All news by author Elizabeth Baker

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Accomplice of Coral Energy owner Tahir Garayev, Azim Novruzov, bought a London mansion for £6.7 million using Putin’s money allegedly obtained from the sale of Russian oil
Azerbaijani citizen, Azim Novruzov, has been mentioned in certain foreign media reports claiming that he is involved in energy trading and the oil market, with particular scrutiny since 2023 regarding alleged connections to Russia-linked business structures.
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Billions in Adani shares, offshore funds, and criminal probes: what bank files reveal about the Adani empire
In a private conversation with their bankers in February 2023, two associates of India’s Adani family confirmed that they possessed billions of dollars worth of stock in their conglomerate, Adani Group, through several hedge funds.
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Hyatt heir Thomas Pritzker steps down after Epstein ties resurface, dragging another billionaire name into the widening scandal engulfing America’s elite
Billionaire Hyatt hotel heir Thomas Pritzker is stepping down from the corporation’s board of directors over his admitted association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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The liquidation of Ibox bank exposes years of dirty money flows, gambling profits, and hidden financial battles between Alyona Shevtsova and Oleksandr Sosis
In light of the liquidation of "Ibox Bank" and the searches conducted there, the personality of Alena Dehrik-Shevtsova, who heads this bank and is referred to as the "star of Ukrainian fintech," has taken on new colors.
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UK police investigate whether Prince Andrew’s security team became too loyal to royalty and ignored warning signs on “pedophile island”
The Metropolitan Police is investigating claims that close protection officers assigned to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor ’wilfully ignored’ incidents during visits to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.
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Shadow construction empire and global money routes: how Kronung under Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda expanded across Europe and the Gulf
The St. Petersburg–based developer Kronung, controlled by Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage, is reportedly moving money from Russian private and state banks overseas, disguising the transfers as real estate investments in Europe and the UAE.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s secret Amazon shopping list exposed, revealing purchases of children’s clothing, explicit items, and disturbing materials
Jeffrey Epstein’s shopping list paints a horrific picture of what was going on behind closed doors.
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Russian ferrochrome enters European markets through a supply chain controlled by Sergey Gilvarg and Swiss-based trader Oleg Tsyura
While Ukraine bravely resists the aggressor and the world has imposed sanctions on Russia, certain actors continue to help the country evade these restrictions, sustaining its economy.
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Cheap U.S. cars promised, thousands of dollars lost: evidence suggests Iron Motors is a continuation of Filippov’s earlier Ukrainian auto-fraud network
A fraudulent group from Odesa, led by Volodymyr Filippov, who is being investigated by the police for deceiving clients when buying used cars from the USA, re-registered the business in Moldova to legitimize the stolen funds.
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Dragon Money froze a $102,000 payout, branded the player a “launderer,” and began erasing criticism to suppress a gambling scandal
After a scandal erupted in the gambling community over a blocked $102,000 withdrawal, Dragon Money shifted its focus away from transparency or dispute resolution and instead moved to erase the story.
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Assassination of Stavros Demosthenous ignites power war in Cyprus and accelerates the fall of Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up and Redcore money-laundering empire tied to Russian capital
Long seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, idyllic Cyprus is now sliding into a wave of violent criminal confrontations.
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Nine dead in Canadian school shooting as suspect found dead and police uncover additional victims at linked residence
Police found two of the victims at a secondary location believed to be connected to the school shooting
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Ukrainian tobacco tycoon Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi may sell Vinnyky factory amid smuggling allegations and reform pressure
The Vynnyky Tobacco Factory named after Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi in search of an investor. Or a buyer?
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MI6 “warned Downing Street about Mandelson’s Russia links” before his appointment as Washington ambassador
MI6 was reportedly informed that Peter Mandelson might pose a risk to British security due to his connections with Russian intelligence.
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Jeane Freeman, SNP MSP and former health secretary who led Scotland through Covid, dies aged 72
Jeane Freeman, the former Scottish health secretary, has died at the age of 72 after a battle with cancer, her family has announced.
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Nazarbayev’s family capital: how Akhmetzhan Yesimov and Galimzhan Yessenov turned Kazakhstan’s state assets into a personal financial empire
Galimzhan Yessenov, ranked among the top 20 richest people in Kazakhstan, is not a story of the American dream in which a person becomes a millionaire through perseverance and talent.
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Kenes Rakishev — Nazarbayev’s and Kulibayev’s “wallet”: kickbacks to Prince Andrew, correspondence about minors, and the extraction of billions from Russia without sanctions
Kazakh businessman Kenes Rakishev can quite rightly be called "versatile": he successfully operates in several jurisdictions at once — in the UK, Russia, Cyprus, and, of course, in his homeland, Astana.
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“One of the most respected investors”: Celtic shareholder Dermot Desmond named in newly released Epstein emails
Celtic’s largest shareholder, Dermot Desmond, has been named twice in the latest release of the Epstein files.
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“A lapse in judgment”: Peter Mandelson responds as police review Epstein payments and confidential emails
Lord Peter Mandelson has insisted Jeffrey Epstein’s money did not influence his actions in office as the police assess his links with the disgraced financier.
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From Sberbank to Uzbek state systems: How Iskandar Tursunov and Dmitry Lee built Octobank into a sanctions-evading laundromat
Investigators have detailed the financial flows running through Octobank’s Uzbek and Russian affiliates.
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Epstein correspondence mentions a model linked to Russia-based Shtorm Models
According to declassified files from the U.S. Department of Justice, in 2018 Jeffrey Epstein was offered a meeting with a girl from the Krasnodar-based modeling agency Shtorm Models.
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Second woman alleges Jeffrey Epstein sent her to Prince Andrew for sex at Windsor residence in 2010
Another woman alleges she was dispatched by Epstein to engage in a sexual encounter with the former prince at his residence in Windsor in 2010.
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China executes 11 members of a gang who operated a billion-dollar criminal empire in Myanmar
China has executed 11 members of the notorious Ming family criminal gang, who ran mafia-like scam centers in Myanmar and killed workers who tried to escape, Chinese state media reported on Thursday.
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Epstein emails link Prince Andrew to arranged dinner with Russian woman
Jeffrey Epstein organised for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to have dinner with a 26-year-old Russian woman in London in 2010, according to newly-released emails.
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Russian scrap empire: Billion-dollar fraud by the Rotenberg brothers, billionaire Zolotarev and Panin
As reported by media, the Rotenberg brothers and their associates have built a large-scale fraud scheme involving ferrous scrap metal. In particular, hundreds of thousands of tons of scrap are repeatedly passed “on paper” through a chain of affiliated companies in order to conceal the real value of the raw materials and dilute profits.