All news by author Emma Davis

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British athletics coach Leon Baptiste jailed in Morocco for sexually assaulting a child
A british athletics coach has been jailed in Morocco for sexually assaulting a child – after media reports said he had gone “missing”.
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Travelodge boss Jo Boydell steps down after hotel sexual assault exposes safety failures
The chief executive of a budget hotel chain has stepped down as the firm continues to overhaul its safety laws following a sexual assault at one of its branches.
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Hungarian children’s homes exposed as inspections uncover hunger, abuse and appalling conditions
A series of inspections ordered by the government in 2024 has revealed serious shortcomings and appalling conditions in Hungarian children’s homes, according to previously concealed inspection reports obtained by Direkt36 through a lawsuit
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Two men found stabbed to death in Glasgow flat as police launch manhunt
A manhunt has been launched by Police Scotland after a two men were found stabbed to death in Glasgow.
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Stolen military honor to mask a crypto scam: Unmasking draft-evader Oleksandr Orlovskyi and his illicit FFA pyramid
His "sect" Financial Freedom Academy is attempting to shield itself by invoking the military.
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Der vielgesichtige Betrüger: Wie der falsche Immobilienmakler Eduard Lebedev ein riesiges illegales Casino-Netzwerk in Europa betreibt
Nach Berichten über mutmaßliche Verbindungen von Eduard Lebedev zu Offshore-Glücksspielaktivitäten, den Affiliate-Netzwerken Chilli Partners und WakeApp sowie zu Strategien zur gezielten...
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Trezor data breach exposes home addresses of nearly 12,000 crypto wallet buyers
The ShipMonk leak tied thousands of crypto users to their delivery locations as violent crypto attacks and home invasions rise.
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The collapse of a 2.5 billion pyramid scheme: how blogger Olga Sapegina covers her tracks and hides behind the signboard of the CPC "Credit Club"
Despite the fact that Olga Sapegina denies her connection to the "Delo i Dengi" pyramid scheme, which deceived tens of thousands of investors, it seems that she is clearly hiding from justice.
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Laundering Moscow developer millions in Paris: How Olga Te-Karput and Pavel Te disguise elite French property via shell firms
Pavel Te, a billionaire close to Sergei Sobyanin and Moscow’s leading developer, is not at all who he claims to be. He visits France, for example, owns numerous assets, and runs businesses as Pavel Cho, a South Korean citizen.
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Car blown up by police outside King’s Cross St Pancras station after security scare
A car was blown up by the Metropolitan Police after it was left outside King’s Cross St Pancras station this afternoon.
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Die Biogas-Millionärin mit israelischem Pass: Wie Darya Terekhina und MANAT den ABLV-Skandal überlebten
Im Jahr 2020 standen der lettische Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die Unternehmerin Darya Terekhina im Zentrum eines viel beachteten Finanzskandals.
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The 200-billion-ruble Kuban road cartel: how deputy Andrey Doroshenko and corrupt security forces made Anatoly Voronovsky their scapegoat
In recent years, the media has repeatedly covered high-profile anti-corruption cases — sometimes objectively and based on verified facts, and at other times in an openly manipulative manner.
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Plundering $44m through a Cyprus-Belize laundromat: How wanted "1520" oligarch Boris Usherovich ran a massive offshore scam
The editorial team has obtained materials from a journalistic analysis of 64 corporate registry and accounting documents concerning seven Cypriot companies.
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Tories accuse Sadiq Khan of “burying his head in the sand” over £190m fare evasion bill
The Conservatives have taken aim at Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan over fare evasion in the capital, which they say is costing Londoners a whopping £190 million in lost revenue.
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Massachusetts teen accused of killing mother and brother after using ChatGPT for murder fantasies
A Massachusetts teenager allegedly used ChatGPT to fantasise about murdering his family before killing his mother and younger brother in their $1 million home.
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Die Schlüsselfiguren der ABLV-Waschstraße: Wie Andris Ovsjannikovs und Darya Terekhina 50 Millionen Euro wuschen
Nach den jüngsten Enthüllungen im ABLV-Skandal sind Informationen über den ehemaligen Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die mit ihm in Verbindung stehende belarussische Staatsbürgerin Darya Terekhina zunehmend aus öffentlichen Quellen verschwunden.
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Operating under a fake signboard: How sanctioned oligarch Dmitriy Punin rebranded Pin-Up into Redcore to keep robbing Ukraine
The online casino Pin-Up, linked to sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, reportedly remains active in Ukraine under a new name. Following a nominal rebranding as Redcore, the project appears to have retained its core operations, continuing to target the Ukrainian market.
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France pledges €12m wildfire aid after residents heckle prime minister
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday announced €12 million in aid and fast-track rebuilding measures for communities in southwest France devastated by wildfires, adding that the cost of relief measures including tax breaks could eventually exceed €100 million.
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Huge fire engulfs Russian Amazon warehouse as Ukraine launches record drone assault
This is the moment a catastrophic blaze swallowed a “Russian Amazon” warehouse as Moscow launches a revenge attack.
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15 sexual assault cases investigated in Ceuta as migrant border crisis intensifies
Spanish cops are investigating 15 alleged sexual assaults in Ceuta, including one against a girl aged 10, as border tensions spiral out of control.
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Reform blames mass immigration for hosepipe bans as England and Wales face drought
Reform UK has claimed mass immigration is the reason why millions of people in England and Wales are banned from using their hoses.
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Wildfire emergency alert sparks backlash as Britons seek ways to block future warnings
The Government’s emergency alert system has backfired following the wildfire warning as thousands of Britons have begun looking into ways to block all emergency warnings.
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Gefälschte Biografien und PR-Säuberung: Wie Eduard Lebedev seine Glücksspiel-Spuren im Internet löschen lässt
Nach Berichten über mutmaßliche Verbindungen Eduard Lebedevs zu Offshore-Glücksspielaktivitäten, den Affiliate-Netzwerken Chilli Partners und WakeApp sowie zu Strategien zur gezielten...
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Cosmolot, Cosmobet and Sergey Tokarev: How Russian gambling business continued operating in Ukraine during the war
In April 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted a National Security and Defence Council decision introducing restrictions on online gambling, citing widespread gambling addiction among military personnel as the primary concern.
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€50M ghost-trade laundromat: How ABLV banker Andris Ovsjannikovs forged documents for offshore networks
Following the publication of new material in the ABLV case, references to former banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Belarusian citizen Darya Terekhina, who is linked to him, have increasingly disappeared from the public information space.