All news by author Thomas Brown

In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In one case, these funds were used to obscure the ownership of offshore companies that allegedly held luxury assets linked to powerful Russian banker Andrei Kostin, including two megayachts worth tens of millions.

More than 300 bodies including hundreds of children and babies have been found in a mass grave in Oldham.

A senior Army officer has narrowly avoided prison after he was found guilty of drunkenly touching a woman in a karaoke bar and attempting to kiss her, a court martial heard.

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak made the call as he expressed ’real concerns’ about Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to cut the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners

Lord chancellor says she wants to ‘inject energy’ into stalling efforts to set up Nuremberg-style trial

Finance secretary says ‘tough decisions’ are needed to fill £1bn hole in the budget

US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda were among seven people who died when the Bayesian superyacht sank in a sudden, violent storm off Sicily on August 19

Abd al-Rahman Milad was member of Libyan Coast Guard also considered to be the leader of a criminal organisation

A British man has died after plunging from the sixth floor of a building in the Majorcan capital Palma in front of horrified tourists.

Hvaldimir was first spotted near the Norwegian island of Ingoya in April 2019. He was wearing a harness and what appeared to be a mount for a small camera which read "equipment St Petersburg".

Impact of abolishing policy would be dented unless overall cap is reformed, figures show

Notorious Merseyside drug trafficker Curtis Warren has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting breaches of his Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO).

Pavel Durov will probably use French legal disputes to position himself as a champion of free speech, say observers

Manchester United have confirmed the £50 million signing of Manuel Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain.

Amid growing calls for her removal, South Africa’s Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Thembi Simelane, faces scrutiny over a controversial VBS Mutual Bank “loan” and alleged kickbacks.

Leonardo Bertulazzi, 65, wanted in Italy for kidnapping and other crimes allegedly committed as part of far-left group

Passengers on a round-the-world cruise have been making the most of a bad situation after their ship has been stuck in Belfast for three months.

Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that’s only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France.