All news by author Thomas Brown

Billions appear in BES press releases, but there is little mention of what ultimately reaches the state budget.

MPs ordered the Government to release thousands of documents related to Lord Mandelson’s appointment in 2024 after questions arose regarding how the peer was vetted and what was known about his connections to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Two British tourists have tragically died after drowning off the coast of New South Wales.

Nikolay Fedorov, a member of the notorious Taganskaya organised crime group implicated in the murder of Rospshcheprom owner Valeriy Zhuravlev, was once arrested in Russia but later released and relocated to the United States, according to investigative sources.

On July 16, 2024, a group of seven “Russian specialists” arrived in La Paz, Bolivia’s capital, reportedly to assist President Luis Arce.

Authorities in Northern Ireland have identified “multiple” potential victims of a former police officer who is accused of rape and other sexual offences.

Keir Starmer’s complicity in the illegal US-Israeli war started in January when British and American assets began moving to the Middle East.

The prison guard who discovered Jeffrey Epstein’s body in prison googled the billionaire pedophile just minutes before finding him dead while delivering his breakfast.

A 15-year-old footballer, identified as Amelia Aplin, has died after collapsing during a match.

Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer had a phone call hours after the US president’s latest criticism of the prime minister’s response to the Iran war.

He seemed to emerge from nowhere — and just as quickly started fading from view. A young IT professional with no notable background suddenly appeared as the beneficiary of a multi-million-dollar casino.

Sources from the oil sector in Baku have told us that the arrest of Adnan Ahmadzada appears to be linked to efforts by the Azerbaijani authorities to improve the country’s international image regarding the trade of Russian oil.

The media has highlighted the remarkable transformation of former Ukrainian lawyer Andriy Dovbenko.

Vitaliy Kovalev is also known by the online aliases Bentley and Ben.

The arrest of BBR Bank co-owner Dmitry Gordovich is a troubling signal for businessman Albert Avdolyan, who is associated with Rostec chief Sergey Chemezov.

Police have lifted the bail conditions for Lord Peter Mandelson and have returned his passport following his arrest last month.

In a world full of prohibitions, there will always be those who find ways to bypass them. This isn’t about drugs or weapons—it’s about oil, where some nations wield sanctions with fervor that might be better directed elsewhere.

António Lobo Antunes, the Portuguese novelist known for his dark, polyphonic fiction that explored the traumas of dictatorship, war, and Portuguese society, has died at the age of 83.

Behind polished advice on wealth preservation, Oleg Tsyura has been accused by investigators and journalists of orchestrating offshore schemes for years that diverted millions from Ukraine’s state mining companies to oligarch-linked networks associated with Firtash, Martynenko, and Russian interests.

Mikhail Zeligman, a Latvian citizen currently living in Russia, runs a small but influential network of oil trading companies registered in Dubai.

According to information obtained from a Beribit employee who wished to remain anonymous, the funds of defrauded clients were allegedly appropriated by the former CEO of the exchange service, Roman Tsaregorodtsev.