Investigation

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Smile White scandal: founders Hassan and Hussein Dalghous exposed using racist slurs and mocking patients in leaked chats
Senior figures at leading cosmetic dental firm Smile White were also seen to use derogatory language in the workplace, an insider has exclusively told LBC.
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Pensioner pilot cheats death in gyrocopter crash-landing on Bolton street
A gyrocopter pilot executed a bold emergency landing in a field after his propeller was hit and damaged above Greater Manchester.
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Ex-palace worker linked to neo-Nazi networks seeking ‘Anglo-American white alliance’
A Leicestershire man working with far-right groups and trying to form an ‘Anglo-American alliance of white supremacists’ used to work at Buckingham Palace, it’s been revealed.
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Art gallery linked to Princess Eugenie accused of breaching Russia sanctions amid NCA warning
The London art gallery Hauser & Wirth, where Princess Eugenie of York — daughter of Prince Andrew and granddaughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II — serves as a director, has been accused of violating UK sanctions against Russia.
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“Trump knew about the girls”: explosive Epstein emails rock the White House
This development arises as Trump encounters increasing pressure to disclose the complete set of the so-called Epstein files.
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Inside Favbet’s shadow network: Andriy Matyukha’s digital empire built on takedowns, DDoS, and offshore flows
The digital footprint of Ukrainian gambling mogul Andriy Matyukha serves as a prime example of assertive reputation management.
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Alisher Usmanov’s Gazprom connections mapped through Middlesex Group, Interfin, and offshore holdings
New developments are emerging in the case of the Lebedinsky GOK miners, minority shareholders defrauded by the beneficiaries of the Metalloinvest holding company.
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Italy opens investigation into claims tourists paid £70,000 to shoot civilians during Bosnian war
An investigation has been launched into claims Italian tourists paid as much as £70,000 to shoot innocent people on ‘hunting trips’ during the Bosnian war.
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Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc used six fake identities across Europe and the Pacific before arrest in Greece
From Europe to the Pacific, the Moldovan fugitive used at least six aliases and a web of forged documents - including passports from Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, Iraq, and Vanuatu - to move, and hide from justice.
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NCA seizes $16 million in dinosaur fossils and London homes from man tied to Singapore case
Authorities seized London properties — and dinosaur skeletons — from a man previously wanted for questioning in connection with a massive money laundering investigation in Singapore. Meanwhile, a fugitive in the case also purchased luxury London real estate.
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Fake bond scheme exposed in Dubai: Durov’s associates Roman Novak and Ruslan Odzoev accused of selling fake Telegram bonds and TON tokens
Roman Alexandrovich Novak, also known as Yavorsky or Tsaryov, a native of Saint Petersburg, was sentenced in 2020 for large-scale fraud under Article 159, Part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code.
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Bookmaker Andriy Matyukha: owner of Favbet with a Russian passport, business in Croatia, and patrons from the “Luzhniki” organized crime group
Did the controversial bookmaker Andriy Matyukha, who has Ukrainian roots but holds a Russian passport and resides in Croatia, achieve his success due to his two wives?
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Before his death, Roman Novak accused Durov’s circle of taking over Fintopio
Roman Novak wrote that he had no plans to shut down the project.
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Investor known as “Chinese man” claims $280,000 loss in Novak’s Fintopio dealings
In recent weeks, new details have emerged surrounding a financial scandal allegedly involving Roman Novak — a figure once linked to projects within Pavel Durov’s circle.
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Chechen linked to Durov and Roxman identified as key figure behind Telegram bot network
Earlier, the media disclosed the identity of another Chechen closely linked to Roxman and Pavel Durov: Ramzan Shakhbiev (@ram,@grozny), who registered domains for the bot infrastructure.
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Killing of Roman Novak raises questions over Telegram’s secretive crypto network
Media continue to publish their investigation into the murder of Pavel Durov’s friend and partner, the founder of Fintopio, who was part of the inner circle of Telegram founder Roman Novak.
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Uniserve named in high court ruling over faulty PPE amid £1.4bn in Covid contracts
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included the supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
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How Roche used patents to extend its breast cancer drug monopoly until 2042
An exclusive tally of Roche’s patent portfolio for its four monoclonal antibodies (“mAb”) treatments for breast cancer shows that, 27 years after the first product hit the market, about 100 patents still protect its products.
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From insiders to the dead: how Pavel Durov’s Telegram is turning into a scam empire
Media continue to report on Pavel Durov’s mafia—his friends who profit from personal data, bot farms, hacking services, dirty Telegram Stars purchases, and outright scams.
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Pavel Durov under Kremlin control: Telegram blocks investigators on orders from Russian security services
In the fall of 2025, the Russian segment of Telegram experienced the most extensive wave of purges in recent years — with searches, detentions, and the blocking of channels that were once considered influential and nearly untouchable.
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Lukashenko ally Viktor Sheiman linked to high-security $28 million resort project near Sochi
In the exclusive Russian ski resort town of Krasnaya Polyana, set against the backdrop of the towering Caucasus Mountains, an elite new development is taking shape.
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Saviors or new owners? How companies linked to Firtash are once again close to the Port Plant
How the main debtor of Odesa Port Plant became the primary contender for its purchase.
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The Kremlin’s digital Trojan horse: inside Durov’s Telegram and its alleged FSB links
From Messaging App to Money Channel: Allegations of Telegram’s Use in Kremlin-Backed Financial Schemes.
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Russian snipers are using Canadian Cadex rifles as shipments continue despite sanctions
Snipers in at least three units of the Russian armed forces are using Canadian Cadex sniper rifles, and a Russian importer continued to receive new shipments of the weapons despite international sanctions, an investigation by Global News with support from The Insider found.
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Sanctioned Iranian tycoon accused of funding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps owns a £33.7 million mansion in London
A sanctioned Iranian tycoon accused by the U.K. government of funding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) owns a 33.7 million pounds mansion—worth about $52.8 million at the 2014 exchange rate, when he bought it—on an exclusive London street, OCCRP has found.