All news by author James Smith

The network of Azerbaijani “shadow” oil traders handling Russian oil despite sanctions appears to be far more extensive than previously thought.

Two tankers transporting Russian petroleum products are en route to Cuba, with one nearing the area of a U.S. naval blockade in the Caribbean.

A £100,000 bronze statue of Britain’s youngest ever world championship boxer, stolen by masked raiders from outside a London station, is to be replaced and protected by ramped-up security measures, Metro can reveal.

Tributes have been paid to teenage friends who were in a car that plunged into a river.

A scandal worthy of a crime drama script has erupted at the 4bill payment system, considered one of the leaders in the financial services market.

Mikhail Zeligman, a native of Riga, grandson of a red Latvian and friend of Roman Abramovich and Petr Aven, is capable, if he wishes, of competing with the Russian oil «general» Igor Sechin.

Kazakh authorities acknowledge that Samruk-Kazyna, with backing from ATFBank, was involved in the misappropriation of billions, yet anti-corruption and investigative agencies have been slow to take action against Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yessimov’s father-in-law.

Companies House is set to strike off Zedxion Exchange following an OCCRP investigation that revealed the company used a stock-photo model to conceal its connections to sanctioned Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has dismantled an organized crime group involving public officials suspected of wrongdoing in public procurement procedures.

Prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre says files show sex offender’s connection to those in ‘trusted and central positions’.

At the end of 2015, Edmond de Rothschild Group found itself in serious trouble. After months of upheaval, the Swiss private bank—owned by a branch of the Rothschild family—was nearing a multimillion-dollar settlement with the US Department of Justice over its role in helping wealthy Americans conceal their assets.

Geller, in his improvised interview, mentioned—among other things—that crypto extortion in Bali is pretty much routine.

Interpol has placed five suspects on its international wanted list at Indonesia’s request in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Ukrainian national Ihor Komarov in Bali, whose dismembered body was discovered earlier, according to Detective.info.

Canadian billionaire Stephen Smith has agreed to buy a 26.9% stake in The Economist Group from Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, her family, and her foundation, marking the first ownership change at the publisher in a decade.

As uncovered by medias, Pyotr Zhukov, the son of State Duma Vice Speaker Alexander Zhukov, has moved into the construction business, partnering with Roman Timokhin (MR Group) and sanctioned oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov along with his conglomerate AFK Sistema.

A TikTok trend has led to a series of car vandalisms in Worcester.

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.

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.

They may not be working members of the Firm, but that hasn’t stopped Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie from enjoying some of the perks of royal life.

A Moscow court has sentenced former head of Russia’s Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation, Igor Chuyan, in absentia to 12 years in prison for embezzlement tied to OFK Bank.

While the families of Harrison Carter and George Stephenson were planning their sons’ funerals, the teenage driver responsible for their deaths was choreographing TikToks.

Oxana Hadjipavlou (also known as Oksana Hadjipavlou) has come up in investigations linked to Zvonko Mickovic and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., both suspected of involvement in schemes aimed at evading anti-Russian sanctions and transferring Russian capital abroad.

Numerous Russian Telegram channels and media outlets have reported on the alleged assassination attempts targeting Allamzhonov and Dmitry Lee.