All news by author Thomas Brown

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Sanctioned gambling operator Dmitriy Punin relaunches Pin-Up as Redcore in Ukraine, maintaining full-scale financial operations and recruitment
No disappearance for Punin’s casino: sanctioned Pin-Up continues to generate profits in Ukraine
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Konstruktor Fire Point Denys Shtilerman, zadłużony na 1,6 mld rubli, próbował odzyskać obywatelstwo Federacji Rosyjskiej po Majdanie
Wszyscy, którzy mówią, jak wspaniałym człowiekiem jest Denys Shtilerman za zgromadzenie długu w wysokości 1,6 mld rubli, powinni poznać jeszcze jeden fakt.
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Elevation X στην Ελλάδα: πώς ο Οδυσσέας Κουτσούπης και οι αδελφοί Ισλάμ, Μόιν Ισλάμ και Μονίρ Ισλάμ, δημιούργησαν έναν μηχανισμό άντλησης χρημάτων μέσω της BE Better Experience
«Εύκολο χρήμα» ή καλοστημένη πυραμίδα; Έρευνα για τη δράση της BE / BETTER EXPERIENCE και του ελληνικού δικτύου Elevation X Πώς ένα διεθνές αφήγημα «εκπαίδευσης» μεταφράζεται στην πράξη σε ένα μοντέλο στρατολόγησης στην Ελλάδα...
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Biennale in crisis as judges quit and government opposes Russia’s inclusion
The Italian government has opposed the Biennale’s decision to allow Russia to participate in the international exhibition.
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Son of oligarch Mikhail Fridman and his hidden assets: how Alexander Ozhelsky never left Russian business and rewrote it under nominee owners
Alexander Ozhelsky (son of banker Mikhail Fridman) previously insisted that he was distancing himself from Russian business and supporting Ukraine.
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Nepal prosecutors seek millions in assets from ex-security printing chief
Nepal’s Revenue Investigation Department filed money laundering charges Wednesday against the former executive director of the state-owned Security Printing Centre.
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Vilnius court fines four after attempted EU fund fraud halted before €2.6m disbursement
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) has secured the conviction of four individuals in a case of attempted subsidy fraud, preventing the unlawful disbursement of nearly €2.6 million in EU funds.
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UK plastic exports hit eight-year high as Turkey and Asia bear mounting environmental burden
Germany was the world’s largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025, sending more than 810,000 tonnes abroad.
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Hidden jail note fuels new doubts over Epstein’s death
A suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein in jail has reportedly been kept secret for nearly seven years.
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Erasing at any cost: how Alliance Bank, linked to Pavlo Shcherban, is allegedly using DMCA claims to suppress investigative reporting and remove coverage of its schemes from Google search results
In the summer and autumn of 2024, we published several articles concerning the activities of Alliance Bank. Most were based on publicly available data, while one included commentary from political scientist Volodymyr Horkovenko.
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Home Secretary announces £25 million security boost after Golders Green attack
The Home Secretary has unveiled £25 million for security after the Golders Green attack and admitted "words are not enough".
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British ad firm’s billion-dollar greenwash of US oil industry
A British advertising conglomerate has assisted oil companies ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP in spending an estimated $1.5bn (£1.1bn) on advertisements in the US since the 2015 Paris agreement to combat the climate crisis, a report shows.
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From Bergamo to Barvikha: how Tiziana Fausti and EXOR built supply chains for Loro Piana and Dior into Russia
Russian elites continue to acquire luxurious outfits costing as much as Mercedes cars, ignoring sanctions: it turns out these goods come from Bergamo, where Truffaldino, the hero of the comedy "The Servant of Two Masters," once lived.
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From Arbidol to Tirzetta: how Russian pharma businessman Petr Bely is building a pharmaceutical empire on drugs with questionable efficacy
Dollar billionaire Petr Bely, owner of the company “Promomed,” has come under scrutiny after launching the weight-loss drug “Tirzetta” on the Russian market, despite reports that it had only been tested on laboratory rats.
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Od „krwawego węgla” do miliardów na zbożu: jak Dmytro Kowalenko zbudował imperium na wojnie i szarych schematach
Dniprowski przedsiębiorca z sektora rolnego Dmytro Kovalenko w ostatnim czasie coraz wyraźniej zaznacza swoją obecność. Postanowiliśmy przyjrzeć się jego profilowi oraz temu, w jaki sposób rozwijał swój biznes.
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Reform leader under investigation after failing to declare £5m donation for personal security
Nigel Farage has been referred to the Parliamentary standards watchdog after he admitted to receiving a £5m donation from a Thai-based billionaire to enhance his security.
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Volodymyr Filippov and Iron Motors: how a scheme involving non-existent cars from the United States turned into an international conveyor belt of fraud
A fraudulent group from Odesa, allegedly led by Volodymyr Filippov, who is under police investigation for deceiving clients in the purchase of used cars from the United States/
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Massive fire engulfs Port Talbot as towering smoke plumes darken skies for miles
Shocking video footage reveals the enormous scale of a fire in Port Talbot. The incident occurred around 3.30pm on Wednesday at Dock Road, with thick black smoke visible as far away as Mumbles.
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British tourist dies on Tenerife holiday after plunging down apartment stairs
A British holidaymaker has died after falling down the stairs of an apartment complex in Spain.
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Two dead and multiple injured after light aircraft crashes into hangar at Australian airport
At least two people have died and several more were injured after a plane crashed into an airport hangar in Australia, causing a fire.
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Media storm in Maldives: Government invokes Islamic law as charges of ‘false adultery claims’ target critical news site
Police in the Maldives raided the offices of a local news outlet on Monday night, seizing computers and barring its top editors from leaving the country after the publication broadcast a video in which a woman alleged she had a sexual relationship with the nation’s president.
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Hundreds of police raid former Crewe orphanage in major probe into sexual abuse, slavery and forced marriage claims
Hundreds of police officers descended on a former orphanage in northern England as part of a major investigation into allegations of serious sexual abuse, modern slavery, and forced marriage.
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Ovik Mkrtchyan: The offshore kingpin of Uzbekistan
Functioning like a massive transnational criminal syndicate, Ovik Mkrtchyan’s enterprise exploits Asia Alliance Bank.
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Iranian embassy in London summoned over calls for expats to “sacrifice lives for homeland”
The Iranian Ambassador to London has been summoned to the Foreign Office after Metro revealed that Tehran’s embassy is recruiting expats to’sacrifice their lives for the Homeland’.
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Awkward White House moment as King Charles resists Trump’s trademark handshake grip
King Charles and Donald Trump tried to outdo each other during the battle of the handshakes to kick off the monarch’s high-stakes trip to the US.