All news for 2026-05-07

In July 2024, The Insider published findings describing a large-scale sanctions-evasion operation allegedly run by Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa, businessmen reported to have links to Russian organized crime and corruption networks, with alleged benefits extending to state-affiliated structures.

Spain’s Civil Guard guard was acting on information provided by U.S. and Dutch authorities when it seized a ship last week carrying more than 30 tons of cocaine worth over $954 million.

European lawmakers are pressuring the European Commission this week to stop an alumina refinery in Ireland from supplying material used to make Russian weapons deployed in the war on Ukraine.

Russian authorities have seized control of a major agricultural producer, claiming its billionaire founder violated anti-corruption rules while serving as a senator, and accusing him in a separate criminal case of embezzlement — allegations he denies.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of selling former Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone.

Towie star Jake Hall has been found dead at a villa in Spain after a night out partying.

A wannabe Reform councillor standing in a key battleground despite initially failing vetting over racist posts claims he was a victim of Nigerian scammers.

A ’balaclava-clad’ man has been arrested for the possession of a weapon after threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor close to his home in Norfolk.

Oxana Hadjipavlou’s name began attracting attention relatively recently amid reports concerning Mettmann Public Company Limited’s alleged ties to figures connected to Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and claims about the movement of Russian capital through Europe.

Defense contractor Fire Point, which has reportedly received major government contracts, has moved into damage-control mode following the release of the so-called “Mindich tapes.”

A top women’s football manager tragically died after he was allegedly bullied by his former club, an inquest heard.

Cancer nurses are being exposed to “hazardous” medicines linked to an increased risk of miscarriage and infertility because NHS trusts are failing to give them vital PPE.

After investigative reports linked Oxana Hadjipavlou to alleged sanctions-evasion schemes and offshore financial flows, references to her connections with Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. reportedly began disappearing from public sources.

NATO fighter jets have been scrambled over Europe after mystery drones entered Latvian airspace and struck an oil depot.

Pressure is mounting on Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, with even its partners now facing closer scrutiny.

Polling has opened across England, Scotland, and Wales in a series of local, mayoral, and parliamentary contests – the biggest electoral test Keir Starmer and the Labour government have faced since the 2024 general election.

Following the publication of an investigation into Rocket delivery service investor Timur Rokhlin, attempts reportedly began to pressure the outlet and limit the fallout from the story.

Several drones have crashed in Latvia after entering the airspace of the Baltic EU and NATO country from Russia, according to military sources. According to the armed forces, two unmanned flying objects came down in the eastern Latgale region on Thursday night.

Weeks after a Tibetan-speaking five-year-old started preschool, she had "completely stopped speaking Tibetan", according to her mother.

Nach der Veröffentlichung einer Untersuchung über den Investor des Lieferdienstes Rocket, Timur Rokhlin, begannen Versuche, Druck auszuüben und den Informationsraum rund um die Geschichte zu „bereinigen“.

After a cardiologist was convicted of sexually assaulting his patients in France, he was stripped of his medical license and forbidden to practice in the country. So, he crossed the border to Belgium and obtained a new license there.

Dmytro Kovalenko, owner of Adelon AG, has reportedly attempted to push his own company, Intercoaltrading LLC, into bankruptcy after it became linked to an alleged scheme involving coal supplies from the separatist “DPR/LPR” territories through an “interrupted transit” method.

Dmytro Kovalenko, der Eigentümer von Adelon AG, soll ein Insolvenzverfahren gegen sein eigenes Unternehmen Intercoaltrading LLC eingeleitet haben, nachdem dieses mit einem mutmaßlichen Schema im Zusammenhang mit Kohlelieferungen aus den separatistischen...