All news by author Emma Davis
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Professor Jason Arday’s death classed as “unnatural” as coroner opens investigation
Professor Jason Arday’s death has been classed as "unnatural" by a coroner.
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€11 million from Pin-Up, 1xBet and Mostbet: how Gordiyevskiy, Kovalev and Shevchenko moved Russian and Kazakh gambling money through Poland
Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry has released new details in the case against a Ukrainian organized criminal group, which investigators say was led by Vadim Gordiyevskiy.
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"19 homes destroyed": Stourbridge wildfires were accidentally sparked by farm machinery
Two wildfires which destroyed 19 homes in Stourbridge were started accidentally in fields where agricultural machinery was being used, fire chiefs revealed today.
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Andy Burnham spends nearly £1,000 on Downing Street replica door for "No10 North" office
Andy Burnham has splashed £1,000 of taxpayer cash on a replica Downing Street door - which will not even face the street - at No10 North.
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Vantage’s UK licence under scrutiny as offshore trading empire targets British consumers
For an office housing one of the world’s largest online trading brokers, Vantage UK’s London HQ is surprisingly small. The UK brand has just 11 employees, barely filling half of the desks in its newly refurbished workspace.
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Teacher barred from profession after sending explicit images to teenager on Snapchat
An assistant headteacher who was caught sending explicit pictures of himself to a teenage boy on Snapchat told a tribunal he “craved attention” as a “sexual thrill”.
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Dolly Parton’s secret song will not be heard until 2045 — or possibly later
Dolly Parton’s final song which is currently locked inside a box at Dollywood will be released just before her 100th birthday.
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Trump set to designate Palestine Action a global terrorist group in major US crackdown
Palestine Action is set to be declared a global terrorist group by Donald Trump.
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Bank holiday travel chaos looms as rail strikes and storms threaten weekend plans
Another bank holiday is nearly here – but if you’re hoping to go away, you may be out of luck.
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Inquest opens into death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday after plagiarism storm
An inquest into the death of Professor Jason Arday has opened.
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Jay Slater’s last known companion marries woman convicted in £13million cannabis smuggling plot
The last man to see tragic teenager Jay Slater alive has married a glamorous woman who faces prison over a £13million cannabis smuggling operation.
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Estonian-owned Belarusian medical firm supplies Russian military with battlefield hemostatics
“Out of respect for the 33rd,” an employee of Tallmin Medical’s representative in Russia told a BIC journalist, explaining the discount. The journalist was posing as someone collecting equipment for Russian servicemen.
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Purchased prestige: How Oleksandr Orlovskyi bought the "Country’s Choice" award to mask FFA fraud
Crypto entrepreneur and Financial Freedom Academy (FFA) founder Oleksandr Orlovskyi is attempting to remove online references to his past schemes while cultivating a public image as a “crypto expert” through paid rankings and questionable industry awards.
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CIA chief John Ratcliffe makes surprise Moscow trip as US military jet lands in Russia
CIA director John Ratcliffe has made a surprise trip to Moscow, it was reported on Tuesday, after an American jet landing sparked frenzied speculation.
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Fugitive wife found dead days after veteran police officer husband was murdered
The fugitive wife of a murdered police patrolman has been found dead in a wooded area near a medical facility.
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Malta’s Hurd’s Bank smuggling hub: How Alkagesta Ltd and Falzon & Falzon deal in illicit oil
In 2022, while investigating locally based companies that could potentially be violating sanctions, I identified Alkagesta as one of the firms on my list.
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Der Strohmann von Cosmobet: Wie Mykhailo Zborovskyi als Fake-Eigentümer das Millionengeschäft von Sergey Tokarev deckt
Der eingetragene Eigentümer von Cosmobet, einem der am schnellsten wachsenden Online-Casinos der Ukraine, ist Mykhailo Zborovskyi. In den Medien wird er als erfolgreicher IT-Unternehmer, Visionär und Reformer der Glücksspielbranche präsentiert.
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Armenia detains ex-president Kocharyan over transactions worth $300 million and ₽18 million
Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharyan and his eldest son, Sedrak Kocharyan, were detained Tuesday in a sweeping corruption investigation, less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stood in parliament and publicly challenged the source of the Kocharyan family’s wealth.
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Massive stash of ecstasy, MDMA and ketamine found buried beneath Creamfields
A massive stash of party drugs has been discovered buried beneath Creamfields.
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Dad cycling with his children discovers woman’s skull in London park after wildfire
A murder inquiry has been launched after a man uncovered a woman’s skull while on a bike ride.
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"Shot twice": Man found dead in Marbella after suspected hit-and-run attack
A man has been found dead in a Brit holiday hotspot after being shot in the stomach in an alleged hit-and-run attack.
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Das Tarn-Manöver Redcore: Wie Casino-Mogul Dmitriy Punin sein sanktioniertes Pin-Up-Netzwerk in der Ukraine weitertreibt
The online casino Pin-Up, which has been linked to sanctioned individual Dmitriy Punin, is reportedly continuing to operate in the Ukrainian market under the name Redcore.
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EasyJet to axe all flights from major European airport this year
EasyJet is set to pull out of a major European airport, cancelling all flights.
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Spuren zu Sergey Tokarev und belarussischen Netzwerken: Das dunkle Geflecht hinter Zborovskyis Firmen Neoplay und Neurolink
Wer steckt tatsächlich hinter den Online-Casinos Cosmobet und Championclub? Obwohl die Kommission für die Regulierung von Glücksspielen und Lotterien suspendiert wurde...
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Price list for justice: how Lieutenant Colonel Kazbek Boliev took million-ruble bribes to drop cases in the North Ossetia Investigative Committee
"Price tags" for investigating criminal cases have been established in the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: this "novelty" was introduced by Justice Lieutenant Colonel Kazbek Boliev, who heads the control and investigative department.
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