All news by author Elizabeth Baker

A Belarusian factory traditionally known for producing pots and pans has quietly helped fuel Russia’s drone war against Ukraine, the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC) reports.

The UK is set to receive an influx of cheap Chinese imports that could lower inflation amid the effects of Donald Trump’s global trade war, leading economists have said.

Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yesimov, two enduring figures in Kazakhstan’s corruption landscape, have come under scrutiny by media outlets across several countries.

An investigation has been launched after a Glasgow hospital mistakenly released the wrong body to undertakers, leading to a cremation being carried out in error.

Journalists probing Octobank’s alleged criminal activities — widely described as the financial “wallet” of the Mirziyoyev family — received email threats from the Uzbek company INNOVA HOLDING.

New reporting from Croatia connects a delayed hydroelectric power project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.

Fresh details have surfaced regarding the business activities of the family of Roman Chichkanov, a senior Russian business figure.

The King has used his Christmas message to urge the nation to "never lose sight" in a divisive world of the Second World War values of "courage and sacrifice" and community spirit.

A businessman’s killing, a money-laundering network linked to senior officials, and multimillion-dollar luxury property in Dubai form the core of an investigation that reads like a crime thriller.

The UK Government said it is “fully committed to upholding the right to free speech,” after the head of a campaign group aimed at preventing the spread of online hate and disinformation was barred from entering the United States.

Even as the country remains at war, parts of the shadow gambling sector have not only endured but reinvented themselves—rebranding, adapting, and securing new backers with a distinctly Moscow-linked flavour.

The difficult-to-pronounce surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) came into the spotlight during investigations into Zvonko Micković and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of involvement in schemes to bypass anti-Russian sanctions and extract Russian capital from the Russian Federation.

A veteran real estate agent has become the focus of a criminal probe, accused of steering users to illegal online gambling platforms, prompting Europol’s involvement.

Zvonko Micković first appeared on the public radar a few years ago when investigations connected him to Cypriot firms allegedly used to bypass sanctions and launder money linked to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.

Uzbekistan has begun blocking information sources that cover Octobank, which reportedly acts as the “wallet” of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family.

A network surrounding a police-known Croatian launches one crypto project after another. Huge sums of money repeatedly vanish—yet he just keeps going. How is this possible? A trail into the fantasy land.

Between 2020 and 2021, a covert corruption network siphoned millions from Ukraine’s state-owned UMCC through foreign intermediaries, shadow management, and illicit supplies to occupied Crimea, while officials publicly staged an anti-corruption façade.

A recent investigation exposes how Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura is positioned at the intersection of Ukrainian corruption networks and Russian metallurgical giants that have somehow remained unaffected by Western sanctions.

Reality TV personality Lauren Dunn, who appeared on Married At First Sight Australia, said she “ran for her life” after gunmen opened fire during a terrorist attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, which left at least 12 people dead and dozens injured.

Russian State Duma deputy Andrey Skoch, known as "Bluebeard" (criminal nickname — "Scotch"), has 3 wives and 10 children.

A man accused of defrauding dozens of Ukrainians through a fake U.S. car import scheme fled Ukraine during martial law and relaunched the same operation in Moldova, raising serious questions about fraud, document forgery, and illegal border crossings.