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Blair pictured with Kazakh dictator’s right-hand man
Former Labour leader met the now-jailed Karim Massimov in 2012 while acting as an advisor for his country’s government Tony Blair...
May 25 min read


A CHILLING REMINDER OF THE LAST TIME ASSETS WERE CONFISCATED
When the Nazis persecuted the Jews in Germany in the 1930s the seizure of their properties and assets was implemented with characteristic...
Apr 95 min read


Arab wealth funds are above the law in Britain, court rules
Court ruling effectively grants diplomatic immunity to sovereign wealth fund executives Powerful Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds...
Mar 203 min read


UK’s biggest class action lawsuit could expose the perils of litigation funding
This week lawyers are delivering their closing arguments in the UK’s biggest ever class action lawsuit relating to a dam disaster in...
Mar 144 min read


Inside the Bulgarian spy ring waging Putin’s hybrid war on British soil
Among them was a beautician, a martial arts instructor and a financial service adviser, and together they managed to conduct one of the...
Mar 86 min read


The medical staff harassed, bullied and threatened — by doctors
Online arguments about physician associates and their role in the NHS have become so toxic that some have had their addresses published
Jan 265 min read


Royal Fortunes – How King Charles’ predecessors avoided paying tax
On Armistice Day in 1918, Queen Alexandra, widow of King Edward VII, was a wealthy lady. She received an annual allowance of £70,000...
Nov 13, 20245 min read


Did Moscow order the death of the oligarchs’ London lawyer?
The death of Stephen Curtis, a Mayfair lawyer trapped in a power struggle between Putin and Russia’s wealthiest tycoon, leaves many...
Mar 3, 202417 min read


I was there for Diana and Dodi’s summer of love – it wasn’t like The Crown
As Mohamed Al-Fayed’s biographer, Mark Hollingsworth witnessed Dodi and Diana’s romance first-hand – and the inside story he tells here...
Dec 30, 202312 min read


Fear, arrest and a frozen bank account — life as an oligarch’s estate manager
Overseeing a Russian billionaire’s mansion was a dream job for Nerijus Kuskys. But after a raid by the National Crime Agency, it became a...
Jul 13, 20237 min read


Gun-toting Latvian police raided bank owned by convicted ex-trustee of King Charles’ charity who owned Blackpool FC
A bank owned by a former trustee and donor to King Charles’ primary charity has been closed down and raided by a police task force armed...
Jan 27, 20233 min read


Charles for sale
Charles for sale: Prince’s charity orders a probe as it’s revealed fixers offered wealthy donors dinner with him and a stay at Dumfries...
Aug 28, 20219 min read


Tony’s here to help — at a price
FOUR weeks after he stood down as prime minister in June 2007, Tony Blair flew into the searing temperatures of Abu Dhabi in his new role...
Mar 7, 20156 min read
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