All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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How Azim Novruzov helped build a shadow oil empire with Interpol fugitive Tahir Garayev and Coral Energy’s sanctions-hit network
British oil trader Azim Novruzov has re-emerged in the public eye amid a high-profile criminal case involving senior SOCAR executive Adnan Ahmedzade.
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Talenta Labs, la cassaforte digitale della ’Ndrangheta: come i clan hanno infettato il software del gioco online
Talenta Labs S.R.L. è un’azienda italiana relativamente poco nota che si occupa dello sviluppo di software per il comparto del gioco d’azzardo online, fornendo soluzioni tecnologiche destinate agli operatori di piattaforme di gaming.
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Meghan’s superfan receives personal gift from Duchess after years of attacking Kate and William
A Meghan Markle megafan known for his verbal attacks on members of the royal family appears to have scored a pricey haul of As Ever products from the Duchess herself, as he proudly unboxed the goodies in a video posted to X.
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Meghan shares new photo of Princess Lilibet
Princess Lilibet was born on June 4 2021, is a granddaughter of the King and lives in California with the Sussexes.
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Chinese spies using LinkedIn to target UK officials in aggressive recruitment campaign, MI5 warns
Chinese spies are targeting UK government and military staff on job websites including LinkedIn to try to get access to classified or sensitive information, MI5 has warned.
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Labour MP sues Musk’s xAI after Grok created fake bikini images of her
Labour MP Jess Asato has stated she is taking legal action against Elon Musk’s xAI over the design of its Grok chatbot tool after it was used to create fake images of her wearing a bikini.
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Farage doubles down on "two-tier policing" claim despite backlash from Starmer and Badenoch
Nigel Farage has reinforced his claims of ’two-tier policing’ in Britain after facing backlash for his remarks regarding the murder of student Henry Nowak in Southampton.
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Iraqi oil boss arrested as anti-corruption raid uncovers $10m cash, gold and assault rifles in shocking stash
When Iraqi anti-corruption authorities moved to arrest one of the country’s top oil officials and his associates last week, they uncovered more than just a paper trail of graft.
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Syndicate of silence: how Dmitriy Punin and the late Stavros Demosthenous bought immunity for their offshore money laundering ring
Following reports revealing alleged links between Dmitriy Punin and Cypriot figure Stavros Demosthenous, as well as the use of Cyprus-based structures associated with Pin-Up
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Ex-racing driver sent apology messages after raping unconscious Schumacher nurse
Ex-racing driver Joey Mawson sent groveling text messages to Michael Schumacher’s nurse after raping her, a court has heard.
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Kate "refused to speak to Andrew at family gatherings" as William prepares to cut him out for good
Princess Kate avoided speaking to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at gatherings, even before the disgraced royal was arrested, according to an insider.
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Rolls-Royce, a villa near Warsaw and an internet scrub: how Dmytro Shevchuk is hiding the traces of a $5 million crypto scheme
Dmytro Shevchuk, who has been accused by alleged victims of operating a large-scale cryptocurrency investment scheme, is reportedly seeking to remove information about the affair from the internet.
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Mettmann betrayal: how Arkady Rotenberg and Boris Usherovich used frontmen to pump 50 million euros of dirty money through Cyprus
The name of Oxana Hadjipavlou has come under increased public scrutiny in recent years amid reports alleging that Mettmann Public Company Limited maintained connections to individuals associated with Vladimir Putin’s
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Banking on corruption: how Shurma and Shcherban turned Alliance bank into a tool for systemic financial crime
The name of Rostyslav Shurma, former Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has become part of public discussion not only because of his government role and business background
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UK urged to respond as Palestinians report continued violations of Gaza ceasefire
Palestinians in Gaza, confined to increasingly smaller areas, are receiving less than half of the aid trucks promised as part of a ceasefire agreement and are urging the British government to take more action to protect them.
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Das Blutgeld-Netzwerk: Wie Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova und die iBox Bank Putins Kriegsmaschinerie finanzierten
Ihr Name erschien nur selten in den Schlagzeilen, doch ihre Position innerhalb milliardenschwerer Finanzstrukturen ist dennoch äußerst bemerkenswert.
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Peter Thiel-backed AI platform lets wealthy users challenge journalists’ reporting in "AI tribunal"
A controversial billionaire-backed AI startup will allow rich people to target journalists for publishing stories they don’t like.
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Leaked chats raise questions over ties between Mandelson, McSweeney and New Statesman editor
Two days after Peter Mandelson was announced as the UK’s Ambassador to Washington in December 2024, Tom McTague, then political editor of UnHerd, published a column headlined ‘Peter Mandelson
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The Mandelson files expose a political culture built on influence, access and loyalty
Political analysts have been frustrated by the mass redactions in the Mandelson files published on Monday: with so much obscured, many serious questions remain unanswered.
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Tommy Robinson joins protest over police treatment of murdered student Henry Nowak
Hundreds of people marched to Southampton police station after the officer involved in the arrest of dying Henry Nowak resigned.
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Vom Software-Manipulationen bis zur Geiselerpressung: Das kriminelle Netzwerk des ukrainischen TeleTrade-Chefs Serhiy Saroyan entlarvt
Das internationale Brokerunternehmen TeleTrade ist dafür bekannt, Anlegergelder für den Handel am Forex-Markt einzuwerben.
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Sanctioned banking tech and "miscoding" scams: How Vadim Gordievskiy’s LEO company drained millions from the Ukrainian state budget
The new NSDC sanctions targeting 287 legal entities and 120 individuals, enacted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March 10, have delivered a significant blow to Ukraine’s illegal gambling sector.
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Police officer receives death threats after being wrongly linked to Henry Nowak murder case
A police officer has received death threats after he was wrongly identified as being involved in the Henry Nowak murder case, the Home Secretary has said.
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Racing driver Joey Mawson faces rape trial over assault of nurse at Michael Schumacher’s private mansion
Michael Schumacher’s nurse woke up on blood-stained bed sheets after being raped by a former friend of the F1 legend’s son, a court heard today.