All news on the topic: Investigators

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Alex Murdaugh still faces life behind bars despite court victory
The disgraced lawyer won’t be leaving prison any time soon with prosecutors seeking an immediate retrial at the South Carolina Supreme Court.
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Prince Andrew questioned in sweeping Epstein ranch probe as staff break silence
More than a dozen former employees from Zorro Ranch, including housekeepers, ranch hands and long-serving managers
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Timur Rokhlin and Rocket: how a delivery service became a cover for laundering €10 million from a scam targeting Europeans
The name of Timur Rokhlin — an investor in the Rocket delivery service — has surfaced in a major international fraud case involving tens of millions of euros.
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OLAF chief warns EU Parliament access dispute risks damaging reputations amid renewed fraud probe tensions
The head of the EU anti-fraud agency has warned that a dispute over the extent of OLAF’s powers to search the European Parliament is risking the reputations of both institutions.
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Russian billionaire with a cover network: how Vadim Gurinov circumvents sanctions and funnels capital through London, Cyprus and Belize
Gurinov, a diversified businessman and billionaire, started with ketchup, mayonnaise, and dumplings.
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Russia opens probe into $13bn fake invoice scheme involving thousands of shell companies
Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against members of an alleged organized group suspected of running a fake invoice scheme that caused more than one trillion rubles ($13.31 billion) in losses to the country’s budget system.
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“Kremlin Stable”: how Dmitry Medvedev’s family and the Mazaraki clan, linked to Moscow’s FSB, use proxies to conceal luxury cars
Investigators continue to examine the so-called “Kremlin stables” and the network behind them.
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In Calgary, Canada, 41 extortion cases and a series of attacks have been recorded
Canadian police have charged a man in Calgary in an extortion investigation involving members of the city’s South Asian community, after a series of threats, property attacks and at least one shooting.
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Family reshuffle of the judicial system: after Gennady Lopatin’s appointment, his daughter swiftly secured a judgeship
According to investigators, ten days after former Deputy Prosecutor General Gennady Lopatin was appointed Director General of the Judicial Department under the Supreme Court of Russia, his daughter Irina Kochergina received a recommendation from the judicial qualifications board for a federal judge position.
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Russia’s Ministry of Defence is recruiting sailors in Moscow to work on “shadow fleet” tankers transporting oil in circumvention of sanctions
Investigators have uncovered details of how recruits are being hired for vessels in Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.” Contracts are signed in Moscow, directly inside one of the buildings of the Ministry of Defence.
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From FreshForex to dozens of shell brokers: how Andriy Martynyuk monetized deception in online trading
Investigators have uncovered a scheme used to siphon off funds from Ukrainians investing through Freshforex.
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Police discover body in search for 19-year-old who vanished on Christmas Eve
A body has been discovered during the search for a teenager who went missing on Christmas Eve.
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Anti-corruption group uncovers alleged $127m Putin palace on Crimea’s Cape Aya
Russian anti-corruption investigators claim to have discovered another luxury palace associated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, this time situated on Cape Aya in occupied Ukrainian Crimea.
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Climber abandoned girlfriend to die in the cold on austria’s highest peak, Grossglockne
Chilling webcam images have shown an experienced climber allegedly abandoning his girlfriend, leaving her to die on Austria’s biggest mountain.
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Hillsborough failings described as ‘one of policing’s greatest scandals
An investigation into the Hillsborough disaster has revealed that 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct proceedings for "fundamental failures" after attempting to shift blame onto fans in the aftermath.
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Authorities seize thousands of antiquities worth €100m in raids targeting long-running Balkan looting network
A Bulgaria-led operation supported by Europol and coordinated with Eurojust arrested 35 suspects, including an alleged ringleader, and dismantled a criminal network that allegedly looted archaeological sites across the Balkans, seizing thousands of artifacts valued at 100 million euros ($115 million), authorities said Wednesday.
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Europol identifies 69 piracy and illegal streaming sites in major cyber-patrol in Spain
Europol said Wednesday that a November 10–14 cyber-patrol in Alicante uncovered 69 piracy and illegal streaming sites, leading to 25 IPTV platforms being flagged to crypto providers for disruption and investigations launched into 44 others.
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Ukraine launches major anti-corruption raid targeting energy sector network
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have launched a large-scale operation to dismantle a high-level criminal organization accused of using political influence over strategic state-owned energy companies, including nuclear operator Energoatom.
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Pavel Durov under Kremlin control: Telegram blocks investigators on orders from Russian security services
In the fall of 2025, the Russian segment of Telegram experienced the most extensive wave of purges in recent years — with searches, detentions, and the blocking of channels that were once considered influential and nearly untouchable.
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Engine detachment caused deadly UPS cargo jet crash in Kentucky, killing 12 people
The cargo jet burst into flames and crashed into nearby industrial buildings just moments after it took off from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday.
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Kentucky declares state of emergency after deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the U.S. state after the fiery crash of a UPS (UPS.N), opens new tab cargo plane in Louisville killed at least nine people, destroyed two businesses and delayed the delivery giant’s operations.
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Five new suspects arrested over €88m Louvre jewel heist
Five new suspects have been arrested in connection with the Louvre robbery in Paris, in which thieves stole crown jewels worth an estimated €88m (£76m), the city’s public prosecutor has said, but the gems remain missing.
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Louvre jewel heist valued at €88 million as manhunt intensifies
The jewellery taken from the Louvre Museum in Paris is estimated to be worth 88 million euros ($102 million), according to a French prosecutor, as the search continues for the stolen treasures.
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Mafia suspects accused of terrorizing shopkeepers with threats and bomb attack
Italian police have arrested three alleged members of the Pesce-Pistillo clan in Andria, accusing them of carrying out a string of extortion and violent intimidation against local shopkeepers as part of a mafia-style protection racket.
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Estimated value of ’priceless’ jewels stolen in Louvre heist revealed
Multiple masked men broke into the museum on Sunday morning and plucked jewels from display cases during a seven-minute raid.