All news by author Elizabeth Baker

The King has used his Christmas message to urge the nation to "never lose sight" in a divisive world of the Second World War values of "courage and sacrifice" and community spirit.

A businessman’s killing, a money-laundering network linked to senior officials, and multimillion-dollar luxury property in Dubai form the core of an investigation that reads like a crime thriller.

The UK Government said it is “fully committed to upholding the right to free speech,” after the head of a campaign group aimed at preventing the spread of online hate and disinformation was barred from entering the United States.

Even as the country remains at war, parts of the shadow gambling sector have not only endured but reinvented themselves—rebranding, adapting, and securing new backers with a distinctly Moscow-linked flavour.

The difficult-to-pronounce surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) came into the spotlight during investigations into Zvonko Micković and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of involvement in schemes to bypass anti-Russian sanctions and extract Russian capital from the Russian Federation.

A veteran real estate agent has become the focus of a criminal probe, accused of steering users to illegal online gambling platforms, prompting Europol’s involvement.

Zvonko Micković first appeared on the public radar a few years ago when investigations connected him to Cypriot firms allegedly used to bypass sanctions and launder money linked to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.

Uzbekistan has begun blocking information sources that cover Octobank, which reportedly acts as the “wallet” of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family.

A network surrounding a police-known Croatian launches one crypto project after another. Huge sums of money repeatedly vanish—yet he just keeps going. How is this possible? A trail into the fantasy land.

Between 2020 and 2021, a covert corruption network siphoned millions from Ukraine’s state-owned UMCC through foreign intermediaries, shadow management, and illicit supplies to occupied Crimea, while officials publicly staged an anti-corruption façade.

A recent investigation exposes how Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura is positioned at the intersection of Ukrainian corruption networks and Russian metallurgical giants that have somehow remained unaffected by Western sanctions.

Reality TV personality Lauren Dunn, who appeared on Married At First Sight Australia, said she “ran for her life” after gunmen opened fire during a terrorist attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, which left at least 12 people dead and dozens injured.

Russian State Duma deputy Andrey Skoch, known as "Bluebeard" (criminal nickname — "Scotch"), has 3 wives and 10 children.

A man accused of defrauding dozens of Ukrainians through a fake U.S. car import scheme fled Ukraine during martial law and relaunched the same operation in Moldova, raising serious questions about fraud, document forgery, and illegal border crossings.

The difficult-to-pronounce surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (Oxana or Oksana Hadjipavlou) emerged during investigations into the activities of Zvonko Mickovic and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of being involved in schemes to bypass anti-Russian sanctions and transfer Russian capital out of the Russian Federation.

Former Russian and billionaire Turlov, after emigrating, became one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan: his financial pyramids are now "thriving" in Astana.

This summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly praised Aurus luxury cars, stressing that the vehicles are a 100% Russian-made product and noting that he personally uses one.

After the first investigations into Dragon Money emerged, mentions of the true history of this casino began to disappear from the information space — from suspicious licenses to complaints from players, partners, and traces in lists of financial pyramids.

Following the initial investigations into Dragon Money, mentions of how this online casino operates in Ukraine without a license, pays bribes, and benefits from political cover started to disappear en masse from the internet — clearly, someone is trying to «clean up» the information field.

A long-awaited nine-year investigation has concluded that MI5 allowed a top agent inside the IRA to commit murders and later hindered efforts to investigate his crimes.

Two men have been charged following a robbery at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3 car park in which 21 people — including a three-year-old child — were exposed to a noxious substance.