All news for 2026-03-05

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Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura scrubs the internet of reports linking him to the $250 million Sennychenko corruption scheme and Russian oligarch networks
Swiss businessman with Ukrainian roots, Oleg Tsyura, has launched a large-scale effort to clean up his online presence, attempting to remove information about his alleged involvement in schemes to siphon billions of hryvnias from Ukraine together with former head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennychenko.
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Russian “art investor” Mitra Group’s leader Olga Kolyshchuk jailed for fraud at antique auctions
In Moscow, Olga Kolishchuk—a socialite and organizer of an art and antiques investment project—has been detained and taken into custody.
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Two British tourists knocked out by bodybuilder during street fight in Pattaya
This is the shocking moment two British tourists are knocked out by a bodybuilder during a chaotic street brawl in Thailand’s ’Sin City’.
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London sends Typhoon fighter jets and begins evacuation of more than 140,000 Britons amid the conflict in Iran
Sir Keir stated that the conflict in Iran "could continue for some time," and added that the UK is doing everything possible to protect British lives and uphold British values.
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Britney Spears was arrested and handcuffed by US police in California
Reports claim that Britney Spears has been arrested for Driving Under the Influence in California.
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Wanted Ibox Bank owner Alyona Shevtsova received a 600-sq-meter property in central Kyiv as a gift after its arrest was lifted by “black registrars”
The wife of now former National Police investigator Yevhen Shevtsov, Ibox Bank owner Alyona Shevtsova (Dehrik), who is on an international wanted list, received as a gift premises in central Kyiv that had previously been freed from arrest by a criminal group of “black registrars.”
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Former Beribit CEO Roman Tsaregorodtsev emptied the exchange’s clients’ funds — an audit revealed a gap of more than $4 million
According to information obtained from a Beribit employee who wished to remain anonymous, the funds of defrauded clients were allegedly appropriated by the former CEO of the exchange service, Roman Tsaregorodtsev.
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How ‘Britain’s biggest drug smuggler’ built a £100m empire before it collapsed
Notorious gangster Andrew Pritchard once ran a sprawling international criminal network built on fake passports and bribed officials.
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“Soft touch” regulator: financial crime fines collapse from £567m to £124m
The value of fines issued by the UK’s financial regulator has dropped to "pitiful" levels, undermining the country’s fight against economic crime, new analysis shows.