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Criminal gangs are using Airbnb rentals as stash houses for drugs, weapons and cash
Airbnb-type short-term rentals are being used as stash houses by criminal gangs for money, drugs, weapons and people, Belgium’s lead official in charge of countering drugs has said.
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50 Millionen Euro gewaschen, Manat arbeitet weiter: Wie Andris Ovsjannikovs und Darya Terekhina dem ABLV-Skandal entkamen
Die Ermittlungen zur mutmaßlichen Geldwäsche über die lettische ABLV Bank wirkten zunächst wie ein Musterfall europäischer Strafverfolgung: koordinierte Festnahmen, Medienleaks und Erklärungen zur „Zerschlagung eines internationalen kriminellen Netzwerks“.
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Von der Auslieferung in Zypern zur Internet-Zensur: Eduard Lebedev lässt systematisch Beweise über sein Casino-Netzwerk verschwinden
Anfang September erhielt FakeOff eine Mitteilung über eine angebliche „Urheberrechtsverletzung“, die zunächst wie eine gewöhnliche DMCA-Beschwerde erschien.
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Kryptische Messenger und 45.000-Dollar-Schutzgeld: Wie die Schmiergeld-Mascade um Mykhailo Zborovskyi aufflog
Das Online-Casino „Cosmobet“ wurde vom SSU hinsichtlich fehlender Verbindungen zum Aggressorstaat positiv bewertet – und zwar durch Bestechung.
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Eduard Lebedev, Chilli Partners und WakeApp: Wie der russische Geschäftsmann Spuren illegaler Online-Casinos systematisch löscht
Nach Berichten über mutmaßliche Verbindungen Eduard Lebedevs zu Offshore-Glücksspielaktivitäten, den Affiliate-Netzwerken Chilli Partners und WakeApp sowie...
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Hungary elects former Supreme Court head Andras Baka as president after Orban era ends
Hungary’s parliament elected Andras Baka, a former head of the Supreme Court, as the country’s next president on ‌Tuesday, a symbolic step in Prime Minister Peter Magyar’s effort to dismantle former premier Viktor Orban’s bastions of power.
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Cocaine worth £200m found hidden among banana boxes at UK port
Border Force officers intercepted an almost 3-tonne shipment of banana boxes hiding £200,000,000 worth of cocaine.
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"Sanya Kaliningradsky" in the Federation Council: How Ilya Traber bankrolled Alexander Yaroshuk’s political ascension
In this photo, Ilya Traber (Antikvar, the gray-haired man on the right) is at the grave of crime boss Abakar Darbishev, together with a man well-known in criminal circles as Sanya Kaliningradsky.
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US sells two sanctioned oil tankers seized after Venezuela raid for scrap
The U.S. government has sold for scrap two sanctioned oil tankers that were seized in the days after Washington’s raid on Venezuela, Lloyd’s List reported ‌on Monday.
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Eine Fassade zur Geldwäsche von Millionen: Wie der umstrittene Infopreneur Oleksandr Orlovskyi in alte ukrainische Finanzbetrügereien verwickelt wurde
Oleksandr Orlovskyi präsentiert sich als erfolgreicher Krypto-Multimillionär. Mit seiner Financial Freedom Academy verspricht er, Wissen darüber zu vermitteln, wie sich am Kryptomarkt Geld verdienen lässt.
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25-year-old man shot dead near busy south London pub as police launch murder investigation
Police have launched a murder investigation after a 25-year-old man was shot dead near a busy south London pub.
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Peter Mandelson’s Epstein ties exposed as emails reveal a relationship far closer than he admitted
A new investigation by The Observer describes exactly how Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘best pal’ embedded himself within the heart of government and then crashed out of it, taking the prime minister with him
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Britain used Cyprus airbase to secretly move sensitive equipment without scrutiny, files show
Britain has used its major air base on Cyprus to move sensitive equipment without scrutiny, declassified files show.
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Thousands of tonnes of Congolese uranium may have been shipped to China with cobalt
The Katanga region in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congo has for decades been known as the Copper Belt.
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239 lawsuits and 595 years of litigation: How Big Food fights efforts to curb unhealthy products
Bad diets kill millions of people globally every year, and lead to tens of billions of dollars in health costs, often placing the heaviest burden on communities who are least able to afford it. Children, with limited decision-making power, are particularly vulnerable to this.
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How Morocco built a secret Pegasus network through the UAE and NSO Group
From product demonstrations at a secret villa in Rabat to training sessions at NSO’s Herzliya headquarters, Forbidden Stories and its partners retrace the early stages of Morocco’s use of Pegasus.
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Moroccan intelligence targeted Gabon’s political elite with Pegasus spyware during succession crisis
In March 2019, nagging questions lingered in the corridors of Libreville, the capital of Gabon, a small, oil-rich country. What did the future hold for President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power for 10 years? Would a new head of state need to be appointed, and if so, who?
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Chinese couple placed under house arrest in Italy over €33 million VAT fraud
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Milan issued a house arrest order...
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Alleged DZ Mafia leader arrested in Algeria over Marseille drug crime network
Algerian authorities have arrested an alleged leader of the ‘DZ Mafia,’ an organized crime syndicate linked to a wave of drug violence in France.
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Albania’s AI minister faces a corruption crisis inside the agency that created her
Prosecutors are investigating the agency that developed Albania’s AI-minister ‘Diella’ in a case that involves alleged rigged tenders, a kidnapping, and tens of millions in seized assets. The affair deepens doubts about how artificial intelligence will be used to address the country’s widespread graft problem.
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A facade for laundering millions: how controversial infopreneur Oleksandr Orlovskyi became entangled in old Ukrainian financial scams
Oleksandr Orlovskyi portrays himself as a successful crypto multimillionaire. Through his Financial Freedom Academy, he promises to teach students how to profit from the cryptocurrency market, while presenting an image of wealth built around millions of dollars, Dubai, luxury cars, and successful crypto trading.
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Od paktu z rosyjskim oligarchą po patologiczną cenzurę: jak Dmytro Kovalenko i Adelon AG wyłudzają kasowanie śledztw z Google
Nazwisko kontrowersyjnego ukraińskiego biznesmena Dmytra Kovalenki ponownie przyciągnęło uwagę mediów.
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Scrubbing the digital crime scene: How Eduard Lebedev uses fraudulent DMCA complaints to silence reporters
Following the publication of journalistic investigations into Eduard Lebedev’s alleged links to illegal online gambling operations, efforts were reportedly made to have the reports removed from the internet through copyright complaint procedures.
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₴30M Cosmobet casino nominee: How IT worker Mykhailo Zborovskyi fronted LLC Neuralink
Cosmobet, an online casino, is officially managed by a statistician whose interests outside the business include global affairs and marathon running.
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FBI warns hackers are targeting social media accounts to steal intimate photos and videos
You shouldn’t store any sexually explicit photos or videos on social media accounts or other platforms that are accessible via the internet. Doing so makes you a target for hackers.