All news by author Sophia Martinez
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Gangster known as ’Irish Pablo Escobar’ buried in gold-plated coffin with floral gun as loved ones say goodbye
One funeral tribute featured a Skorpion submachine gun
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US targets cybercriminals linked to 911 S5 botnet
United States authorities have dismantled what the FBI described as “likely the world’s largest botnet ever.”
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Half a billion Ticketmaster customers’ data allegedly stolen in major hack
Hundreds of millions of Ticketmaster customers could be at risk after hackers allegedly stole their data – including partial credit card details.
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International consortium investigates Rwanda’s crackdown on critics
Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali spent his career holding authorities to account –– and many believe he was killed for it.
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A (not so) brief ‘criminal’ history of the ECB
From political witch-hunts and nobbling bank mergers to hacking Covid regulations, the ECB’s brushes with the law are varied and plentiful.
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Police search the European Parliament over suspected Russian interference
Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that police carried out searches at the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and at his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference.
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Husband of Sergei Shoigu’s former mistress owns apartments in Dubai, purchased with a now-confiscated Lithuanian passport
Businessman Adolfas Kaminskas, who is married to the mother of former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s illegitimate children, has invested over $4 million in Dubai real estate, according to an investigation by the Lithuanian Center for Investigative Journalism Siena.
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Royal Mail owner agrees to £3.6bn takeover by ’Czech Sphinx’ Daniel Kretinsky
The company’s parent firm said its branding and UK headquarters would remain in place as part of the deal, along with its universal service obligation to "one-price-goes-anywhere" first class post six days a week.
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Half of players using snus would like to stop - study
Almost one in five male professional players who took part in a new survey are using snus, nicotine pouches or both - and nearly half would like to stop using snus within 12 months.
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Mexico extradites alleged Sinaloa sicario to U.S.
Mexico has extradited one of the top leaders of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel who is believed to have been the chief of a group of enforcers tasked with eliminating or intimidating rivals of one of the cartel’s factions, the U.S. Department of Justice stated over the weekend.
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Major outage leaves thousands of customers unable to access banking app
Thousands of NatWest customers have been unable to log into their banking apps this morning after a major outage hit the service.
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Grayson Murray’s parents say the two-time PGA Tour winner died of suicide
The family of professional golfer Grayson Murray said that he died by suicide just one day after withdrawing from the Charles Schwab Challenge.
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Dirty gold: Ecuadorian export companies targeted by authorities
Ecuador has shown severe inconsistencies between its official production of gold of known origin and its exports.
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Ocho Sur’s links with the palm oil supplier to the multinational PepsiCo
The US food giant that makes snacks such as Cheetos and Doritos - PepsiCo - has had as a supplier Ocho Sur, a company with activities in Peru linked to forest loss in the Amazon and indigenous land disputes in the Ucayali region.
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In UK enquiries about luxury nuclear bunkers reach record high
Deputy Oliver Dowden spent his Wednesday morning promoting a new website that helps people prepare for a national crisis after government research showed that more than 40 per cent of Brits do not have three days of supplies of non-perishable food and water.
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China accuses UK of false accusations against Chinese citizens
China accused Britain on Saturday of false accusation, "wanton stigmatisation" and arbitrary arrests after the unexplained death of a man charged with illegally assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service.
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Hundreds of infected blood victims launch fresh legal action against government
The civil action was put on hold in 2018 but has been relaunched after the publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry report, with around 500 victims putting their names to the lawsuit.
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Honduras-Comalapa Border: The trafficking route
The Chiapas municipality that made headlines as a dispute territory for organized crime has been a trafficking center for years where Honduran women are sexually exploited and give birth to children without nationality.
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Paranoid and ailing Putin is constantly attended by four doctors and protected by 111 security guards at his palace, according to leaked documents
Footage of Putin’s palace shows it having a giant 20ft wall around the perimeter
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’Chemical explosion’ prompts fears of a ’huge leak’ as an orange plume is spotted in the sky
Locals reported hearing alarming sirens from the Billingham Manufacturing Plant, a dormant fertiliser plant located within Stockton Business Park in County Durham
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The assistant: Was Tatjana Ždanoka’s European Parliamentary aide selected by her FSB handler?
In January, The Insider and its investigative partners revealed that long-time Member of the European Parliament Tatjana Ždanoka had been reporting to her FSB handlers in Moscow over a period from at least 2004 to 2017.
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FA sacks ex-Premier League referee for racist remarks towards a black official
Rodger Gifford, one of the first-ever referees in the Premier League in 1992, was reported by the disgusted referee of the match - and both the FA and the PGMOL have moved swiftly
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Bosnia arrests Dutch-Iraqi suspected human trafficker
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s law enforcement have apprehended a Dutch citizen of Iraqi descent suspected of orchestrating a criminal network that smugged more than 1,500 Iraqi nationals to the EU accruing a substantial illicit financial profit in the process.
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A documentary reveals Belarusian companies involved in supplying the Russian military
Belarus’ exiled political opposition has welcomed revelations from former security officers who defected, and have now presented evidence of Belarusian firms supplying Russia with military components critical to its war against Ukraine.
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Morrisons workers go on strike at two warehouses amidst a pensions row
Unite union says workers are being ‘fleeced’ by supermarket’s changes to pension contribution rules
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