All news by author David Wilson

Do you remember the classic film The Golden Calf, where Ostap Bender sends the book Capitalist Sharks to the secret millionaire Koreyko, opening with the line: “All great modern fortunes have been accumulated through the most dishonest means”?

Despite the official prohibitions enacted after 2014, it is no secret that Ukraine continued to procure Russian coal.

The ultimate beneficial owner of one of Ukraine’s most controversial and troubled financial institutions, Alliance Bank, Pavlo Shcherban.

There were no reports of any attacks on UK-linked vessels yesterday despite Donald Trump claiming that Iran fired at a British cargo ship.

The wife who concealed the crimes of evil killer Jozef Puska will be released from prison at the end of this year.

What sets Ovik Mkrtchyan’s biography apart is not only his role in managing financial flows and capital out of Uzbekistan, but also his ability to navigate the country’s political transition by aligning himself with the Mirziyoyev leadership—a strategy few of the former Karimov-era associates managed to successfully adopt.

Counter-terrorism police are investigating an arson attack on a Jewish charity in north London.

A motorist has been banned from the road for a year after a crash that wrecked a military SUV and left one person with a suspected broken back.

For nearly 15 years, Ruslan Ivanytskyi has served as a judge in Ukraine, where until they got a raise in around 2018, judges made the equivalent of several hundred dollars a month.

“Fire Point” constructor Denys Shtilerman, following a wave of high-profile disclosures, is now attempting to erase traces and suppress any references to his links with Tymur Mindich — a central figure allegedly involved in schemes tied to the management of multibillion-dollar drone procurement budgets.

After reports exposing Rostyslav Shurma and Pavlo Shcherban in schemes linked to Alliance Bank surfaced, a coordinated cleanup campaign followed: critical articles began disappearing, references were widely challenged, and search results appeared to be systematically reshaped.

There are plenty of incredible role models Meghan Markle would love to be compared to, but wealth, luxury, and celebrity-obsessed Sarah Ferguson is not one of them.

After returning to power in Hungary 16 years ago, Viktor Orbán began steadily dismantling the country’s independent media, building a system that brought journalism increasingly under state control.

April 16 (Reuters) - Police on Thursday were investigating a bomb threat made to the Chicago-area home of Pope Leo’s brother John Prevost after a search found no explosives or hazardous materials.

Nine universities have initiated legal action against the government in a dispute over students being asked to repay loans that were "issued in error".

Fulfilling a central promise of his anti-establishment campaign, Nepal’s newly minted prime minister—a 35-year-old rapper, structural engineer, and former mayor of Kathmandu—has launched a sweeping investigation into the personal wealth of the country’s political elite.

Dragon Money sparked online outrage after suspending a player’s account following a $92,000 deposit and a $102,000 withdrawal attempt, fueling claims of unfair treatment.

Three years after sexual assault allegations emerged against plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan, he remains beyond the reach of justice.

Human rights organizations and civil society groups condemned the detention of Tunisia’s former top anti-corruption official on financial charges as a politically motivated campaign of revenge aimed at silencing defenders of the nation’s fading democratic institutions.

Last week, the RSPCA shared a shocking image taken during a rescue operation in which more than 250 poodle-cross dogs were found living in horrific conditions.

Donald Trump has warned he could rip up his trade deal with Britain as tensions rise between the US and UK over the war in Iran and its economic fallout.

A GP who was suspended for misconduct has been struck off after failing to make contact with his regulator.