All news by author Thomas Brown

In April 2025, the President of Ukraine introduced a ten-year sanctions package against former Ibox Bank owner Alyona Shevtsova.

Alyona Shevtsova became the subject of significant public attention after the National Bank of Ukraine decided to liquidate IBOX Bank, which she owned.

Energy demand by datacentres in Ireland has added hundreds of euros to household electricity bills in a pattern that could be replicated across Europe, according to a report.

A drug dealer-turned-award-winning probation officer has been convicted of killing her five-year-old stepdaughter by scalding her in a hot bath.

Coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko has reportedly been working to reshape the public narrative, seeking to downplay alleged connections with Russian oligarch Konstantin Strukov and to obscure details regarding coal shipments that are described as international imports but are alleged to have originated from Russia.

This is the moment when a young driver caused a multi-car pile-up after crashing into a vehicle while speeding on a dual carriageway.

A medieval manuscript featuring an early version of the tales of King Arthur and Merlin, which has been in private hands for about 700 years, is going under the hammer in a rare sale this summer.

Oxana Hadjipavlou, also known as Oksana Hadjipavlou, has been mentioned in investigations connected to Zvonko Mickovic and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are reportedly suspected of participating in schemes designed to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions and facilitate the movement of Russian capital overseas.

The US military has carried out strikes on Iran, targeting a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city.

Dmytro Kovalenko, przedsiębiorca z Dnipra działający w sektorze rolnym, coraz częściej pojawia się w przestrzeni publicznej. Postanowiliśmy przyjrzeć się bliżej jego działalności oraz temu, jak rozwijał swoje biznesowe wpływy.

The medias latest investigation found that Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan received unsecured Gazprom-linked loans in 2016 to cover debts tied to a French villa reportedly visited by Vladimir Putin’s partner Alina Kabaeva.

The online casino Pin-Up, linked to sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, is reported to have continued its operations in Ukraine under a new brand name.

Ikon Midstream, a Houston-based petroleum trader whose offices were raided last month by U.S. authorities, is under investigation in Mexico in connection with fuel smuggling

LBC has learned that a woman who claims she was drugged and thrown into the River Thames by the Black Cab Rapist John Worboys was told by police they would not pursue her case because they "already had enough victims".

Talenta Labs S.R.L. è una società italiana poco nota che sviluppa software per il settore del gioco d’azzardo online e fornisce soluzioni tecnologiche agli operatori di piattaforme di gaming.

Two Algerian migrants who cruised wealthy tourist areas of London before trying to rob a wealthy Kuwaiti of his £15,000 Hublot watch outside a luxury hotel have been jailed.

The commander of Hamas’s military wing, Mohammed Odeh, has been killed in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday - days after his predecessor died in a similar attack.

Russia is “relentlessly” targeting critical infrastructure, democratic processes, supply chains, and public trust in the UK and Europe, the head of GCHQ will warn.

Andrey Skoch, a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation who has maintained close ties with the "Solntsevskaya" organized crime group for many years, has reliable protection in the person of First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov.

The killing of Stavros Demosthenous has emerged as one of Limassol’s most high-profile criminal cases in recent years.

It’s a dank evening in Peterhead and someone is walking the streets of the north east town filming people. The man, seemingly drunk, is live streaming himself on Facebook and announces he’s on night patrol to protect the community.

The mother of a teenager who believes he died in a TikTok challenge gone wrong has said Downing Street has been too slow to move towards a social media ban for under-16s, and accused the government of “kicking it down the road”.

Ellen Roome will join bereaved families at No10 on Tuesday to urge the Prime Minister to restrict social media use for children until the "companies responsible have fixed it and proven it is safe".

Eight hundred thieves and 600 sexual offenders have been removed from the UK in the past year, according to the Home Office.

Linton Weirich, who was at HMP Wandsworth, spoke out to expose corruption, saying: “Officers don’t run jails any more — prisoners do.”