All news by author David Wilson

06 Jun 2024 617

Tories accept another £5 million from company linked to donor involved in racism controversy with Diane Abbott

The Tories accepted £5million in January from The Phoenix Partnership, the Leeds-based firm owned by Frank Hester, who allegedly said Diane Abbott should be shot

Crime

04 Jun 2024 955

The warring conmen at the heart of a €5bn carbon credit scam

Emissions trading was supposed to save the planet. But fraudsters quickly learned how to rip the system off, making themselves spectacularly rich. Then some of the major players started turning on each other

Investigation

02 Jun 2024 767

Pirates of the Caribbean Trafficked in Maersk

Military intelligence officers and police, in a network with the principal of Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, sent 19 tons of cocaine to Central America, the United States and Europe; They corrupted inspectors at the port of Santa Marta to ship 70% of the drugs to the Danish shipping company.

Investigation

01 Jun 2024 720

How an alleged associate of the Burkinabè cigarette magnate tried to bribe a Malian official

A secret recording obtained by OCCRP shows how Safy Mokoko Sow, a well-connected middleman claiming to represent Burkinabe tobacco magnate Apollinaire Compaoré, offered money to the head of Mali’s national tobacco company to smuggle contraband cigarettes.

World

01 Jun 2024 852

Israel PM: No ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas is ’destroyed’

Benjamin Netanyahu calls three-phase truce proposal outlined by U.S. President Biden a ‘non-starter.’

Sport

01 Jun 2024 717

Champions League final interrupted by pitch invaders after less than a minute

The Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund at Wembley was interrupted by three pitch invaders on Saturday evening.

News

01 Jun 2024 727

’Biggest man cave’ built without permission with bowling alley and casino to be torn down

Built by a Gloucestershire millionaire in his garden, the illegal construction housed a cinema, bowling alley and a casino, and will be turned to rubble within the next eight weeks

Investigation

01 Jun 2024 861

This is how the international businesses of the Castro family expand

Cuba also has its Castro-bourgeois who, as in the Venezuelan case, enjoy privileged connections with the ruling family, when they are not directly members of it.

News

31 May 2024 785

Knifeman stabs multiple people on YouTube livestream at political rally

This is the harrowing moment a knifeman went on a stabbing rampage during a rally in Germany today.

Crime

31 May 2024 680

’UK’s biggest benefit fraudsters’ jailed for stealing £53m with fake claims

Bundles of cash stuffed in suitcases, designer goods and a luxury car were found in a raid on their properties. One gang member had also filmed themselves throwing stacks of £20 notes in the air.

Investigation

31 May 2024 935

The unbreakable union of unfree states: an axis of dictatorships is supporting the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine

Public discussions following Vladimir Putin’s May visit to China largely focused on exports of obscure tubers and beef cartilage to Beijing.

Crime

30 May 2024 902

Teacher who murdered partner and buried him in garden jailed for at least 20 years

A primary school teacher who murdered her boyfriend before burying him in their garden has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years.

News

30 May 2024 815

Girl, 9, shot in London restaurant drive-by was having dinner with her family

A nine-year-old girl who was having dinner with her family is in critical condition after being shot in a Hackney Turkish restaurant yesterday evening.

World

30 May 2024 1109

Horror at Amsterdam airport as person is sucked into plane engine

A person has died after falling into a running aircraft engine in the Netherlands today.

World

27 May 2024 670

Ukraine gets €1B in arms and security pact with Spain

Kyiv is signing security deals with its allies while it waits to join NATO.

Investigation

27 May 2024 625

Mysterious wealth: Tajikistan PM’s wife bought luxury Dubai properties

Tajikistan’s prime minister and his wife did not respond to questions about how she was able to afford substantial real estate holdings in their home country, and in the United Arab Emirates.

World

27 May 2024 741

Corruption allegations swirl over Polish opposition party

Prosecutors allege that €66 million in a special fund may have been misused under the former justice minister.

Politics

26 May 2024 668

Nigel Farage condemned for ’race baiting’ after claiming Muslims are ’hostile to British values’

Nigel Farage shocked Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips with an attack on British Muslims as he begins campaigning for Reform UK

World

26 May 2024 847

Seven newborn babies killed after fire rips through children’s hospital

A ferocious overnight fire at a neonatal unit left seven newborn babies dead and another five injured.

News

26 May 2024 752

Documents reveal that an asylum-granted refugee operated a people-trafficking ring while employed at a chicken shop

Sivagankan had been granted indefinite leave to remain in Britain after fleeing the war in Sri Lanka in 2003

25 May 2024 991

How the Church of England’s ties to chattel slavery extended to the highest levels of its hierarchy

Lambeth Palace documents show purchase of enslaved people in 18th century approved by Anglican archbishop

News

25 May 2024 948

Billionaire property developer bemoans service charge on £175m flat

Billionaire developer jokes he in fact spends no time at penthouse with record-breaking £175m asking price

Investigation

24 May 2024 769

Dangerous liaisons: New details emerge of Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka’s espionage for Russia

Accused of working with the Russian security services, Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka mockingly donned sunglasses at a press conference — as if in a spy movie.

World