Teele Rebane - News Producer, OSINT
Teele Rebane
News Producer, OSINT
Teele Rebane is an open-source intelligence producer for CNN International, based at the network’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.
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SpaceX disables thousands of Starlink devices being used by Myanmar scam centersOct 24, 2025SpaceX has disabled over 2,500 Starlink devices being used by cyber scam syndicates operating in a lawless corner of Myanmar, the Elon Musk-led company said Wednesday. -
• Video 7:36Video How one American woman funneled $17 million to North Korea 7:36Aug 9, 2025In recent years, thousands of North Korean IT workers have used stolen and made-up US identities to pose as Western developers, engineers, and tech consultants to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars a year to Pyongyang’s military programs. But their ability to embed themselves in corporate America doesn’t rely on trickery alone. It requires help from inside the United States. CNN’s Ivan Watson looks at how an American woman funneled $17 million to North Korea. -
Dozens killed as massive fire rips through shopping mall in eastern IraqJul 17, 2025A huge fire has torn through a commercial building in Iraq’s eastern city of Kut, killing dozens of people, local authorities said Thursday. -
Visualizing US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran and retaliation in mapsJun 24, 2025CNN is tracking where the attacks are happening and which Iranian nuclear facilities have been targeted. -
How Israel’s campaign to wipe out Iran’s nuclear program unfoldedJun 14, 2025A CNN analysis of satellite imagery and dozens of videos shared on social media offers insight into how Israel’s wide-ranging operation unfolded across the country. -
Two Israeli Embassy staffers shot and killed outside Jewish Museum in DCMay 23, 2025Two staff members at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, were killed Wednesday night near the Capital Jewish Museum, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said. -
• For Subscribers For SubscribersFor Subscribers Global scam industry evolving at ‘unprecedented scale’ despite recent crackdownApr 2, 2025Hundreds of men and women stand in rows, divided by nationality, in the courtyard of a white-walled compound, flanked by armed guards in fatigues. -
• Video 3:23Video ‘I saw myself as a sex slave.’ CNN speaks with survivors of alleged abuse at halal food company 3:23Feb 3, 2025Last September, Malaysian police rescued more than 600 children from a group which publicly operated as a global halal food company. CNN spoke with more than a dozen former survivors to learn how they were treated. -
In public, they ran a successful global business. In private, police allege they abused hundreds of childrenFeb 2, 2025Millions dined in their restaurants worldwide, getting a taste of Malaysia supplied by a sprawling conglomerate that claimed to embrace Islamic values by caring for thousands of disadvantaged children they said were orphans in homes across the country. -
Sister of American teacher jailed in Russia hopeful for his release after US declares him ‘wrongfully detained’Dec 31, 2024The family of an American schoolteacher serving a 14-year prison sentence at a hard labor camp in Russia is hopeful for his release after the US government recently designated him as “wrongfully detained,” following a yearslong plea for greater efforts to secure his return. -
Coldplay tickets for $11,000? Uproar in India after tickets sold out in minutes and resold for outrageously high pricesOct 1, 2024Fans eagerly awaiting the return of Coldplay to India were shocked to find tickets being resold online for as much as $11,000, prompting police to seek a statement from the CEO of the shows’ vendor over allegations of fraud. -
What we know about Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in the apparent second Trump assassination attemptSep 16, 2024Ryan Wesley Routh put his enmity toward Donald Trump – the man he once supported but then dismissed as an “idiot,” a “buffoon” and a “fool” – at the center of a rambling and fanciful worldview that also fixated on Ukraine, Taiwan, North Korea, and what he called the “end of humanity.” -
‘Blood type O. DM me’: Myanmar’s poorest are so desperate they’re turning to social media to sell their kidneysAug 31, 2024A year-long investigation has revealed desperate people in Myanmar, hawking their organs to wealthy people on social media. -
Foreign citizens urged to leave Lebanon ‘as soon as possible’ as regional tensions spikeAug 5, 2024Countries are urging their citizens to leave Lebanon “as soon as possible” amid heightening tensions in the region. -
Anne Frank monument defaced with ‘Gaza’ graffiti in AmsterdamJul 10, 2024A monument of Anne Frank in Amsterdam’s Rivierenbuurt neighborhood was defaced with “Gaza” graffitied in red on Tuesday, according to the city’s mayor, who condemned the vandalism. -
Killed by a scam: A father took his life after losing his savings to international criminal gangs. He’s not the only oneJun 20, 2024Dennis was one of countless victims of a massive global criminal operation predominantly run by predominantly Chinese gangs who have built a multibillion-dollar scam industry in Southeast Asia.
About
Teele Rebane is an award winning open-source intelligence producer for CNN International, based at the network’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.
She specializes in investigations that combine traditional reporting with digital forensic techniques to tell impactful stories, with a focus on transnational crime and human rights in the Asia-Pacific region.
Rebane also contributes to CNN’s breaking news coverage when open-source investigative techniques are required, providing rapid research, video verification and geolocation, satellite imagery analysis, and fact-checking. Since joining CNN in 2021 she has extensively covered Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East and the civil war in Myanmar.
Rebane has led the network’s coverage of the global crypto scam industry with reporting from the Thailand-Myanmar border and the US. She has also uncovered an organ trafficking network in Myanmar and a cult-like organization that abused children in Malaysia.
Previously, she covered the Hong Kong protests in 2019 and interned at Al Jazeera.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong.