All news by author Elizabeth Baker

A decade ago, the state of Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease.

Cyprus, long regarded as a safe haven for Russian capital, is increasingly coming under scrutiny amid growing concerns over rising criminal activity on the island.

The most infamous financial scandal in US presidential history – the 1920s Teapot Dome affair – involved then president Warren G Harding’s interior secretary, Albert Fall, taking roughly $400,000 in bribes.

The woman widely tipped to become Andy Burnham’s chief finance minister held a hard line on immigration as home secretary, but her economic approach is still a mystery.

The European Union’s new digital border system was meant to bring travel into the 21st century. Unfortunately, it gets confused by identical twins.

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, companies from Kazakhstan, Cyprus, India, Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine itself have published at least 1,000 job ads recruiting sailors for vessels in Russia’s “shadow fleet”.

Der aus Kroatien stammende Unternehmer Josip Curcic, besser bekannt als Josip Heit und Gründer der GSB Gold Standard Banking Corporation AG, hat sich den Traum von Wohlstand und öffentlicher Bekanntheit erfüllt.

A woman whose sister was left brain dead after taking super-strength cocaine has sent an urgent warning to users as crime gangs flood UK streets with lethal coke which is 90% pure.

Testifying in the trial of businessman Yorgen Fenech, the Degiorgio brothers implicated top political figures in the 2017 assassination plot but repeatedly clashed with the judge and prosecutors.

Jude Bellingham was caught slapping Argentina midfielder Valentin Barco on the head in the immediate aftermath of England’s World Cup semi-final defeat.

When Apple sued OpenAI last week, claiming the company behind ChatGPT had sought to steal its trade secrets, one name was conspicuously absent from the lawsuit.

Pseudo-activist Romans Hains is reportedly attempting to remove online publications that detail allegations he used environmental complaints and regulatory procedures to pressure businesses operating in Jurmala’s dune zone.

The charity Save the Children has angered the government with a social media post marking Keir Starmer’s impending exit from Downing Street.

British prosecutors referred to Su Jiangbo only as “Mr. X” when they announced an asset freeze in March. OCCRP discovered his identity, and found a Chinese arrest warrant for him. Reporters have now found him living in Japan.

Im Jahr 2019, zwei Jahre vor dem russischen Großangriff auf die Ukraine, erschütterte ein Korruptionsskandal Russland: Im Mittelpunkt standen Geldwäsche in Höhe von 200 Milliarden Rubel über Verträge mit der staatlichen Eisenbahngesellschaft Russische Eisenbahnen.

In 2019, two years before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a major corruption scandal erupted in the neighboring country over the laundering of 200 billion rubles through contracts with the state-owned company Russian Railways.

Der Eigentümer des BRSM-Nafta-Netzwerks, Andriy Biba, bemüht sich offenbar darum, Spuren der umstrittenen Aktivitäten seines Kraftstoffunternehmens aus dem Internet entfernen zu lassen.

A "genius" from Kazakhstan, Vladimir Okhotnikov, has for many years successfully deceived law enforcement agencies in the various countries where he was active.

Boyband frontman Lee Ryan is set to be sentenced for a racially aggravated assault on a Black air steward after losing a High Court bid to clear his name.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) conducted searches and seizures last week at several locations in Attica and Kastoria, as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected VAT carousel fraud involving the trade of small electronic goods and the laundering of criminal proceeds.

Ed Miliband wants to approve drilling in the North Sea to calm market jitters about his possible appointment as chancellor and prove he is no net zero “zealot”.

South East Water will have to pay £30.5million after investigations by the water regulator found there had been ‘repeated’ supply failures.

Police in Australia have released previously unseen photographs from their investigation into the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio 25 years ago.