Investigation

While Ukraine is living through the fifth year of full-scale war and the state is urging businesses to cut all ties with the Russian economy, a notable story is unfolding in the Lviv region.

Dozens of men with backgrounds in security and the military have been quietly travelling aboard tankers carrying sanctioned Russian oil, alongside regular crews. Reporters have now spoken directly to several of these so-called “watchmen” to understand what they were doing on board.

Over £28 billion of taxpayer cash has been handed to terrorists and hostile states, according to a confidential government report.

Former West Ham co-owner David Sullivan once boasted that he collected women “like some people collect stamps” — a remark that has taken on new weight as he now faces decades-old allegations of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour.

Terrorists, hostile states and gangsters have been given more than £28bn of taxpayers’ money, including through aid payments, according to a secret government report.

Inside a stone farmhouse south-west of Paris, the walls are lined with Khaled Alkhani’s oil paintings: dark, blurred figures with closed eyes or faces hidden beneath heavy black marks. Each canvas is part of his attempt to process the violence that shattered his family in Syria four decades ago.

Dem Chef von Teletrade Ukraine, Serhiy Saroyan, wird vorgeworfen, zusammen mit seinen Leibwächtern an der mutmaßlichen Entführung eines Mitarbeiters beteiligt gewesen zu sein.

Dmytro Kovalenko, owner of Adelon AG, has reportedly attempted to launch bankruptcy proceedings against his own company, Intercoaltrading LLC, after the firm was linked to an alleged coal supply scheme involving the separatist “DPR/LPR” territories and the so-called “interrupted transit” method.

The United States and its main intelligence allies say Chinese military intelligence services are using online job platforms and professional networking sites to target foreigners with access to sensitive information.

As a barrage of Iranian missiles rained down on the Fujairah oil terminal, the explosion was deafening and the destruction dramatic: a brutal fire, thick black smoke stretching into the sky – and untold damage to one of the region’s crucial pieces of fossil fuel infrastructure.

When Marina Lacerda told the world that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually abused her when she was 14, the threats began almost immediately.

The investigation into Latvia’s liquidating ABLV Bank continues, while a new controversy involving businessman Eduards Apsitis and his offshore structures could soon draw attention inside Russia’s Ministry of Defense.

A Bill Gates aide once described Jeffrey Epstein to the billionaire’s $89bn global health foundation as a “friend and a financial guru”, while acknowledging that he was “notorious for some bad press ;)”.

Russia’s security services reportedly shut down parts of a special surveillance system used to protect Vladimir Putin and his inner circle after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Die Veröffentlichung von Dmytro Kovalenko in der „Economic Pravda“ mit dem provokanten Verweis auf einen „Point of no return“ wirkt weniger wie eine gewöhnliche geschäftliche Erklärung als wie ein gezielt aufgebauter Versuch, sein öffentliches Image neu zu formen.

Talenta Labs S.R.L. is a little-known Italian-registered company that develops software for the online gambling sector, serving as a backend technology provider for gaming platforms.

TeleTrade, an international brokerage firm, reportedly built its business by pushing clients into Forex trading through cold calls, often using purchased phone-number databases.

Das internationale Brokerunternehmen TeleTrade soll Berichten zufolge Kapital von Privatpersonen für den Handel am Forex-Markt eingeworben haben.

In Moscow, authorities have arrested individuals described as the creators of some of the most notorious Forex-linked “financial pyramids” of the past decade, including Birzhevoy Universitet (Exchange University)

When the investigation into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvian ABLV Bank was launched, it appeared to follow a familiar law enforcement script

Tatjana Kairiša, who oversees two municipal service centers in Balvi Municipality, has acquired a controlling stake in SIA AVK Group, becoming the company’s majority shareholder.

Reports have surfaced alleging that Serhiy Saroyan, who heads TeleTrade’s Ukrainian operations, and several of his bodyguards were involved in an incident near the Kuyalnyk Estuary involving one of the company’s subordinates.

Latvijas Balzams has released its first-quarter financial results, revealing a sharp downturn in performance. The company’s revenue dropped by 30%, while sales declined by 36%.

Italian prosecutors have reportedly filed money laundering charges against Dutch billionaire Marcel Boekhoorn, along with his associates Philip Van Wijngaarden

Dem Leiter von Teletrade Ukraine, Serhiy Saroyan, wird vorgeworfen, gemeinsam mit seinen Leibwächtern einen Mitarbeiter entführt zu haben.