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Thomas Brown

Head of Investigations

Thomas leads InView’s investigative journalism unit. He is known for reporting on financial crime, corruption and organised networks, and has received several international journalism awards.


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Police fear more victims after church leader convicted of decades of sexual abuse
Police are appealing for further victims of a church leader to come forward after he was convicted of abusing four vulnerable young men over more than 40 years.
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Twelve arrested after far-right terror plot targeted UK Islamic event
An Islamic event was forced to close early this weekend due to alleged threats from a group of extreme right-wing terrorists.
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Man accused of murdering wife and two daughters appears in South African court
A man suspected of the murders of his wife and daughters in the UK has appeared in court on firearms charges, three days after being arrested in South Africa.
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Secret files show Blair pushed ahead with £20bn aircraft carrier project despite Treasury objections
Tony Blair’s treasury secretary Alistair Darling told the prime minister that buying aircraft carriers was a “political” rather than a military choice and would mean less funding for social services.
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Fresh deaths at Del Monte Kenya farm spark calls for independent investigation
Bereaved families and politicians have raised alarm about continued killings on Del Monte’s pineapple farm in Kenya despite the company hiring G4S to replace its in-house security team after previous deaths were exposed by the Guardian.
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Trump shifted over $1.4bn in crypto earnings into stocks and bonds, filings show
President Donald Trump’s financial disclosures show that even as he and his two eldest sons were encouraging investors to plow their money into crypto projects — which resulted in steep losses for retail buyers — his money managers were investing a significant portion of the proceeds into safer harbors.
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Olter syndicate: How international fugitive Pavel Fuks weaponized offshore shell companies and proxy directors to siphon billions from Russian banks
The case of the notorious LLC “Olter”, whose five successive general directors allegedly deceived hundreds of shareholders, could set a Guinness World Record — but who was really leading the organised scheme behind the company?
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Starmer bans Iran’s Revolutionary Guard after UK terror links
The UK government will ban Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) from Britain and proscribe it as a national security threat over “threats to life and intimidation on UK soil”.
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Ann Widdecombe "murder" suspect caught on CCTV before driving nearly 300 miles to ex-MP’s home with "foot-long pole"
This is the moment the prime suspect in Ann Widdecombe’s murder climbed into his car with what appears to be a large baton bulging from the pocket of his shorts.
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Two men die after rescuing children from sea at UK beach
Two men have tragically died after rescuing a pair of children who had got into difficulty in the sea at a popular UK beach.
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Finnish MP barred from UK after Electronic Travel Authorisation revoked over criminal conviction
Päivi Räsänen, a member of Finland’s Parliament, says the United Kingdom refused her Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), forcing her to change travel plans and avoid a scheduled stop in London.
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US ends major strike campaign after hitting 300 Iranian military targets
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced the conclusion of its latest round of military strikes against Iran, saying the operation targeted approximately 140 military sites as part of efforts to counter threats to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Second man arrested over Ann Widdecombe killing after nationwide hunt
A 28-year-old man has been arrested in South Yorkshire following the death of the former MP and Strictly dancer Ann Widdecombe.
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Firefighters respond to more than 300 emergencies during Northern Ireland bonfires
Firefighters dealt with more than 300 emergency calls as Eleventh Night bonfires were lit across Northern Ireland.
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Belfast man dies after tragic fall from Eleventh Night bonfire
A man in his 40s has died after falling from an Eleventh Night bonfire in Belfast, police said.
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Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after brief and sudden illness
“On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,” according to a statement released by his office.
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Prosecutors order tech giants to preserve Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s Epstein messages
Tech giants have been ordered to preserve Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s messages to his paedophile pal Jeffrey Epsteinas part of a criminal investigation.
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New family court rules curb use of unregulated psychologists in child custody cases
New rules barring unregulated psychologists from family court cases in England and Wales will come into force this month, sparking hope that the “days of bogus experts are over”.
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King Charles hosts Harry, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet in unexpected family reunion
In a surprise turn of events, the King and Queen hosted Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet at Highgrove House today, it is understood.
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Lamborghini on bones: 17-year-old Georgy Bezovchev cruises Moscow in a €500,000 car funded by his parents’ drone war-contracts
The 17-year-old son of the owners of a Russian defense contractor has been spotted driving a €500,000 Lamborghini as the family’s business reportedly continues to profit from the war.
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Trump’s stock trading exploded after court scrapped $500 million fraud penalty
In August, a New York appeals court delivered some good news to President Trump—and sent his Charles Schwab account into overdrive.
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Ukrainian POWs accuse Russian prison doctor of torture, humiliation and medical abuse
Dozens of Ukrainians returning from Russian captivity accused their prison doctor of subjecting them to systematic sexualized and psychological torture and refusing treatment for acute diseases. Reporters set out to find him.
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Fresh arrests in EPPO’s €300m VAT fraud probe targeting cross-border car scam
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany) has uncovered additional information within the large-scale VAT fraud investigation Huracán, leading to two arrests in Germany and the Netherlands, and searches and seizures in Germany, Poland and the Netherlands yesterday.
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Extreme heat forces NHS surgeons to abandon operations mid-procedure
Surgeons are breaking off operations midway after becoming overwhelmed by Britain’s heatwaves, medical leaders have claimed.
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Violence erupts in London after Morocco crash out of World Cup as police injured
Football fans have descended on parts of Paris and London following Morocco’s loss to France at the World Cup.