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Shane Todd’s death probed Singapore has opened an inquiry into the death of an American engineer, Shane Todd. His death was originally registered as a suicide by hanging, but his… 13/05/2013
Boston bombing: teenager accused of lying freed on bail A teenager accused of lying to FBI agents in the Boston Marathon bombing case has been freed on bail. Robel Phillipos, 19, will stand trial at a later… 07/05/2013
Classmates charged for obstructing justice in Boston bombing case Three college friends of suspected Boston bomber, Dhzokhar Tsarnaev have appeared in court in connection with the marathon bombings. Azamat Tazhayakov and… 02/05/2013
FBI probes wife of dead Boston bomb suspect FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have questioned the wife of dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Local media report officers visited… 30/04/2013
CIA and FBI were warned about Boston bomb suspect As Boston comes to terms with the twin marathon bombings, American security agencies are back in the spotlight over the attacks. The CIA have admitted that… 25/04/2013
FBI face inquiry over Boston marathon bombings Top U.S. security officials are set to face a grilling from law makers who accuse them of failing to investigate the Boston bombing suspects thoroughly… 23/04/2013
Boston police step up search for suspect seen on video An intensive investigation is continuing for clues as to who was the behind the deadly attack on the Boston Marathon. Large forensic teams are combing every… 18/04/2013
Boston bomb fragments shown by police Police in the United States have shown what they believe to be the fragments of one of two incendiary devices which exploded near the finishing line of the… 17/04/2013
Dutch recall 50,000 tonnes of beef on horsemeat suspicions 50,000 tonnes of beef have been recalled by the Dutch food safety authority. It has been deemed unfit for human consumption and it may contain… 10/04/2013
Deutsche Bank ‘being probed over hiding losses’ Germany’s central bank and the country’s financial watchdog Bafin are reportedly conducting an in-depth investigation of Deutsche Bank accounts. Sources… 04/04/2013
Cypriot investigator tells euronews of financial inquiry Michael Sarris might have stepped down from the Cypriot finance ministry, but he has not stepped out of the spotlight. The now-defunct Laiki Bank, which he… 02/04/2013
9/11: More debris to be searched for victims New York City officials are planning to re-start sifting through rubble from the 9/11 attack to try to identify the remains of more victims. The Office of… 31/03/2013
Berezovsky’s long, grinding fight Boris Berezovsky’s self-imposed exile in London and the south of France since 2000 was his way of escaping Russian court prosecutors. In his last interview he… 25/03/2013
UK: Police say no chemicals found at Berezovsky home British police investigating the death of Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky say there are no suspicious circumstances, but they are keeping an open… 24/03/2013
Indian police report confessions in Swiss gang rape investigation Police in India, investigating the gang rape of a Swiss tourist, say five men have confessed to the attack. The woman, aged around 40, was on holiday with… 17/03/2013
India: police say five confess to Swiss tourist rape Reports from Indian police say five men have confessed to the gang rape of a Swiss tourist who was on holiday there with her husband. Investigators say he… 17/03/2013
Lugovoi pulls out of Litvinenko inquest in London The prime suspect in the alleged murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London, Russian member of parliament Andrei Lugovoi, says he will not attend the inquest… 12/03/2013
Dancer held in Boshoi Ballet acid attack A dancer and two other men have been arrested in connection with an acid attack on the director of Russia’s renowned Bolshoi Ballet. Sergei Filin’s eyes… 05/03/2013
Suspects questioned over Bolshoi acid attack Police in Moscow have detained a suspect in connection with an acid attack on the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet. Sergei Filin was nearly blinded… 05/03/2013
Pistorius bail hearing adjourns after robust arguments Alone, head bowed and sobbing at times South Africa’s Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius’s second day in court ended after a series of rigorous arguments between… 20/02/2013
FBI probes potential Heinz deal insider trading The FBI has said it is joining the US Securities and Exchange Commission in an investigation into possible insider trading before the takeover of food firm… 20/02/2013
Is the mafia’s dirty money being laundered in Romania? Using waste to launder dirty money. That’s what Italian prosecutors believe is going on Romania. The money in question is the so-called treasure of one of… 18/01/2013
Blame game after HP multi billion euro writedown American computer giant Hewlett-Packard has asked US and UK authorities to investigate what it claims was a, “wilful effort to mislead” by UK company… 21/11/2012
Arafat’s final days In October 2004 the Mouqata compound sheltering Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had been under siege by the Israeli military for two years. The President was… 13/11/2012
HSBC money laundering hit to be big HSBC has said is likely to face criminal charges in the US over a failure to prevent money laundering. Europe’s biggest bank also anticipated a fine… 05/11/2012
RBS braced for Libor probe fines Royal Bank of Scotland, which faces fines for its part in the Libor global interest rate rigging scandal, has said it wants to reach a settlement as soon as… 02/11/2012
Barclays faces fresh US investigations Further legal problems for Barclays. After its reputation was damaged by the Libor interest rate rigging scandal, the British bank is now being… 31/10/2012
French handball champions accused of match-fixing French handball champions Montpellier are being investigated for match-fixing after French media reported several players — including members of France’s… 26/09/2012
Russian gas giant denies breaking competition rules Russian energy giant Gazprom has refuted allegations it broke European competition law, after the EU launched an investigation into the firms behaviour in… 05/09/2012
