Vinod Sekhar’s Mystery backers in half a billion dollar ventilator deal with Hungary Demand for ventilators at the beginning of the pandemic was so intense that buyers were ramping up the prices, bribing the ventilator makers with cash, snatching ventilators that they had agreed to sell to others for themselves. …
Ultra Electronics Holdings, a British defence electronics firm, was bidding to get a contract to provide key infrastructure to the Algerian government Ministry of Post and Communications. The project was called the PKI Project. The company’s preferred route: bribery of government officials through middlemen. The Statement of Facts in The …
There is no freaking budget… pay me my bribe! How one British defence firm was doing business in Algeria Ultra Electronics Holdings, a British defence electronics firm, was bidding to get a contract to provide key infrastructure to an Alergian government Ministry. The project was called the PKI Project. The …
Iran could keep the battle with the United States, Israel and the Gulf states going for fourteen months before its stocks of missiles and drones are exhausted at today’s rate of use, say sources inside Iran, talking to an international expert in the UK. This quantity would indicate that the …
Inside Track: Iran latest Secret bid for peace in Iran with Oman intermediary: Tehran sources The Omani foreign minister has secretly visited Tehran and met the Iranioan foreign minister to relay a message from the US seeking to talk to Iran, according to confidential sources reported to this author. The …
Trump family and Witkoff in talks with Iran over oil and precious metal mining commissions claims Iranian source Members of the Trump family and Steve Witkoff, Trump’s negotiator in the Iran military standoff, are in private negotiations with elements of the Government of Iran to acquire access to Iranian oil …
When Britain’s Dark State is Opened up: The Epstein Taboo Politically-connected lobbying is dangerous and high risk. Ask Peter Mandelson, ask Benjamin Wegg-Prosser, ask Tony Blair.Lobbying is a dirty game which has mushroomed under neo-conservative regimes, including recent Labour governments . The power of the lobbyist is enhanced by the …
UK needs to toughen up PoCA, other law to tackle criminal kleptocratic wealth -report Published 16-Jan-2026 by Nick Kochan Regulatory Intelligence News The Proceeds of Crime Act (PocA) 2002 needs to be strengthened to allow law enforcement to pursue and seize assets obtained through political patronage and systemic corruption, a report said. Efforts …
How the life of a winemaker was turned upside down in a split second. Elias Maalouf was squishing his grapes when a bomb fell. His life has been turned upside down. Now, he says, “people should invest in peace”. ‘War is stupid’. Bombs had just landed on a neighbouring …
Just as three Bulgarians are suspected of spying for Russia by UK authorities, Bulgaria needs to look into itself and ask whether it could be at risk of failing to police sanctions against those connected to the Russian state, now a pariah following the invasion of Ukraine. Bulgaria now needs …
