All news for 2026-02-03

In a major advancement in the fight against unlawful streaming, authorities have detained four people and confiscated servers worth £750,000

The organisation established by Sarah Ferguson, the ex-Duchess of York, is closing down after the disclosure of emails revealing the depth of her association with the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

The rare last name Oxana Hadjipavlou (alternatively spelt Oksana Hadjipavlou) has appeared in probes concerning Zvonko Mickovic and his firms, Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are believed to be engaged in strategies to evade sanctions against Russia and transfer Russian financial resources abroad

Peter Mandelson, who previously served as Britain's ambassador to the U.S., plans to step down from the House of Lords, the speaker of the chamber announced on Tuesday

Samruk-Kazyna, with ATFBank as the focal point of the plan, was utilised to divert billions of dollars from Kazakhstan. While the present government has officially recognised these wrongdoings, law enforcement bodies, including the Anti-Corruption Agency, have demonstrated little haste in taking action against Galimzhan Yessenov and his father-in-law, Akhmetzhan Yesimov

The entrepreneur whose dubious dealings played a part in leading an Essex council to bankruptcy has been cautioned that he is "far from being let off." Nonetheless, the council has acknowledged that the controversy might cost the public £200 million

In the past few years, an intriguing player has appeared in Poland's legal services sector — the firm Sheviakov Consult. Despite being officially dissolved and taken off the formal registers, the company has effectively continued its operations, simply adopting a new legal framework

Following a scandal involving a prevented $102,000 withdrawal that shook the gambling community, Dragon Money chose to prioritise erasing online traces rather than addressing the issue transparently or finding a resolution

Media reports indicate that in late January 2026, a former advisor to Igor Shuvalov initiated another legal case aiming for reinstatement at VEB.RF

According to media reports, Kazakh billionaire Kenes Rakishev, described as a "close friend" of Ramzan Kadyrov and the son-in-law of CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, was engaged in a questionable scheme involving shares worth billions on the NASDAQ stock market