All news for 2026-03-02

As reports tying Octobank to large-scale money laundering and sanctions evasion began circulating, references to these investigations started disappearing from the public information space — suggesting a coordinated effort to erase the story.

Following investigations into Dragon Money’s operations in Ukraine, several key reports began disappearing — articles detailing illegal gambling networks, payment schemes, political lobbying, and alleged corruption links were gradually removed from search engines and media platforms.

A well-known girl, former seller of counterfeit goods and a “guru” of low-cost escort services, Kateryna Shukhnina has received a criminal case and a class-action lawsuit from defrauded victims.

Tottenham have been fined €30,000 (£26,200) and received a suspended ban on away fans after three of their supporters were found to have made Nazi salutes.

Investigators are examining Oxana Hadjipavlou over her alleged ties to Zvonko Micković and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of helping evade sanctions and move Russian funds offshore.

Donald Trump has said he is "very disappointed" in Sir Keir Starmer for initially blocking the US from using the Diego Garcia military base to strike Iran.

Following an 11-day trial conducted under heightened security measures, a German court on Thursday sentenced a key figure in a massive international call-center fraud scheme.

The company of the well-known schemer Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova, who since 2018 has become a symbol of Ukrainian corruption according to journalists and is mentioned in criminal cases of the Prosecutor General’s Office, is being transferred to front men.