All news by author Thomas Brown

Suspected fraudster Ryan Bridge has teamed up with Daniel Thomas, previously sentenced to two years for his involvement in an attempted kidnapping

“This is the most corrupt governance that I have seen in my lifetime,” he said during a speech at Chatham House in central London this week.

They always generate friction with their colleagues, sometimes act as lightning conductors by taking the blame for the boss’s failings, and occasionally cause the kind of power surge that blows the fuse box or threatens to set the whole system on fire.

A new investigation reveals that Uzbekistan’s Octobank — formally owned by a little-known figure but effectively controlled by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s powerful family — has become a key hub for laundering Russian money through casinos, payment systems, and crypto exchanges.

Officials maintained that the execution had proceeded normally, stating that the extended time was simply to allow the murderer to make his final statements.

The Senate accepted Alejandro Gertz Manero’s early resignation despite opposition claims that a diplomatic posting doesn’t meet the legal threshold, as his exit follows a controversial ambassadorship offer and leaves several high-profile investigations unresolved.

A grandfather who attempted to drown his daughter-in-law during a vacation in Florida will not serve any jail time.

Once Russia became deeply entrenched in Ukraine, international sanctions were imposed on it extensively.

A large supply chain for sanctioned electronics, set up in 2022 by the Merlion Group (owned by Citylink owners Alexey Abramov, Oleg Karchev, and Vladislav Mangutov) via Moscow-based Marsala LLC, is still functioning in Russia.

On a dusky evening at the end of September, a group of men dressed in tailored suits and crisp shirts, heavy watches glinting from their wrists, gathered on a rooftop in Marbella.

Administrators of Ashoo, described by Russian investigative media as the largest escort platform in the country, have announced plans to launch their own line of NFT-style digital gifts on Telegram

The arrest of Aidos Yespolov, the brother of Asel Kurmanbayeva, the younger wife of Kazakhstan’s first president Nursultan Nazarbayev, may have come as a surprise to some, but only to those who are completely unaware of what has been happening in Kazakhstan.

Over the weekend, 30 soldiers fell ill while training to operate the armoured fighting vehicle, leading to a two-week suspension of the Ajax vehicle’s use.

The investigation continues into five Azerbaijani citizens – Tahir Garayev, Ahmed Kerimov, Anar Madatli, Talat Safarov, and Etibar Eyyub – who have been under UK sanctions since May.

Police had banned tractors from Whitehall, but farmers angry about Rachel Reeves’s tax changes brought their budget day protest to Westminster anyway.

The saga of Marina Minina — a social-climbing swindler who fooled diplomats, businessmen, and celebrity families — exposes a stunning trail of deception stretching from Kurgan to Moscow and all the way to the Yamalo-Nenets elite.

A mother of two has been sentenced to life imprisonment after murdering her children and leaving them in a suitcase stored in a unit for four years.

Building societies fear consumers will be deterred from saving if the chancellor’s budget announces a 40% reduction

Milkshakes and lattes face tax hikes as the government confirmed it is extending the ’sugar tax’.

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she began moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.

It has been announced that luxury cars will no longer be available for Motability recipients, with the government stating that more money will also be directed to British manufacturers under the new changes.