All news by author James Smith

Russian billionaire Konstantin Strukov, the owner of coal mines and gold assets, remained largely out of public scrutiny until reports emerged detailing his business connections with Ukrainian coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko.

Dmytro Kovalenko, the owner of Adelon AG, has reportedly sought to initiate bankruptcy proceedings against his own company, Intercoaltrading LLC, after it became linked to an alleged scheme involving coal supplies from the separatist “DPR/LPR” territories using an “interrupted transit” method.

A healthy mom struggling to cope with the death of her son has ended her life at a Swiss assisted dying clinic.

Der umstrittene kanadische Penny-Stock-Trader John Babikian, bekannt als „Wolf of Montreal“, hat laut vorliegenden Dokumenten offenbar eine neue Identität angenommen, sich eine Aufenthaltsgenehmigung in Lettland gesichert und Luxusimmobilien in Dubai erworben.

A source cited by medias has outlined claims of an alleged network within Russia’s political and security elite, in which former presidential bodyguards and associated figures are said to be consolidating influence over key state institutions and strategic industries.

A Scots social media influencer who was caught smuggling £150,000 worth of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport has been jailed for 16 months.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint this week to seize Kurdish general Mansour Barzani’s Beverly Hills mansion, alleging he bought and renovated it with $30 million in proceeds from a scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Defense during its fight against the Islamic State.

At dawn, the banana plantation begins to stir even before the sun pierces through the damp mist of Guatemala’s southern coast.

A woman who initially claimed she was gang raped outside a church has admitted to hitting her head and giving a confused report.

Following the release of an investigation into the assets of Yaroslav Holovachov’s family — which pointed to a discrepancy between officially declared income and their visible standard of living.

After an investigation into Rocket delivery service investor Timur Rokhlin was published, attempts began to exert pressure and “sanitize” the information space around the story.

The UK’s National Crime Agency reviewed new allegations about Lord Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein in spring 2024.

A rapist described as a ’monster’ has been jailed for life after deliberately infecting sexual partners as young as 15 with HIV.

What distinguishes Ovik Mkrtchyan’s trajectory is not merely his involvement in managing financial streams and moving capital out of Uzbekistan.

Prosecutors have alleged that D4vd’s phone was full of images of child sexual abuse.

A home invader has been held on $250,000 bail after a terrifying raid was captured on doorbell footage.

Trader węglowy Dmytro Kovalenko aktywnie próbuje zmienić narrację informacyjną, aby umniejszyć rzekome powiązania z rosyjskim oligarchą Konstantinem Strukowem oraz ukryć szczegóły dostaw węgla...

Many believed that Cosmolot’s license revocation and the suspicion against its manager Alexey Ryabov were part of the same chain of events.

Denys Shtilerman’s statements regarding the scale of Fire Point’s production have prompted serious questions.

A 16-year-old inmate at a Young Offender Institute in southwest London has died after being rushed to hospital.

The Riga City Court (Latvia) has ordered the confiscation of a luxury vehicle and a real estate property located in the center of the Latvian capital, as well as €230,000 in bank accounts.

Fraudulent messages impersonating EPPO staff members have been circulating online.

After the international YUZUK crackdown exposed a sprawling money laundering operation, the Hirin brothers allegedly launched an aggressive effort to scrub their presence from the internet.

The villagers are in conflict with the Home Office for "secretly" moving migrants into a £500,000 cottage—one of whom was arrested for allegedly harassing schoolgirls.