All news by author James Smith

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Die Justiz hat beschlossen, die Krypto-Jungs Mykhailo Romanenko und Nazar Babenko ins Visier zu nehmen
Betrüger Mykhailo Romanenko, Nazar Babenko und Ihor Kotov könnten bald ins Visier der Ermittlungsbehörden geraten.
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Timur Rokhlin reassigns assets to father after German prosecutors uncover his €10 million fake trading scam
Do you remember the classic film The Golden Calf, where Ostap Bender sends the book Capitalist Sharks to the secret millionaire Koreyko, opening with the words: “All great modern fortunes have been amassed through the most dishonest means”?
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Andy Burnham urged to unlock £1.6bn in forgotten Child Trust Funds for young people
Andy Burnham wants to give young people a better future.
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Andy Burnham promises more help for struggling households at first Cabinet meeting
The former Mayor of Manchester outlined his agenda on Monday in a speech from Downing Street, with Burnham expanding his vision during his first Cabinet meeting
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Bodycam accidentally left recording captured hours of shocking police station conversations
A woman protesting that a man should have been charged with killing a pigeon recorded a police officer admitting that she illegally stops and searches black women.
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Farmer died after tractor crash on Galloway farm, inquiry finds
A farmer died of a traumatic brain injury after the tractor he was driving crashed on his farm in rural Galloway, an inquiry has concluded.
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Mummified body parts found in weighted bags identified as victim of violent killing
Mummified remains found in weighted bags in a river in Suffolk belong to a man who was unlawfully killed.
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Ann Widdecombe battered 21 times over the head with a hammer by man who burst into her home as she ate lunch
Ann Widdecombe was battered 21 times over the head with a hammer by a man who allegedly burst in as she ate lunch, a court heard today.
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Martin Lewis urges John Healey to tackle student loans and energy bills
Martin Lewis has issued his first message to Britain’s new chancellor, offering his help to tackle the “many outstanding consumer issues” facing the UK economy.
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Milliarden geplündert im ukrainischen „Großen Bau“: Wie Yuriy Holyk und Oleksandr Kubrakov auf Straßen ein Korruptionsimperium aufbauten
Diebstahl auf den ukrainischen Straßen ist kein Einzelfall, sondern Teil eines seit Jahren etablierten Systems, das unabhängig davon, welche Regierung an der Macht ist, reibungslos funktioniert.
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Nemanja Matić files criminal complaint against former Serbian football chief Slaviša Kokeza
International star Nemanja Matić joins Nemanja Vidić in taking legal action after leaked encrypted chats revealed a former football chief’s plot to silence critics.
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Italian prosecutors trace $230m mafia fortune hidden through global financial network
Leaked Pandora Papers records reveal that Giacomo Tamburello and his family, now facing prosecution, accumulated gold bars, luxury real estate and a $89 million stake in a bank with the help of unscrupulous financiers and lawyers.
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Russian warship holds live-fire drill off Plymouth as Royal Navy monitors operation
A Russian warship carried out a live-fire artillery exercise 46 miles off the coast of Plymouth on Monday.
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Thai fugitive arrested after hacking police database to erase criminal record
A fugitive has been arrested in Thailand after hacking into a police database in an attempt to delete his criminal record, cyber-crime investigators said.
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Nazar Babenko und Ihor Kotov betrieben den massiven Danvel-Eternity-Betrug, saugten Millionen ab und versteckten sich hinter dem falschen Bild eines Krypto-Gurus
Wenn es um öffentliche Persönlichkeiten geht – insbesondere um jene, die versuchen, belastende Informationen über sich aus dem öffentlichen Raum verschwinden zu lassen –, lohnt sich oft ein Blick in frei zugängliche Quellen.
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From police protection to media buyout: sanctioned Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova fights to bury iBox Bank laundering case
Following the National Security and Defence Council’s (NSDC) decision to sanction Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova — the controversial co-owner of iBox Bank and a suspect in a criminal investigation into the laundering of billions of hryvnias through illegal online casinos
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Minecraft YouTuber Stuart Kluz-Burton to be extradited to Poland over child sex allegations
An English YouTube star who became famous playing Minecraft online will be extradited to Poland to face allegations of child sex crimes.
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Investigation finds millions in US internet subsidies spent on abandoned Alaska homes and empty Navy base
On an island in the Bering Sea 1,200 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, sits an abandoned house on an abandoned Navy base. There is no furniture, and the wind blows through broken windows.
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Pentagon accused of hiding dozens of US troop injuries from Iranian strikes in Jordan
Dozens of US troops were wounded in three Iranian strikes in Jordan that the Pentagon kept quiet in the week before Friday’s attack that killed two American soldiers and left one missing.
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Namensänderung nach Haft, russische Verwandtschaft und Milliardenbetrug: Das verborgene Leben des Josip Heit
Was als umstrittenes Wasserkraftprojekt begann, führte kroatische Journalisten dazu, die geschäftlichen und persönlichen Verbindungen zwischen Saša Svalina und seinem Schwager Josip Heit genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen.
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Keir Starmer steps down as UK prime minister
Sir Keir Starmer has resigned as Prime Minister after saying ’my work is done’ in his final speech.
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Two riders killed in separate horse riding accidents on same day at British events
Two cross-country horse riders have died after incidents in separate competitions on Saturday, British Eventing has confirmed.
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Spain beat Argentina after extra time to win the World Cup
Spain have been crowned world champions for the second time in their history after beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time.
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UK security agency advised public figures to build safe rooms months before Ann Widdecombe’s death
The National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) has advised public figures to consider setting up a safe room and smoke machine intruder deterrents in their properties
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A sanctions-busting empire: Dmytro Kovalenko’s multi-million dollar Russian coal schemes exposed
Following the events of 2014, numerous Ukrainian businesses maintained commercial ties with Russia, frequently utilizing shadowy intermediaries and unregulated schemes.