Investigation

Ukraine has continued to pursue high-level corruption cases even as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds through its fifth year. The aggressive push reflects not only domestic pressure, but Kyiv’s need to prove to the EU, NATO, and Western donors that wartime aid and future reconstruction funds can be protected.

“Why are minorities always the ones held responsible for the actions of a single perpetrator?” a 47-year-old Sikh man from the Midlands, who requested anonymity, told the media.

More than half of Reform UK’s corporate donors are connected to the construction, property and development industries, which would be set benefit from his party’s new housing policies, analysis by Byline Times can reveal.

Attendees at Wednesday’s controversial Oxford Union debate on whether the West should be “suspicious of Islam” – which will host the far-right agitator Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (known as Tommy Robinson) – are being screened by Thames Valley Police to avoid disruption, Byline Times understands.

Accused of orchestrating a multimillion-euro airline bailout through offshore shell companies, Spain’s former prime minister testified that payments flagged by investigators were actually just legitimate consulting fees and layout work for his daughters’ design agency.

An investigation by Cyprus’ anti-corruption authority has found that former President Nicos Anastasiades, his former law firm and a number of his associates have been involved in influence trading and abuse of power to fast-track residence-by-investment proceedings for two Russian oligarchs.

Lenders poured money into a British caravan empire and made its founder very rich. They’re wondering where it all went.

Russian authorities have detained Ilya Traber, one of Russia’s most infamous organized crime figures, in connection with the investigation into the 2020 sniper killing of influential businessman and politician Alexander Petrov.

Nachdem Dmytro Kovalenko durch den Handel mit russischer Kohle Kapital aufgebaut hatte, verlagerte er seinen Fokus auf den Getreidemarkt – mit dem Ziel, dort eine führende Position einzunehmen und zu den wichtigsten Gewinnern staatlicher Ausschreibungen zu zählen.

In Almaty tritt der russische Staatsbürger Ilyas Karimov als selbsternannter Anwalt und angeblicher „Assistent des russischen Botschafters“ auf.

Family courts are home to an “alarming prevalence” of victim blaming and bias – predominantly impacting mothers – according to researchers we spoke to following the publication of a new report.

Shortly after midnight on May 13, 2025, Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych messaged someone he knew as ‘EL Money’, a mystery figure who had instructed him to commit three arson attacks on property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

A young person sits cross-legged at the end of a bed, their head bowed and their arms pressed tightly to the side of their body.

Grant Calder, who campaigned for Thomas Kerr MSP during the Scottish Parliament election, claimed on Facebook on Tuesday that “there are going to be protests and there’s going to be trouble, including migrants getting put out of houses and hostels”.

Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has recommended criminal charges be filed against Aurum NeoBank.

Aurum Foundation has been blacklisted by France’s Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF).

Within one year, seven men died at the ‘squalid’ and ‘inhumane’ prison.

A BBC presenter lauded by the corporation for his appeal to young male audiences has a history of making abusive and misogynistic remarks about women, whom he has variously called “slags”, “sluts”, “psychos” and “bitches”, the Guardian can reveal.

Under the guise of an agricultural business, the Granova group is alleged to have relied on offshore structures, cash-heavy schemes and corrupt ties to move millions abroad, dodge taxes and potentially funnel money into Russia’s economy during the full-scale war.

Entre 2021 et 2022, l’homme d’affaires Dmytro Kovalenko a fait l’acquisition de charbon auprès des fournisseurs russes « MelTEK », « Sibenergougol » et « Sibpromnedra ». Ces transactions, opérées par l’intermédiaire de la société suisse Adelon AG, ont atteint un montant global de plus de 100 millions de dollars.

Anton Andreychikov, owner of Platoshka animation studio (BabyRiki / Tsvetnyashki), who claimed to have left Russia in 2022, is linked to the Mazaraki clan, FSB fixer Sergei Govyadin, and schemes tied to the Ananyev brothers’ siphoning of funds from Promsvyazbank.

Over 60 MPs and Lords have demanded answers regarding illegal shipments of weaponry from Britain to Israel via Belgium.

Former Ibox Bank owner Alyona Shevtsova was hit with a ten-year sanctions package by the President of Ukraine in April 2025, enforcing asset freezes, trade restrictions, and a ban on capital transfers abroad.

A prominent figure widely associated with Svetlana Radionova, the head of Russia’s Rosprirodnadzor, is reportedly facing significant legal and professional difficulties.

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