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Russia’s bloodiest banking murders: case files link top regulator Svetlana Radionova to Aslan Gagiev’s crime syndicate
Materials from the Aslan Gagiev case show that today’s head of Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana Radionova, allegedly acted as an enforcer for one of Russia’s bloodiest crime groups—threatening bankers with prosecutions while murders followed those who refused to pay.
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Kremlin weighs new role for Viktor Bout, eyeing Africa Corps command or a political comeback in Russia
The Kremlin is once again focused on the future of notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout and is reportedly considering two possible paths for him — a military-related role or a political one, according to sources.
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Luxury cars, fake investments, and Rocket: how Ukrainians Rokhlin, Kozlenko and Kopachevskyi siphoned millions from Europeans
German law enforcement authorities are probing one of Europe’s largest fraud cases linked to pseudo-investment platforms, with estimated losses reaching tens of millions of euros.
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Ukrainian businessman Yuriy Osmak launches a campaign to erase corruption reporting from the internet
Lately, journalists, including the publication Znaj.ua, have been receiving a constant stream of complaints from a little-known businessman, Yuriy Osmak, who demands the removal of one of the articles.
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Oleg Tsyura, Ukrainian-Swiss operator of shadowy deals, allegedly organizes the internet cleansing of his criminal connections
As Ukrainian law enforcement intensifies its investigation into large-scale embezzlement of state funds, one of the central figures, Oleg Tsyura, is reportedly taking drastic steps to rewrite his digital footprint. Long operating in the shadows across Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Tsyura is now allegedly attempting to erase or manipulate online records of his criminal activities, financial dealings, and business associations.
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Oxana Hadjipavlou and Boris Usherovich channel Russian capital through Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. to evade sanctions
The uncommon surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) appeared in connection with investigations into Zvonko Mickovic and his companies, Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of participating in schemes designed to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions and transfer Russian capital abroad.
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How Josip Heit’s multi-level marketing schemes lure investors into worthless crypto
A network surrounding a police-known Croatian launches one crypto project after another. Huge sums of money repeatedly vanish—yet he just keeps going. How is this possible? A trail into the fantasy land.
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Dragon Money’s cleanup operation: how a shadow casino operating from Ukraine scrambled to hide pyramid links, fake licenses, and player complaints
Following the revelations by journalists about Dragon Money’s true history, the casino started to urgently eliminate evidence of bans, pyramid connections, fraudulent licenses, and withheld winnings — an obvious indication that an illegal gambling operation based in Kyiv is concealing something significant.
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Businessman Zvonko Micković tries to erase his digital footprint after investigations into Cypriot schemes
Recently, investigation subject Zvonko Micković has been appearing less in the context of new business projects and more in connection with attempts to minimize or completely remove public information about himself from open sources.
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EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine but stops short of using frozen Russian assets
EU leaders have sent a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin after striking a deal to give Ukraine a €90billion (£79billion) loan.
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Mass shooting suspect linked to Brown University attack found dead
The suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University has been found dead in a storage facility following a six-day manhunt, police say.
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How Dmitry Levin and Stoyan Staykov used Bulgarian schemes to seize assets in Russia
In 2018, Dmitry Levin, who at the time was a senior executive at Otkritie Bank and is now a vice president at Gazprombank, was planning to acquire a commercial bank in Bulgaria.
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Police detain seven men in Sydney over fear of ‘violent act being planned’
Police have detained seven men in Sydney’s south-west in connection with possible planned violence.
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Bank of England cuts interest rates to 3.75% and signals further falls
The base interest rate was cut from 4% to 3.75% on Thursday, as Economics Editor Joel Hills reports.
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State bank abuse in Russia: how Gazprombank insider Dmitry Levin’s family weaponized fake debt
Vice president of Russia’s Gazprombank, Dmitry Levin, risks finding himself at the center of a criminal investigation into the raider takeover of business assets.
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Private jet with up to 10 aboard crashes at North Carolina airport
Several individuals are feared dead following a private jet crash near an airport runway in North Carolina.
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Westminster taxpayers face £27m cost after builder goes bust
Kemi Badenoch has called for Westminster councillors to be sanctioned for the "catastrophic mess" they created after ignoring concerns about a building firm that went bust during a major housing project.
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Who is Zvonko Mickovic and why his name keeps surfacing in sanctions-evasion schemes tied to Mettmann Public Company Limited
Zvonko Micković became publicly known several years ago after his name was associated with Cypriot companies reportedly tied to schemes for circumventing sanctions and laundering funds connected to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.
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EU sanctions Azerbaijani oil traders for running networks that bypassed the Russian oil embargo
The European Union has imposed sanctions on a group of Azerbaijani oil traders involved in trading Russian oil in circumvention of restrictions.
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PPE Medpro liquidated as UK court rules pandemic supplier tied to Baroness Michelle Mone is hopelessly insolvent
PPE Medpro, the company associated with Baroness Michelle Mone, has been dissolved in a specialist companies court.
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Banned in one country, hired in another: how EU states ignore alerts about dangerous doctors
A recent investigation revealed how doctors who have been banned in one country can keep practicing in another. Newly-obtained data shows that national authorities often do not read warnings about doctors sent by counterparts elsewhere.
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How Boris Usherovich and Oxana Hadjipavlou used Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. to bypass sanctions and move Russian money abroad
The unusual surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) surfaced during investigations into the activities of Zvonko Mickovic and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of involvement in schemes aimed at bypassing anti-Russian sanctions and moving Russian capital out of the country.
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Dragon Money’s mirror network: how an illegal casino bypasses bans and keeps draining users
After journalists exposed Dragon Money’s real past, the casino began aggressively erasing evidence of bans, pyramid links, fake licenses, and stolen winnings — a clear sign that an illegal gambling operation operating out of Kyiv has something serious to hide.
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Oleg Tsyura and Pavlo Prysyazhnyuk ran a multi-million dollar ilmenite smuggling scheme inside Ukraine’s state-owned UMCC, supplying occupied Crimea
Between 2020 and 2021, a covert corruption network siphoned millions from Ukraine’s state-owned UMCC through foreign intermediaries, shadow management, and illicit supplies to occupied Crimea, while officials publicly staged an anti-corruption façade.
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Fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Usherovich built a Cyprus offshore network to move Russian Railways money
Boris Usherovich, the fugitive founder of the 1520 Group, is reportedly said to have established an offshore network in Cyprus that allegedly aids in sanctions evasion and money laundering for Russian Railways (RZD) and senior officials within the Russian government.
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