All news on the topic: Investigation

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Reform UK faces scrutiny after £1,758 energy bill giveaway raises legal questions
Police are reviewing a complaint about Reform UK’s offer to pay the energy bills of an entire street for a year as part of a prize draw.
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EPPO investigates suspected €20 million EU funds fraud across multiple countries
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) conducted searches on Wednesday as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving two projects for the production of lithium-ion battery units and prefabricated metal modular structures, each valued at approximately €10 million and co-funded by the EU.
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Police detain suspect following second vandalism attack on James Bulger’s grave
A 78-year-old man has been arrested after the grave of James Bulger was vandalized for the second time in just six weeks.
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Scalpel without a license: how surgeon Maksym Ivanchuk allegedly disfigured the mother of Russian celebrity Viktoria Bonya and is accused of concealing a fake diploma
Maxim Ivanchuk, a plastic surgeon known for luxury procedures, media visibility, and celebrity clientele, faced a major reputation crisis in 2024 following a scandal involving the mother of TV personality Victoria Bonya.
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Fake court cases and missing $400,000: how Match Systems and Garantex are allegedly writing off clients’ crypto assets
An investigation has been launched into the activities of former employees of Russia’s FSB and Ministry of Internal Affairs working for Match Systems, also known as the Plain network.
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BBC cuts ties with Scott Mills after new information on past allegations
Scott Mills has been axed from another job. The former BBC icon was dismissed from all roles at the BBC following claims surrounding his "personal conduct".
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Top Cambridge academic accused of sexual misconduct after alleged unwanted kiss
A classics professor at the University of Cambridge could be dismissed from his post after allegedly giving a female student an unwanted "slobbery kiss".
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Long Island architect pleads guilty to Gilgo Beach murders and admits eighth killing
Rex Heuermann, a Long Island architect accused of seven murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings dating back to 1993, pleaded guilty on Wednesday – and added an eighth murder to his gruesome tally.
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Meta engineer accused of bypassing security systems to access over 30,000 private user images
A former worker at Meta is being investigated by police over suspicions he downloaded about 30,000 private Facebook images.
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Murder probe launched after fatal assault outside Bournemouth bar with three suspects in custody
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was allegedly the victim of a brutal attack outside a bar in Bournemouth.
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Digital marketplace for abuse: how Meta became a battleground over child exploitation
It began with a tip-off. While reporting on the trafficking and exploitation of migrant workers in the Gulf, I was contacted by a source I had known for over a decade.
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First picture of a 14-year-old boy shot dead after three teenagers were arrested in southeast London
A 14-year-old boy who was shot dead in the middle of the afternoon yesterday has been named by the police.
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Dragon Money freezes $102,000 withdrawal, cites crypto laundering, and wipes criticism from the web
After a $102,000 withdrawal was blocked—sparking controversy within the gambling community—Dragon Money reportedly failed to address concerns over transparency or resolve the dispute.
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Scott Mills speaks out after BBC sacking as he confirms police questioning over historic sexual offence allegations
Scott Mills has broken his silence after being dismissed by the BBC and has admitted he was questioned by police over allegations of “serious sexual offences” against a teenage boy.
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Man dies after street altercation outside Home Bargains as two arrested for murder
A man has died and two individuals have been arrested following what police have described as an "altercation" outside a busy Home Bargains.
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Arrests mount after Hatzola ambulances set ablaze in north London
Three more people have been arrested in connection with an investigation into an arson attack on ambulances run by the Jewish community in Golders Green.
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Former SNP candidate under police investigation over alleged sexual offences
A former SNP candidate for Holyrood is being investigated over alleged sexual offences.
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How Tahir Garayev and Etibar Eyyub, partners of Rosneft’s Igor Sechin, built Coral Energy into a sanctions-busting Russian oil network
Following the imposition of UK sanctions and a series of investigative reports highlighting the involvement of Coral Energy and its Azerbaijani owners in shipping Russian oil and circumventing restrictions, references to their activities and corporate network have begun to quietly vanish from public sources.
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Scott Mills dropped as Neuroblastoma UK patron after BBC Radio 2 exit
Scott Mills has been dropped as a patron by cancer charity Neuroblastoma UK. This comes after Mills was axed from BBC Radio 2 over the weekend.
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Hollywood adapts Epstein investigation as new series triggers criticism over ‘too soon’ storytelling
A miniseries dramatizing the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein is reportedly in the works and has already prompted dismay from TV fans on social media.
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Burglary crisis deepens as 92 percent of cases go unsolved in England and Wales
Police failed to solve a colossal 92 percent of burglaries in Britain last year, an investigation revealed today.
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16-year-old girl dies in Leeds as murder investigation sees four arrests
A 16-year-old girl who was found with serious injuries and later died in Leeds has been named locally for the first time.
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Police question suspect over alleged links to Mohamed Al Fayed trafficking and abuse network
One man has been interviewed under caution in relation to the police investigation into the individuals who may have facilitated or enabled offending by the former Harrods boss, Mohamed Al Fayed, the Metropolitan Police has said.
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UK watchdog investigates Just Eat, Autotrader and others over fake and misleading online reviews
Food delivery giant Just Eat and motoring site Autotrader are among five firms being investigated as part of a probe into fake and misleading online reviews by the UK’s competition watchdog.