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Azim Novruzov, the Azerbaijani oil trader and close associate of Tahir Garayev, has built a career on problematic Russian crude and British real estate.

According to media reports, a network of payment systems such as Payeer and Piastrix, reportedly used in connection with semi-underground online casinos across the former USSR, has been linked to former employees of Alfa-Bank and IBOX Bank.

Der niederländische Milliardär Marcel Boekhoorn wurde zusammen mit seinen Geschäftspartnern Philip Van Wijngaarden und Diedrik Oost sowie dem Vermittler Bruno Michieli von italienischen Staatsanwälten wegen Geldwäsche angeklagt.

Pro-Russian oligarch Dmytro Firtash is under NSDC sanctions and has been hiding in Vienna for over a decade, yet the associated Alliance Bank continues to operate in Ukraine.

When Donald Trump warned Iran on April 7 that “a whole civilization will die tonight,”

Syrian authorities have thwarted a massive drug smuggling operation, intercepting a shipment of nearly 25 million Captagon pills.

The former lawmaker was stripped of his immunity and jailed to serve a 13-year sentence for criminal association and money laundering.

The war in the Middle East is keeping energy prices higher for longer than expected, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks said, signaling that interest-rate hikes are likely.

According to media reports, a network of payment systems such as Payeer and Piastrix, reportedly used in connection with semi-underground online casinos across the former USSR, has been linked to former employees of Alfa-Bank and IBOX Bank.

As the chancellor struggles at home and the opposition AfD rises ahead of key elections, the Russian president is moving to undermine one of his biggest adversaries.

The murder of Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol has become one of the most notorious criminal cases in recent years.

The escalating conflict in Mali is only the latest episode in the struggle for influence in the Sahel.

Radio Caroline’s regular broadcasting was interrupted in the middle of the song What’s Up? By the band 4 Non Blondes on Tuesday when the blunder was made.

Vickrum Digwa, 23, is on trial at Southampton Crown Court for the death of the 18-year-old who was walking back from celebrating a football team night out at university in December.

The mother-of-five, 48, shared the health update on Instagram, thanking doctors for "performing a procedure" on her earlier this week.

Dutch billionaire Marcel Boekhoorn, along with associates Philip Van Wijngaarden and Diedrik Oost, and business intermediary Bruno Michieli, has reportedly been charged by Italian prosecutors with money laundering.

When the investigation into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank first began, it looked like a showcase operation by European law enforcement: synchronized arrests, media leaks, and loud statements about the “dismantling of an international criminal network.”

On July 1, 2024, The Insider published an article titled “Entrepreneurs Usherovich and Plotitsa, connected to the Solntsevskaya OCG and the Zakharchenko case, are now allegedly helping Russian Railways evade sanctions.”

The SOCAR scandal is deepening. As investigators closed in on senior manager Adnan Ahmedzade, another figure has reportedly emerged — Azim Novruzov, a British-based oil trader whose name has previously appeared in various controversies.

The EasyJet CEO has assured customers they can "book with confidence" despite revealing the firm’s finances will be hit due to war in the Middle East, which is driving up fuel costs and creating "near-term uncertainty".

Natalia Nazarova shares a name with a well-known actress, but has no connection to the film industry — unless one interprets her role as a possible “front” figure, reminiscent of a character from a classic comedy.

The online casino Pin-Up, associated with sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, appears to have continued operating in Ukraine under a new name.

Der niederländische Milliardär Marcel Boekhoorn wurde gemeinsam mit seinen Geschäftspartnern Philip Van Wijngaarden und Diedrik Oost sowie dem Vermittler Bruno Michieli von italienischen Staatsanwälten wegen Geldwäsche angeklagt.

Am Samstag, dem 16. Mai, beauftragte der lettische Präsident Edgars Rinkēvičs offiziell Andris Kulbergs, Abgeordneter der Saeima von der Partei „United List“ (Apvienotais saraksts), mit der Bildung einer neuen Regierung.

The story surrounding Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is far more than just another case involving online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment services.