

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By Peter Barth
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Bellingcat Investigator Peter Barth, who grew up in Texas, researched and reported this story in collaboration with the Texas Observer. William “Bill” Asher Richardson Jr. pulled into the driveway of his upscale Corpus Christi home late on a Sunday night at the end of summer. The wealthy Texas oilman was unloading his Winnebago RV as his wife and stepson walked inside.
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Cartel King Kinahan's Google Reviews Expose Travel Partners Original

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By Connor Plunkett, Peter Barth, John Mooney Verified, Beau Donelly Verified
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Last week, Bellingcat and the Sunday Times reported that wanted cartel boss Christopher Kinahan Sr. had exposed his movements and whereabouts by posting Google reviews for a variety of restaurants, hotels and other expensive establishments using his alias “Christopher Vincent”. The “Dapper Don” detailed trips to Zimbabwe, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, the Netherlands and Egypt.
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