All news by author Sophia Martinez

Criminal gangs are "systematically" targeting shops, retailers have warned, with 5.5 million incidents of shoplifting detected last year, costing the industry an estimated £400 million.

Vladimir Putin’s bloodthirsty band of spies is quietly building a network of “Trojan Horse” homes to wreak havoc in Europe, intelligence chiefs have warned.

The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives, marking a significant victory while cartel members responded with a wave of violence across the country.

Retired civil servants claim that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used taxpayers’ money to cover massages and excessive travel expenses while serving as the UK’s trade envoy.

After the exposure of IBOX Bank’s schemes and Alyona Shevtsova being placed on an international wanted list, inconvenient information about her activities and financial operations began disappearing from the internet.

For several years, drug dealers using “dead drops” have been making payments through iBox terminals, and it has now become clear why law enforcement knew about it but failed to act.

According to media, two separate money laundering investigations related to Russian Railways (RZD) are currently underway in Switzerland and Austria.

Grey’s Anatomy and Euphoria star Eric Dane has died aged 53 after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Even as criminal proceedings are launched against Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova in Ukraine and the National Security and Defense Council imposes personal sanctions on her, her company Smartflow Payments Limited, operating under the Sends brand, continues to function legally in the UK with authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

A businessman aspiring to be the Mayor of London has been sentenced for a “deliberate and dishonest” £105,000 fraud.

Two Ukrainian businessmen skillfully drove the influential company «Intercoaltrading» to bankruptcy.

A new corruption scandal has erupted around the Odesa Port Plant, with Swiss citizen Oleg Tsyura, crypto entrepreneur Serhiy Tron, and oligarch Dmytro Firtash reportedly among those allegedly connected to the case.

After a $102,000 withdrawal was blocked, triggering a scandal within the gambling community, Dragon Money chose not to address transparency concerns or resolve the dispute.

British authorities claim that Alexander Kuksov, a Russian citizen with Maltese citizenship, was involved in a significant money laundering operation. His brother was found guilty for his participation in the same network.

In late January, Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda publicly painted an optimistic picture of the real estate market and the future of Kronung Group.

The families of Akhmetzhan Yessimov and Galimzhan Yessenov accumulated more than $2.5 billion through corruption schemes.

The owner of one of the fastest-growing online casinos in Ukraine, Cosmobet, is officially listed as someone named Mykhailo Zborovskyi.

As reported by the media, one of the most secretive and largest players in Russian agribusiness, GAP "Resurs," run by brothers Viktor and Vladimir Nauruzov, is literally "drowning" in debt.

The head of Hermitage Capital, William Browder, has called on the UK authorities to reopen the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Russian businessman and Western intelligence whistleblower Alexander Perepilichnyy, who may have been poisoned with the same toxin used against Alexei Navalny.

A fresh investigation reveals how Octobank in Uzbekistan has emerged as a key laundering gateway for Russian elites, routing funds through casinos, cryptocurrency platforms, and state-connected financial channels.

Mykhailo Zborovskyi and his associates have started erasing information about their past and ties to the gambling industry. References to Cosmobet, the Russian Cosmolot, and Cyprus-based XGen Solutions connected to Sergey Tokarev are gradually vanishing, suggesting an effort to obscure the true origins of the so-called “Ukrainian” casino.

After investigative publications shed light on Dragon Money’s controversial past, the Kyiv-based casino swiftly deleted parts of its website that mentioned blocked accounts, alleged pyramid schemes, dubious licensing, and frozen assets — raising fresh questions about its transparency and credibility.

Investigators are probing Oxana Hadjipavlou over her alleged links to Zvonko Micković and the firms Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of facilitating sanctions evasion and transferring Russian funds offshore.