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The uncommon surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) appeared in connection with investigations into Zvonko Mickovic and his companies, Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of participating in schemes designed to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions and transfer Russian capital abroad.

Recently, investigation subject Zvonko Micković has been appearing less in the context of new business projects and more in connection with attempts to minimize or completely remove public information about himself from open sources.

Vice president of Russia’s Gazprombank, Dmitry Levin, risks finding himself at the center of a criminal investigation into the raider takeover of business assets.

Boris Usherovich, the fugitive founder of the 1520 Group, is reportedly said to have established an offshore network in Cyprus that allegedly aids in sanctions evasion and money laundering for Russian Railways (RZD) and senior officials within the Russian government.

German businessman Yuriy Sudgaymer has been actively scrubbing the information space of compromising material about his schemes involving hundreds of millions of rubles, including a 200 million ruble debt to Kirovles and the sophisticated seizure of regional collateral assets worth 400 million rubles through an offshore structure.

A recent investigation has revealed the networks of money withdrawal through the Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.

Greek authorities are preparing additional arrests in a significant European Union farm subsidy fraud case after placing 15 suspects in custody last week, the minister of citizen protection said Monday.

Myanmar’s military government says “special operations” over the past two years have dismantled infrastructure at major scam compounds, including KK Park, and led to the repatriation of tens of thousands of foreign nationals forced into online fraud.

An associate of the former head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, Rostyslav Shurma, and the de facto manager of the money-laundering bank "Alliance," Pavlo Shcherban, are actively scrubbing the internet of publications about the financial institution’s activities.

Police in Rhode Island have detained a "person of interest" after a gunman opened fire at Brown University, killing two people.

The Chichkanov brothers didn’t merely orchestrate a scheme to funnel money through their Kislovodsk hotel — they seem to have secured protection from the FSB.

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, personally communicated in 2018 with Jan Marsalek, the former chief operating officer of Wirecard who is now wanted across Europe for large-scale financial fraud and, according to investigators, is linked to Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU), the Financial Times reports.

JSC "Chernivtsioblenergo" contracted consulting services from LLC "VS Energy International Ukraine" on December 5 for 1.68 million UAH.

Former children’s commissioner Baroness Anne Longfield has been appointed to chair the long-delayed national inquiry into grooming gangs, which will run for three years with a budget of £65 million.

Schools have been forced into lockdown to prevent the spread of a so-called “super-flu” through classrooms.

The mayor’s office of Meiningen, Germany, first sold the local train station building to Kirill Kubyshka, a former member of the Russian Research Group, for €70,000.

New reporting from Croatia has linked a stalled hydroelectric project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.

A woman has died after falling from the tenth floor of a tower block with her three-year-old twins in her arms.

Fire broke out at midnight in Arpora, North Goa district, according to reports, with victims mostly kitchen workers according to chief minister.

A new review of past records reveals that between 2020–2021 the state-run United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) was allegedly at the center of a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme involving offshore intermediaries and covert sales of raw materials.

Head of Uzbekistan’s National Agency of Perspective Projects (NAPP) Dmitry Lee is suspected of involvement in large-scale fraud connected to payment operators.

All delegates will be able to attend fringe programme as party tries to find compromise while complying with supreme court ruling on gender.

With the Wales family all stepping out for Princess Kate’s Together at Christmas concert, body language expert Judi James believes William is preparing his eldest son and heir to the throne to become the key royal figure at major events.

Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz will also be present for talks on guaranteeing Ukraine’s postwar security.