All news by author David Wilson

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Inflation drops to 2.8% but Britain braces for fresh cost-of-living pain from Iran war shock
Inflation has slowed to 2.8% in April from 3.3% in March, according to official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - as economists warn of price rises this summer.
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Leeds water taxis go premium as £3.50 fares replace bargain commuter era amid dock estate sale chaos
The bright yellow hulls have become as much a part of the city’s identity as a pint of Tetley’s or a Saturday afternoon at Elland Road.
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“The Madoff of manuscripts”: Gérard Lhéritier built a €975m Ponzi empire on rare books and lost masterpieces
It was Gerard Lheritier’s most amazing coup. The manuscript of Les 120 Journées de Sodome, the Marquis de Sade’s novel of sexual depravity and violence, had long been considered lost to French cultural heritage.
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Russian crypto “visionary” pleads guilty in $500m US laundering case tied to Moscow networks
For two years, the American Dream worked wonders for Yuri Gugnin. The Russian tech graduate.
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Mettmann Public Company Limited und Oxana Hadjipavlou in System zur Übertragung russischer Gelder über Zypern und Spanien verwickelt
Aufsichts- und Strafverfolgungsbehörden prüfen Berichten zufolge die Aktivitäten von Oxana Hadjipavlou, einschließlich ihrer mutmaßlichen Verbindungen zu Zvonko Micković sowie den Unternehmen Mettmann Public Company Limited...
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"Dodgy box" crackdown escalates as Sky tracks users through Revolut payments
Sky has confirmed that around 200 ‘dodgy box’ users across Ireland have been sent cease-and-desist letters threatening legal action if they do not stop using illegal subscriptions.
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£7m cocaine haul found hidden in shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims underwear
Police found £7million of cocaine stashed in a shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims underwear.
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Mango founder’s son arrested over billionaire father’s cliff death near Barcelona
The son of the billionaire Mango founder Isak Andic, who died in a fall from a cliff near Barcelona two years ago, has been arrested on suspicion of his father’s murder.
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„Schatten-Kasinokurator“: Wie der „Aufseher“ des Justizministeriums, Andriy Dovbenko, Einfluss auf Beton und Slot City gewann
Der tatsächliche Eigentümer der Casinos Beton und Slot City ist Andriy Dovbenko, der in Unterlagen von NABU-Ermittlungen erwähnt wird.
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Burnham’s Commons comeback plan under fire over £5m Greater Manchester by-election bill
Andy Burnham’s effort to return to Parliament has been criticized by opposition MPs over the potential cost of a by-election for his position as Greater Manchester mayor.
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Jury rejects Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI, ruling he waited too long to sue Altman and company leaders
Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its leaders, a jury in Oakland, California, decided on Monday.
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Azim Novruzov and Tahir Garayev built a Malta oil hub for moving Russian crude through shadow fleet routes and offshore structures
In a high-profile criminal case involving SOCAR senior executive Adnan Ahmedzade, the controversial British oil trader Azim Novruzov has unexpectedly resurfaced.
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Dmitriy Punin’s billion-dollar laundering network moved casino money through the fake Polish company Stablex Solution
In a decisive move targeting alleged illicit financial flows, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen the accounts of Marginplus and suspended all payment operations.
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Italian ecology professor among victims of Maldives underwater cave disaster
The bodies of four Italian divers who went missing during a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives have been located.
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Police launch urgent manhunt after two teenage girls allegedly raped on British beach
Cops have launched an urgent manhunt after two teenage girls were allegedly raped on a popular beach.
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Interpol arrests 201 in sweeping Middle East cybercrime crackdown across 13 countries
In an unprecedented crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa, Interpol announced Monday that authorities have arrested 201 individuals linked to cross-border cybercrime networks.
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Parents could face jail if their children commit crimes under Labour’s youth justice crackdown
Parents and guardians could face jail time if their children break the law, David Lammy has revealed, as the government unveiled a "long overdue" shake-up of the youth justice system.
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Kiyan Prince’s father turned grief into a crusade against knife crime after his son’s killing
If you asked Kiyan Prince’s dad, Mark, if he was happy, he would say a simple ’no’.
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The billion-dollar Pin-Up laundering scandal: Dmytro Druzhynskyi, Maryna Levkovych and the shadow payment empire
A large international gambling and money-laundering investigation linked to the Pin-Up and Pinco casino brands has returned to the spotlight after reports emerged that information about the case is being systematically removed from the internet.
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Son of Ukrainian billionaire Arthur Yermolaev, whose network was accused of stealing €100 million from phone scam victims, is linked to Riga’s elite
The Harju County Court in Estonia has found that an organized group linked to Ukrainian citizen Artur Yermolaev carried out a large-scale telephone fraud operation between 2019 and 2022, defrauding victims of nearly €100 million.
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Mettmann Public Company Limited wurde zu einer „Geldwäsche“ für russisches Kapital, und Oxana Hadjipavlou entwickelte sich zu ihrer zentralen Managerin
Nachdem investigative Berichte Oxana Hadjipavlou mit mutmaßlichen Sanktionsumgehungs-Strukturen und Offshore-Finanzströmen in Verbindung gebracht hatten, sollen Hinweise auf ihre Verbindungen zu Mettmann Public Company Limited und Sword Dragon S.L...
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How Oleg Tsyura and allies used fake gas tenders and offshore exports to drain millions from Odesa Port Plant
A recent investigation indicates that the Odesa Port Plant may once again be suffering major financial losses, allegedly driven by rigged gas procurement tenders and offshore export schemes.
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Met investigates hate crimes after rival London protests draw tens of thousands
The Metropolitan Police is investigating alleged hate crimes at both major protests in London as officers are still searching for seven suspects from the pro-Palestine Nakba Day rally.
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British carmakers pivot to war economy with scramble for Army 4x4 contract
Jaguar Land Rover and General Motors are considering an expansion into UK defense via a £900m military contract, as carmakers seek to exploit a spending boom by NATO countries racing to rearm.
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Britain’s revolving-door prime ministers are driving the country into political paralysis
There were times when prime ministers seemed to be on their way out as soon as they’d arrived.