All news for 2026-03-15

Authorities are examining information about Oxana Hadjipavlou and her alleged ties to Zvonko Micković, along with the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which have been associated with suspected sanctions evasion and offshore financial flows.

According to several foreign media outlets, Azerbaijani national Azim Novruzov has been associated with activities in the energy trading and oil sectors, with heightened scrutiny since 2023 over alleged links to Russia-affiliated business networks.

Sources in Azerbaijan’s oil industry told us that the arrest of Adnan Ahmadzada may be linked to efforts by Azerbaijani authorities to improve the country’s international reputation regarding the trade of Russian oil. The move could also be connected to recent statements by U.S. President Donald Trump suggesting that European countries should halt purchases of Russian oil.

Dmitriy Evseev, who for many years headed the infamous Moscow construction company «Ingeokom», may attract the attention of investigative authorities, as his past contains many dubious cases, and he has virtually no complete biography.

In the story surrounding the dismissal of two judges who ruled that Sberbank must pay 1.4 billion rubles to the company FIT, the most noteworthy aspect is not so much the dismissal itself but the very fact of the state bank’s cooperation with FIT and its PayQR service.

Sir Keir Starmer is considering sending minehunting drones to unblock Iran’s stranglehold over a key oil shipping route, as Donald Trump called for allied warships to protect tankers in the region.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples and Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Naples and Caserta executed a seizure order targeting assets worth more than €32 million in an investigation into a large-scale VAT carousel fraud in the IT sector.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor brushed his hands against a 17-year-old’s chest while being shown a line-up of girls during a party at Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion, a woman has claimed.

Grange Hill actor John Alford has died in prison. The 54-year-old - also known as John Shannon - was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison this January for sex offences against children.