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Vilnius court fines four after attempted EU fund fraud halted before €2.6m disbursement
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) has secured the conviction of four individuals in a case of attempted subsidy fraud, preventing the unlawful disbursement of nearly €2.6 million in EU funds.
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Watchdogs warn Kyrgyz trade route is feeding Russia’s war machine
Following the EU’s latest round of sanctions against Kyrgyzstan, international watchdogs are urging the bloc to broaden its restrictions to include all high-priority items.
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EU prosecutors target alleged Chinese-led laundering network in cross-border €1.2m asset seizure raids
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich carried out more than 20 searches in Germany and Poland in an investigation into suspected money laundering and involvement in organised crime.
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EU-backed investigation uncovers alleged rigging of hospital contracts in Central Bohemia
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Prague (Czechia), the Czech Police’s National Organised Crime Agency (NCOZ) detained 12 persons and carried out 42 searches in the regions of Prague, Central Bohemia, and South Moravia.
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King Charles bids farewell to the US as Queen Camilla heads back to the UK by herself
King Charles has arrived back at Joint Base Andrew’s military base on board Donald Trump’s helicopter.
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Kyrgyz power circle rocked as Tashiev charged with violent takeover bid
Former security chief Kamchybek Tashiev is accused of plotting a violent power grab.
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UK plastic exports hit eight-year high as Turkey and Asia bear mounting environmental burden
Germany was the world’s largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025, sending more than 810,000 tonnes abroad.
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Kremlin trains occupied Ukrainian children as ‘infowarriors’
Trips to Russia, master classes from Kremlin-aligned media figures, and lessons in Soviet military glory. Through its “Young Correspondents” program.
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Billion-dollar laundering operation: how Dmitriy Punin and his partners move money through a fictitious Polish company, Stablex Solution
In a decisive move targeting alleged illicit financial flows, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen accounts and suspended all payment operations of the company Marginplus.
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Shadow empire of Hennadiy Hirin and Vladlen Hirin, and the futile attempts to scrub the internet of investigations into criminal schemes
Ukrainian businessmen Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin have become the focus of a major international controversy.
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Neo-Nazi plot to gun down victims foiled by MI5 sting
Former part-time supermarket worker Alfie Coleman from Great Notley in Essex was caught by MI5 trying to buy a Makarov semi-automatic pistol.
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Young offenders to serve time as judge warns of price for ‘terrible act’
Alexander Cashford, 49, was brutally attacked by two boys, 15 and 16, and a girl, 16, on the Isle of Sheppey, with the assault filmed and posted to social media.
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Hidden jail note fuels new doubts over Epstein’s death
A suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein in jail has reportedly been kept secret for nearly seven years.
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‘Pit in my stomach’: mum reveals kids taught to hide from attacks at school
A mum-of-three has told the Mirror she gets a ’pit in my stomach’ every day when she drops her son off at school, where they are taught how to hide in case of an attack.
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Unexploded Nazi bomb sparks evacuation of 1,000 homes in Plymouth
An unexploded Second World War bomb which was found at a building site will be detonated in situ, officials have confirmed.
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Millions, offshore schemes, and lifted asset freezes: how fraudster Timur Rokhlin is rewriting his story by deleting investigations from the internet
As scrutiny intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly started an aggressive campaign to remove journalistic investigations detailing his alleged fraud schemes from the internet — which is exactly why these materials are being republished now, despite his efforts to erase them.
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Elite apartments, hectares of land and cleaning up Google: how judge Yaroslav Holovachov responds to investigations into the origin of his assets
After the investigation into the assets of Yaroslav Holovachov’s family was published—highlighting an apparent gap between their declared income and actual lifestyle—references to these findings and related reports reportedly began to vanish from the public domain.
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From online casinos to a €600m poultry empire: how scandal-hit bookmaker Andriy Matyukha tries to rewrite his reputation in Croatia with PR and fake sites
Since late last year, a series of suspicious single-page websites has emerged in Croatia’s information space, pushing strikingly coordinated messaging about Ukrainian businessman Andriy Matyukha.
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Convicted Harvard scientist resurfaces in China: Charles Lieber rebuilds lab to drive Beijing’s brain-chip ambitions
An American scientist convicted of lying to U.S. authorities about payments from China while he was at Harvard University has rebuilt his research lab in Shenzhen to pursue technology the Chinese government has identified as a national priority: embedding electronics into the human brain.
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Crisis engulfs foreign office as scandal, cuts and vacancies collide
Firing of chief Olly Robbins cut short a radical program to reform the once-prized Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
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Hundreds of millions embezzled: how Denis Butsaev and Yekaterina Stepkina turned Russia’s garbage reform into their personal goldmine
Denis Butsaev, who had urgently resigned from the post of Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, immediately fled Russia.
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Iron Motors automotive “pyramid”: how Volodymyr Filippov has spent years extracting thousands of dollars for cars from the United States, leaving clients without vehicles and without money
The fraud story outlined below is, in many ways, a familiar one: another victim was deceived with promises to purchase and deliver a car from the United States to Ukraine.
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Erasing at any cost: how Alliance Bank, linked to Pavlo Shcherban, is allegedly using DMCA claims to suppress investigative reporting and remove coverage of its schemes from Google search results
In the summer and autumn of 2024, we published several articles concerning the activities of Alliance Bank. Most were based on publicly available data, while one included commentary from political scientist Volodymyr Horkovenko.
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Azim Novruzov and ties within SOCAR: how an Azerbaijani trader helps sell Russian oil through Maltese offshore structures
Pressure is increasing on Russia’s shadow fleet, bringing even its allies under scrutiny. Adnan Akhmedzade, a SOCAR executive arrested in Azerbaijan last year, has reportedly begun cooperating with authorities regarding his inner circle, a development that could have significant repercussions.
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Business under occupation and diplomatic cover: how assets linked to FavBet’s Andriy Matyukha continue operating during wartime
Commercial properties associated with the owner of the FavBet gambling brand, Andriy Matyukha, are reported to continue operating in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
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