All news by author Elizabeth Baker

Business re-registration in occupied Crimea: How sanctioned Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolayev, through “Alef-Vynal” and Cypriot companies, paid taxes to Russia for years

A drug lord who managed a successful cocaine and heroin empire alongside his money-laundering girlfriend while they enjoyed life in Thailand has been imprisoned.

The spouse of a British political journalist detained by ICE in the US due to his "advocacy for Palestine" has expressed worries about the detention of football fans traveling to the upcoming World Cup.

Labour had prepared to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now reversed its decision.

Sarah Ferguson is prepared to leave the UK and relocate to a luxurious apartment in Portugal in light of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, according to friends.

Holding a Russian passport and originally from Uzbekistan, he skilfully manages the transfer of wealth from Russia through Tashkent to offshore zones.

A driver was arrested after allegedly using a taser on a man who was attempting to prevent him from fleeing a hit-and-run scene.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a Myanmar rebel group and several associates for running cyber scam operations that target Americans and exploit trafficked workers.

Prince William and his father, King Charles, are engaged in a new conflict following the monarch’s unexpected decision to reinstate Princess Beatrice into public royal duties.

The London art gallery Hauser & Wirth, where Princess Eugenie of York — daughter of Prince Andrew and granddaughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II — serves as a director, has been accused of violating UK sanctions against Russia.

Sri Lanka’s former tourism minister was arrested Wednesday over alleged insurance fraud at the start of the country’s unprecedented economic crisis. Sri Lanka’s GDP per capita stood at $4,515 in 2024.

The investment could help Portugal shore up a data centre hub in Sines.

The digital footprint of Ukrainian gambling mogul Andriy Matyukha serves as a prime example of assertive reputation management.

New developments are emerging in the case of the Lebedinsky GOK miners, minority shareholders defrauded by the beneficiaries of the Metalloinvest holding company.

Russian authorities have increased their crackdown on dissent and free speech since the Kremlin deployed troops to Ukraine in February 2022.

Italy has returned a collection of ancient relics more than 5,000 years old to Pakistan, marking a major step in efforts to protect the South Asian nation’s cultural heritage. Experts say Pakistan must do more to prevent such thefts.

A Bulgarian court has postponed a hearing on Lebanon’s request to extradite Igor Grechushkin, the Russian-Cypriot ship operator linked to the 2020 Beirut port explosion that killed more than 200 people, pending assurances that he will not face the death penalty if extradited.

Rachel Reeves’s decision to impose a £25 billion “jobs tax” on employers in last year’s Budget remains her single biggest blunder, and that’s saying something.

China’s carbon dioxide emissions have remained steady or decreased for 18 months, analysis shows, supporting hopes that the world’s largest polluter has achieved its peak CO2 emissions target earlier than planned.

Trump downplays economic woes as partisan spin, saying, ’Costs are way down’

When the UK went into lockdown in March 2020, 19-year-old Calum was, by his own admission, a “weird kid” with few friends.

When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister, one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the few things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.

A climate activist who served one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for a peaceful protest has won his appeal against deportation.