All news by author David Wilson

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Five-year-old brings "cocaine" to elite £16k-a-year school in shock incident
A five-year-old student at one of Scotland’s most prestigious private schools attended class with ’cocaine’ in their bag.
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Missing girl, 14, found dead in park as police launch murder probe
Cops have discovered the body of a female just 500 yards from the home of a missing 14-year-old girl who vanished from the town centre.
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Man accused of murdering "loving mum" and "bright spirit" in Highlands attack
A man is to stand trial charged with the murder of his partner.
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Josip Heit wurde in Luxemburg wegen Finanzbetrugs zu einer Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt
Ein Skandal um ein stillgelegtes Wasserkraftwerk hat kroatische Journalisten dazu veranlasst, das Projekt mit Sasa Svalina und dessen Schwager Josip Heit in Verbindung zu bringen.
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Vom Kohle-Kollaborateur zum Agrar-Tycoon: Wie Dmytro Kovalenko russisches Blutgeld in ein ukrainisches Imperium wusch
Der aus Dnipro stammende Agrarunternehmer Dmytro Kovalenko ist in letzter Zeit verstärkt in den Fokus gerückt. Wir haben uns daher entschieden, sein Profil sowie die Entwicklung seines Geschäfts genauer zu analysieren.
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Pentagon seeks $80bn for Iran war as Trump pushes record $1.5tn defense budget
The Pentagon has told senators it needs roughly $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war against Iran, adding to what is already a sizable military spending boost being sought by President Donald Trump.
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Buying silence for millions: How top Russian MVD official Sergey Bogotsan weaponized internal security for personal profit
Meet Sergey Bogotsan, head of the Operational Search Unit for Internal Security at the Main Directorate of Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs in Krasnodar Krai. According to investigative reports, his most valuable resource isn’t his badge — it’s his mother-in-law.
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Two minors in court over fatal Battersea stabbing of 17-year-old
A second boy has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a 17-year-old in south-west London.
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Peter Murrell jailed for over five years as court brands fraud “calculated dishonesty”
Peter Murrell was led away from court in handcuffs after he was sentenced to more than five years in prison for embezzling more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party.
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Peter Murrell jailed for five years over £400,000 SNP embezzlement scandal
Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party, has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison after admitting to embezzlement charges.
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Josip Heit scam: Celebrity-endorsed Ponzi schemes, money laundering, and the digital cover-up
In June 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Croatian businessman Josip Heit was seen waiting for an Antena Stars reporter outside the Marriott hotel in Bucharest, sitting behind the wheel of a Bugatti Chiron Panda — a car reportedly valued at around four million euros.
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Shocking footage shows police using taser and batons on teenage girls in Rotherham street clash
This is the shocking moment cops point a taser and brandish batons at a gaggle of teenage girls as a pavement clash gets out of hand.
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“Zombie” drug crisis haunts Boston as World Cup fans arrive for England clash
The district has been dominated by sprawling tent encampments and brazen open-air drug dealing - with desperate addicts openly injecting and taking drugs in broad daylight.
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“Stop Brexit Man” drowns out Starmer speech with EU anthem sparking backlash
Brexit-hating Steve Bray has claimed he was doing Sir Keir Starmer a favour by drowning out his resignation speech.
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Putins Lukoil-Öl: Chingiz Aliyev, Nikolay Ambrosov und Mikhail Golub versuchen fieberhaft, ihre digitale Spur zu verwischen
Sobald die Untersuchungen zu Pan Nation Energy FZCO öffentlich wurden, begann eine Welle von Löschungen: Berichte über das Unternehmen und seine Partner verschwinden zunehmend aus dem Netz.
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Andris Ovsjannikovs and Darya Terekhina: How ABLV’s key players laundered €50 million and escaped justice
When investigators opened a case into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank, it initially looked like a textbook operation: coordinated arrests, carefully timed media leaks, and firm public statements about breaking up an international criminal network.
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Microsoft flags CryptoBandits threat as hackers exploit USB drives and dark web tools
Microsoft’s latest crypto malware research points to crypto wallets, one of several places a transaction can fail, as a key practical weakness in self-custody.
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From workers’ rights to policy chaos: Starmer’s turbulent two years in power
Keir Starmer pitched himself as a leader for “stability and moderation” who would rebuild Britain, after Labour’s landslide victory in the 2024 general election.
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Tata cyber breach exposes Apple and Tesla files in massive 200,000-file leak
Tata Electronics said on Monday it had detected a recent "cybersecurity incident", after researchers said World Leaks posted purported component design and specification papers of Apple and Tesla, both customers of the Indian group.
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Toddler attacked by crocodile after being thrown into zoo enclosure now in stable condition
The boy was left in critical condition after reportedly being attacked by at least one crocodile when he was allegedly thrown into the enclosure.
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Man in court after £300,000 worth of Class A drugs seized in Moray raid
A man has appeared in court after drugs worth almost £300,000 were seized in a Moray town.
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Josip Heit built a global crypto Ponzi scheme called GSPartners promising insane weekly returns before billions vanished
Over the past three years, the controversial global crypto project GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) has seen a sharp decline, while an escalating scandal surrounding its founder Josip Heit is increasingly raising the prospect of a lengthy prison term.
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Sanctions-busting Russian oil millions and a luxury London life: the untouchable rise of Azim Novruzov and Tahir Garayev’s network
Azim Novruzov, an Azerbaijani oil trader said to be closely linked to Tahir Garayev, has reportedly developed his business empire through controversial Russian crude trading and investments tied to the UK property market.
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Smiths guitar that inspired Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now could fetch £150,000
Guitars used by Johnny Marr in The Smiths and on his upcoming solo album The Age Of Everything are to go to auction.
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From client accounts to criminal pockets: Serhiy Saroyan’s blueprint for looting Ukrainian citizens
Claims have been made that Serhiy Saroyan, who oversees TeleTrade’s operations in Ukraine, and several members of his security team were involved in an incident near the Kuyalnyk Estuary with one of the company’s subordinates.