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Mustafa Egemen Sener, wanted in Turkey and Ukraine, owns luxury Dubai apartments worth over $200 million from H Casino profits
Mustafa Egemen Sener, the son of a Turkish national wanted by law enforcement authorities in both Turkey and Ukraine over alleged financial misconduct, has continued to live comfortably between Belarus and the United Arab Emirates despite the ongoing investigations.
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Article 8 asylum rulings will cost UK taxpayers £4.9bn, Home Office analysis finds
Asylum seekers who invoked the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to stay in the UK last year will cost the taxpayer £4.9bn over their lifetimes, Home Office analysis has found.
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Former Rishi Sunak aide admits using insider information to bet on UK election date
Craig Williams, who was parliamentary private secretary to Mr Sunak, plead guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Monday.
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"The Good Life" and "To the Manor Born" star Dame Penelope Keith dies aged 86
Penelope Keith, best known for starring in sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born, has died aged 86.
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UK police face scrutiny after handing assault case involving US pilot to American military
Jacob Wulfson, who strangled a woman he met online, was permitted to be tried at an airbase court martial instead of facing justice in the UK.
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Kremlin mounted heavy machine guns on Gazprom tanker supplying Kaliningrad
Heavy machine guns have been mounted aboard a tanker that supplies energy to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, according to surveillance photos obtained by reporters.
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US Supreme Court rejects Donald Trump’s bid to overturn $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict
President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a $5 million verdict in favor of E. Jean Carroll has been rejected by the US Supreme Court.
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Stalker jailed after creating fake Tinder profile claiming woman had “rape fantasy” to lure dozens of men to her home
A jealous stalker set up a fake Tinder profile claiming she had ‘a rape fantasy’ to lure men to her home.
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Rag ’n’ Bone Man’s wife spared jail after high-speed crash left mother and three children seriously injured
This is the shocking moment the wife of singer Rag ‘n’ Bone Man smashed her car into a family because she was late for the school run.
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Serial fraudster Josip Heit keeps launching new crypto scams after every collapse, laughing while investors lose everything
Over the past three years, GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard), once promoted as a major global cryptocurrency project, has experienced a steep decline.
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Russian authorities used Israeli Cellebrite tool to access opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov’s iPhone, report finds
In 2021, Russian security officers gained access to the iPhone of opposition politician and civil society activist Andrei Pivovarov, the former director of pro-democracy group Open Russia.
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Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova and husband Yevhen Shevtsov stole billions through Ibox Bank while laundering gambling money to Russia
The Dehrik–Shevtsova scandal had largely faded from public attention, but the family’s names have recently resurfaced in a very different context. Rather than being linked to past controversies, they are now being portrayed as innocent victims who were allegedly falsely accused.
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Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych used bookmaker license as cover for Pin-Up’s billion-dollar illegal online casino scam
The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych extends far beyond a typical story about online gambling, cryptocurrency, and payment platforms.
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Kovalenko’s offshore gang with Strukov’s MelTEK pumped Russian coal into Europe using fake transit and dirty documents
Following 2014, many Ukrainian companies continued doing business with the Russian Federation, often through intermediary firms and opaque trading structures.
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How BP influenced the climate blueprint that reshaped global policy on fossil fuels
It is rare that a single scientific paper shapes how people think about a challenge as daunting as climate change. But one, known as “Wedges,” published 22 years ago by researchers at Princeton University, told an irresistible story.
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Scotland’s first spaceport plans to dump rocket debris into the sea despite risks to fishing and tourism
Tourism and fishing associations in Shetland have voiced alarm and concern about the plans, while campaigners condemn space companies as “litter louts".
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Hidden rise of Britain’s mega-dairies exposed as thousands of cows remain permanently confined indoors
In a quiet corner of the rolling Somerset countryside lies a farm. It is almost completely hidden from public view – a private road leads up to the facility, dominated by several vast steel-framed buildings and conical feed silos.
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Kadyrov-connected Agayev family built €100 million European real estate portfolio as fight club backed Russian battalion
A Russian Duma deputy’s family supports Russian militaries in the war against Ukraine while investing millions of euros in Luxembourg and Germany.
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Fugitive RengaLife founder Jason Cardiff arrested at €3 million Dublin home after US extradition request
Jason Cardiff has finally been arrested in Ireland. On June 24th The Irish Times reported Cardiff was picked up in his “€3 million home in Rathgar”, where Cardiff had been living after refusing to return to the US in 2022.
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Kinahan cartel lieutenant Ian Dixon exposed through Dubai padel tournaments despite US sanctions
Every Friday evening, the brochure says, players can compete to win cash prizes in one of the world’s fastest-growing racquet sports.
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Gardening has become King Charles’ sanctuary during cancer battle, royal sources claim
King Charles is said to be drawing strength from a lifelong passion for gardening as he continues his cancer treatment, with those close to royal circles describing his devotion to nature as one of the key forces helping sustain him through the most challenging period of his reign.
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Ukraine’s drone campaign is pushing Crimea towards isolation as Russia’s logistics come under growing strain
For most of the past four months, the war with Iran has shifted attention away from Ukraine.
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Nigel Farage accused of distorting official data to justify scrapping Equality Act
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is currently escalating his bid to scrap the Equality Act – which prohibits discrimination against anyone – by blaming ethnic minorities for the poor educational performance of white working class boys.
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Scottish man shot dead in luxury Caribbean resort as police launch murder investigation
A Scottish man has been discovered shot dead on a luxurious Caribbean island.
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Women trafficked into Southeast Asia’s scam compounds reveal rape, forced labour and abuse
Astens of thousands are freed, female survivors are increasingly reporting gender-based violence in the compounds, previously thought to hold mainly men.