Investigation

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Be Club misleads consumers on regulatory fraud warnings
A few days ago a reader wrote to the editors of BehindMLM and talked about the webinar a Be Club webinar featuring co-founder Moynul Islam (better known as Moyn).
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Western components still used in Russia’s cyberwar efforts despite sanctions
Russia is experiencing strong growth in the data processing and storage center market, thanks largely to high demand from the public sector.
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Afgantsy Redux: How Russian military intelligence exploited the Taliban to target U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war
The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, spent years financing terrorist groups in Afghanistan to target U.S. and coalition forces.
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Nigerian pastor arrested in major child-trafficking bust, 13 children rescued
Authorities arrest popular Nigerian pastor, rescue children from his cartel.
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$29 million tender fraud: What are Vuyokazi Sangoni and Poovandaren Chetty hiding?
Vuyokazi Sangoni and Poovandaren Chetty, both linked to a high-profile R29 million tender fraud case...
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Russian universities intensify measures against anti-war activists
Over the past 10 years, 86 students have been expelled, and 92 professors have been dismissed from Russian universities for political reasons...
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Ecuador’s criminal network: the prison mafias
Organized crime in Ecuador today operates on several levels.
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The hidden operations of WikiFX exposed: uncovering their true actions
WikiFX, a platform that positions itself as a watchdog for the forex trading industry by reviewing and rating brokers...
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Moldavian crypto guru Sergey Gutsu: scammer, fraudster, and ’Russian world’ sympathizer
As a crypto guru, Sergey Gutsu appeared in Ukraine in 2018 when he realized the main thing...
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Half a million shares in the port of Buenaventura in the hands of a drug trafficker and his family
The indictment of nine members of a prominent Colombian Pacific family — including politicians, former public officials, journalists...
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Colombia: Son of Cali cartel boss involved in shark fin trafficking to Hong Kong
This is the story of the largest seizure of its kind ever made in Colombian territory, where a shipment of more than 3,400 shark fins, intended to be trafficked to Hong Kong...
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Belarus profits from gambling addiction, including minors, through Belbet online lottery
The Belbet online lottery operates as a virtual casino but does not follow rules established for this type of gambling.
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Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, the suspect in the New Orleans attack, had an ISIS flag inside the car he drove into a crowd
New Orleans suspect Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar is said to have had an ISIS flag inside his car when it careered into a group of people celebrating New Year’s Eve.
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A brand new company handles Iranian cars arriving in Venezuela
The social program of the Bolivarian government that offered “cheap cars for the people” is, in reality, a private business supported by the Venezuelan State...
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Inside Sednaya, the Assad regime’s most brutal prison, often referred to as the Slaughterhouse of Damascus
The new Syrian authorities have arrested military judge Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, who issued death sentences to prisoners of the Sednaya prison complex.
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Russia’s wealthiest daughter: Varvara Manturova’s shadow schemes and her patrons
The daughter-in-law of the First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, formerly known as Varvara Skoch, manages billions not only of Alisher Usmanov’s holding but also of the mysterious owner of the investment company "Finam."
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The Syrian regime outsourced the construction of torture prisons to fugitive Nazis
Recently deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was popular among the Western ultra-right for his anti-Semitic views, Holocaust denial, and ruthless persecution of his country’s Muslim population.
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Raiding, money laundering, and the shadow oil fleet: Russian businessman Roman Spiridonov’s ties to the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal
The little-known businessman Roman Spiridonov has recently been linked to two notable scandals.
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An investigation has revealed the aggressive and threatening methods used by predatory loan sharks in the UK
Exclusive figures released by the debt charity StepChange to the Mirror showed that around 14.5million people in the UK will struggle to afford Christmas this year.
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It’s raining men: How all-male voting “carousels” helped Georgian Dream hold on to power
In Georgia’s recent parliamentary elections, the decisive factor in the ruling Georgian Dream party’s victory was the use of “carousels”: a method of vote rigging in which voters cast their ballots at more than one polling station.
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Black Sea drilling platforms: Ukrainian oligarch Oleksandr Katsuba accused of large-scale embezzlement
"Boyko’s Rigs" or "Katsuba’s Rigs"? The former Deputy Chairman of the Board of NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" and a member of the Supervisory Board of SE "Chornomornaftogaz", ex-regional Oleksandr Katsuba...
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Roman Spiridonov: Laundering Kremlin funds through the Gurinov family’s London holdings
Roman Spiridonov, the owner of Petroruss Dmcc, engaged in oil trading with major Russian companies and Russia’s "shadow fleet," actively cooperates with Vadim Gurinov, who represents the interests of oligarch Gennadiy Timchenko and "Gazprom Neft" head Andrey Dyukov.
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“The unwilling were tasered or had their papers signed for them”: Russia’s fall conscription drive intensifies in brutality
Russia’s fall military draft is drawing to a close. The nearer the end, the harsher the methods employed by recruitment officers tasked with meeting quotas.
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How the Solomon Islands’ donor-funded water plant turned into a costly failure
A decade ago, torrential rains flooded Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, overwhelming its decrepit water treatment system. Over a dozen people were killed and thousands more stricken with diarrheal disease.
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Exposing Andres Isaias, DaVinci Biosciences, and DV Biologics’ fake DMCA case
Review of Andres Isaias, DaVinci Biosciences and DV Biologics is based on this attempt to hide critical reviews and information from the internet by way of impersonation, fraud, cybercrime, and perjury by deliberately submitting a fake DMCA takedown notice at Google.