All news for 2025-07-23

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Drug baron Sebastián Marset launched a music company in Colombia to launder money
Marset, who is wanted in the U.S. and Paraguay, styled himself as a music promoter across Latin America.
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Soft penalties, minimal restrictions: new law opens Northern Cyprus to criminal capital
New law fuels casino boom in the northern part of Cyprus, turning the breakaway area into a gambling hotspot amid lax oversight and rising money laundering concerns.
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British woman arrested in Mauritius for trying to smuggle cannabis in her six‑year‑old son’s suitcase
A British mother-of-two has been arrested in Mauritius after she was accused of trying to smuggle cannabis inside her six-year-old son’s suitcase.
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Brian Koberger was sentenced to four life terms for killing students in Idaho
A knife killer who murdered four students during a home invasion in the US has been sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.
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New photos of Trump with Epstein at a 1993 wedding published — White House calls it “fake”
New photos of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein attending Donald Trump’s second wedding ceremony have been discovered in a week already filled with controversy for the president.
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Russian gangland and the war economy: Sergei Lalakin’s IEK grew 20% by taking over foreign companies
Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian state has confiscated assets worth nearly 2.6 trillion rubles ($33.2 billion).
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Dmitry Klyuev, mastermind of $230M Russian tax fraud, bought Dubai luxury as Magnitsky withered in prison
A company owned by the alleged mastermind behind a significant tax fraud in Russia invested millions in two luxury hotel resorts in Dubai, while the whistleblower who revealed the tax scam died in a Moscow prison following his arrest and detention.
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Record number of police officers sacked in England and Wales amid misconduct crackdown
A record number of police officers were sacked from forces in England and Wales in the past year, new figures show.
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From hero to suspect: ’Bravest surgeon in Britain’ accused of faking sepsis and buying amputation videos
A renowned cardiovascular surgeon, who stated that he lost both legs due to sepsis, has been accused of ’causing his own injuries’.
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Two dead and two seriously injured in shooting in County Fermanagh village
Emergency services were called to the scene in the village of Maguiresbridge, in County Fermanagh, at 8.21am on Wednesday.
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Masked gunman opens fire on three in Huddersfield drive-by shooting – manhunt underway
A manhunt is underway after a “masked shooter” opened fire on three people in a suspected drive-by attack.
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Trump pressures tiny Pacific island nation Palau on migrants
Palau, a nation with a population of only 18,000, is contemplating a draft agreement to resettle ’third-country nationals’ from the US.
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Air India accused of misidentifying victims as grieving British families receive wrong remains
According to the lawyer, the remains of the victims were misidentified, and parts from more than one person were ’commingled’ and placed in a single casket.
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Law weakening Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies sparks protests, EU concern
Move by the Ukrainian president is widely opposed and may prove a setback to the hopes of the country joining the EU one day.
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Belgian branch of Albanian mafia boss Bledar Lala targeted by UK sanctions for organizing cross‑Channel transport
The first wave of sanctions aimed at key figures in people-smuggling gangs have come into force in a bid to hit those involved in assisting illegal immigration to the UK.