All news on the topic: Investigation

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Police treat West Lothian warehouse blaze as wilful after huge fire at industrial estate
Police are treating a huge blaze at a derelict warehouse in West Lothian as deliberate as investigations continue.
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Tesco evacuated after two caravans deliberately set on fire in Glastonbury
A Tesco store was evacuated after two caravans were deliberately set on fire, according to emergency services.
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Tourist hotspot horror as man critically injured near Southbank Centre
A man is in critical condition after being attacked at a popular London tourist spot.
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ABLV’s Dirty Laundry: Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Darya Terekhina walk free after €50M money-laundering scam
When the investigation into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvian ABLV Bank was launched, it appeared to follow a familiar law enforcement script
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Bomb disposal team called after suspicious item discovered in Manchester front garden
Residents were evacuated from homes in Manchester after a ‘suspicious item’ was found in a front garden.
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Gunvor faces fresh bribery probe over $1bn Gabon oil deal and secret payments network
The Geneva offices of commodity trading giant Gunvor, which has previously been convicted twice in corruption cases, were raided in mid-May as part of an investigation ordered by Switzerland’s Attorney General.
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Vanishing trail of €50m European banking scam: How private banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and proxy Darya Terekhina evaded justice
As the probe into the laundering of tens of millions of euros via Latvia’s ABLV Bank got underway, it initially appeared to be a standard European law enforcement operation—marked by coordinated arrests, media briefings, and confident claims of having “dismantled an international criminal network.”
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Royal Ascot waitress allegation adds to scrutiny of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in widening police probe
The woman at the center of fresh allegations involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was working as a waitress at Royal Ascot when the alleged incident took place, it has emerged.
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French searches target suspected EU subsidy fraud in post-pandemic recovery programme
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), searches were carried out in Ajaccio, Corsica, and surrounding areas, as part of an investigation into suspected procurement and subsidy fraud in connection with the post-pandemic recovery plan.
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Nearly 300 Sri Lankan Buddhist monks accused of child abuse in shocking three-year wave of allegations
Nearly 300 Sri Lankan monks have been accused of abusing children in the last three years, leading to charges against nearly 30 of them, the country’s child protection agency has disclosed.
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Iranian man left fighting for life after collision near Golders Green memorial wall as Iraqi suspect arrested
A man is in a life-threatening condition after a collision in London’s northwest.
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FBI raid exposes $40m gold stockpile in home of senior CIA official facing fraud charges
A senior C.I.A. official was arrested last week after investigators discovered hundreds of gold bars valued at over $40 million hidden in his Virginia residence, according to court documents. It seems he brought home a small fortune from work.
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Gazprom-linked firms gifted Putin ally Samvel Karapetyan a French villa tied to Alina Kabaeva
The medias latest investigation found that Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan received unsecured Gazprom-linked loans in 2016 to cover debts tied to a French villa reportedly visited by Vladimir Putin’s partner Alina Kabaeva.
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“She could light up every room she walked into”: Name revealed of woman shot dead outside Sheffield club during “gangland shootout“
A woman who was fatally shot outside a bar in Sheffield on Monday has been named as young mother-of-one Shanice Brookes.
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Teen girl found dead at Kingsbury Water Park
A teenage girl has died at a country park in north Warwickshire.
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EPPO arrests eight in Poland over alleged €28.9 million EU-funded digital innovation fraud scheme
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Warsaw (Poland) is leading an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud, corruption, and abuse of office linked to the award of EU funding under the ‘Fast Track – Digital Innovation’ competition financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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Maldives dive instructor may have "swum away" as six died inside pitch-black cave
A Maldives cave diving instructor may have ‘intentionally swum away’ from a tourist group where six people have died as they entered a ‘pitch black cave’.
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Telegram under scrutiny as review claims app leaks identifiers that could enable user tracking
An independent cybersecurity review obtained by Important Stories found that Telegram exposes persistent device identifiers that could allow passive tracking of users across networks and locations.
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Channel 4 pulls Married At First Sight UK after women allege rape and abuse during filming
The Metropolitan Police are encouraging "anyone who believes they have been a victim of sexual assault" after participating on Channel 4’s Married At First Sight UK to contact them.
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Alyona Shevtsova-Dehrik, who fled to Dubai after schemes involving IBOX Bank, is ordering a media “whitewashing” campaign
The scandal surrounding the Dehrik-Shevtsova family had long faded from public attention, but the names have recently reappeared in the information space—this time in a different context, as individuals presented as innocent victims who were allegedly wrongfully accused.
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Sleeping guards and missing officers spark investigation into King’s security team
Officers from the Met Police’s Royalist and Specialist Protection team responsible for security at Windsor Castle are being investigated amid claims they fell asleep on the job.
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Tragedy at Royal Windsor Horse Show as King’s Troop rider dies after fall
A service member has died after falling from their horse following a display at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, police said.
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"Household name" accused of sex offences against five teenage boys still under investigation
A soap star previously accused of child sex offenses against five teenage boys still remains under investigation 18 months after being arrested.
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EPPO in Warsaw detains nine in €599,000 EU childcare subsidy fraud probe
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Warsaw (Poland), nine suspects were detained yesterday in an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud and attempted money laundering involving childcare institutions in Gdynia and Gdańsk.
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Watchdog investigation under way after police shooting in Bedford
A police watchdog investigation is underway after a man was shot dead by police during an armed stand-off in Bedford.