The ‘line of duty’ almost cost Frank Serpico his life. In February 1971 he and three other plain-clothes police colleagues went to an address in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, after being tipped off that a drug dealer was selling heroin there. As the only Spanish speaker, Serpico was assigned the hazardous task of pretending to be a … Read more
Artem Konstantinovich Kuznetsov, Deputy Division Head, Tax Crimes Department of the Moscow Branch of the Interior Ministry in 2007 D.O.B: 28/02/1975 Town of birth: Baku Country of birth: Former USSR, now Azerbaijan Nationality(/ies): Russia Gender: Male Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and Travel ban. UK Statement of Reasons: In December 2007, an organised criminal group was … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court today at his corruption trial to hear prosecutors make their allegations against him. Prosecutors say Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister used his political influence as ‘currency’ to buy favours from media executives and wealthy businessmen. The evidentiary phase of the trial was beginning as Israel’s political parties were … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court today at his corruption trial to hear prosecutors make their allegations against him. Prosecutors say Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister used his political influence as ‘currency’ to buy favours from media executives and wealthy businessmen. The evidentiary phase of the trial was beginning as Israel’s political parties were … Read more
The former Crown Prince of Jordan was today put ‘under house arrest’ with his ‘internet and phone lines cut’, he claimed in a video. Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, was arrested and accused of planning a coup as 19 other officials were rounded up by security services on Saturday. … Read more
The former Crown Prince of Jordan was today put ‘under house arrest’ with his ‘internet and phone lines cut’, he claimed in a video. Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, the half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, was arrested and accused of planning a coup as 19 other officials were rounded up by security services on Saturday. … Read more
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy today vowed to ‘go all the way’ to clear his name, two days after being handed a three-year prison sentence for corruption. A Paris court ruled that Sarkozy had formed a ‘corruption pact’ with his lawyer Thierry Herzog to convince a judge to obtain and share information about an inquiry … Read more
They call him ‘Le President Bling-Bling’ thanks to the Rolex watches, Ray-Ban sunglasses and gold medallions that he’d ostentatiously sport while promenading first lady Carla Bruni around the world’s luxury hotspots. And last night Nicolas Sarkozy was awaiting an unwelcome addition to that famous jewellery collection. The 66-year-old former French premier is poised to have … Read more
They call him ‘Le President Bling-Bling’ thanks to the Rolex watches, Ray-Ban sunglasses and gold medallions that he’d ostentatiously sport while promenading first lady Carla Bruni around the world’s luxury hotspots. And last night Nicolas Sarkozy was awaiting an unwelcome addition to that famous jewellery collection. The 66-year-old former French premier is poised to have … Read more
Carla Bruni, wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy who has been found guilty of corruption, has said ‘the fight continues’ in an Instagram post following her husband’s guilty verdict. The 53-year-old singer-songwriter has taken to Instagram to express her anger at the court’s decision to find her husband guilty on corruption. A caption alongside … Read more