US Iran money probe targets RBS and Commerzbank US authorities are investigating Royal Bank of Scotland over possible breaches of economic sanctions against Iran. It is part of a crackdown in which… 22/08/2012
Libor investigation grows US prosecutors have more banks in their sights over the Libor international interest rate fixing scandal. Reportedly JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Royal… 16/08/2012
StanChart fights back on Iran allegations How serious is the trouble facing Standard Chartered – the British bank accused by New York regulators of breaking US sanctions over money transfers from… 08/08/2012
Libor scandal probes spread Britain’s anti-fraud investigators are to look into the Libor interest rate-rigging scandal. The Serious Fraud Office probe comes after Barclays chief… 06/07/2012
Fraud squad to probe Libor manipulation The British government has called in the fraud squad to investigate possible crimes and will tighten laws over attempts to manipulate interbank lending… 28/06/2012
Pakistan plane crash investigation – nocomment Pakistani investigators collect evidence near Islamabad after a plane on a flight from Karachi crashed killed 127. 22/04/2012
Europe Weekly: strikes, flights and websites In this week’s Europe Weekly we report on the four day strike that paralysed Brussels’ transport network following the death of a worker. We also take a… 13/04/2012
Secret prisons in Europe finds EU special committee Six years after the first revelations about the abduction, torture and detention on European soil of terrorism suspects by the CIA, the European Parliament is… 12/04/2012
Toulouse murders stagger the French Is there a serial killer at work, committing racist crimes? Investigations are still in the early stages, but, with electoral campaigning for France’s… 20/03/2012
Airbus CEO orders A380 wing crack investigation The boss of Airbus has defended the safety of its A380 superjumbos despite the discovery of hairline cracks in brackets inside the wings of the world’s… 15/02/2012
Inside Turkey’s intelligence crisisTurkey’s top intelligence officials are the latest subjects of a series of judicial inquiries. They include the acting head of the Turkish National… 13/02/2012
Deadly football riot sparks clashes in Cairo Clashes have erupted in Cairo amid demands for answers and justice for the dozens killed in Wednesday’s football violence. Security forces fired tear gas… 02/02/2012
Cops vs crime in Europe In this edition of U talk, Gaetano Notari asks: “What duties and operations does the European police agency Europol carry out in fighting cross-border… 23/12/2011
Tokyo Olympus buildings raided in accounting scandal Dozens of investigators have raided buildings belonging to the Japanese company Olympus in Tokyo. Their inquiry revolves around an accounting scandal that… 21/12/2011
More scutiny of Netherlands’ KPN The leader in the Dutch telecoms market, KPN, is being scrutinised by the country’s regulator for possible law violations to the detriment of consumers and… 21/12/2011
Eight-match ban for Suarez’ racial slur Liverpool Football Club’s star striker Luis Suarez has been banned for eight matches after being found guilty by the English Football Association of racially… 20/12/2011
Doni arrested in match-fixing and betting probe. Italian football has once again hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Former Italy internationals Cristiano Doni and Beppe Signori were among 17… 20/12/2011
‘Perfect Storm’ led to Wheldon death Following an exhaustive two month long investigation into the death of Dan Wheldon, IndyCar officials said several factors coincided to produce a perfect… 16/12/2011
UEFA: No betting irregularities in Champions League Following Lyon’s dramatic 7-1 win over Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb which saw the French club qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League – … 09/12/2011
Champions League: suspicious minds Suspicions of match mixing during Wednesday night’s Champions League have been raised by Spanish media following Lyon’s 7-1 thrashing of Dinamo… 08/12/2011
UK government to release Hillsborough disaster files British members of Parliament this week backed a motion calling for full discloser of all documents relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. Triggered by… 18/10/2011
Corruption allegations swirl around Sarkozy The repercussions of a bombing in the Pakistani city of Karachi in 2002 continue to be felt in France. Eleven French engineers died in the attack, which it is… 23/09/2011
DSK sits tallThe first full interview with Dominique Strauss-Kahn about his recent ordeal in New York drew 13 million television viewers back home in his native in France… 19/09/2011
UN orders enquiry into rape claims against Haiti peacekeepersThe United Nations has ordered an immediate investigation into claims that four Uruguayan peacekeepers raped an 18-year-old man in Haiti. The UN’s… 05/09/2011
BP’s Moscow office raided A fresh blow for BP in Russia as its Moscow office is raided by court officials looking for documents as part of a law suit over the collapse of its attempted… 31/08/2011
Second investigation complicates Lagarde’s IMF quest There is more pressure on French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde – the leading candidate to head the International Monetary Fund. Paris prosecutors are… 22/06/2011
Police raid offices in Parmalat probe – sources Italian finance police investigating possible insider trading and market-rigging involving food group Parmalat have reportedly searched several company… 11/05/2011
Nobel laureate Naruda’s remains to be exhumed in ChileThe body of Chile’s Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Naruda is due to be exhumed in an attempt to determine the cause of his death in 1973. The writer died at… 08/04/2013
Antwerp raises alert levels after diamond heistAntwerp’s diamond trading industry is reeling in shock after Monday’s multi-million euro heist. An estimated 80 percent of global trade in rough diamonds… 19/02/2013
Massive Brussels diamond heist was ‘well prepared and professional’Investigators continued to comb Brussels airport on Tuesday for possible evidence after armed robbers made off with a massive haul of uncut… 19/02/2013
Ukrainian officials seek cause of Donetsk crashInvestigators are examining the wreckage of a plane that crashed at Donetsk Airport on February 13. Most of the passengers were football fans on their way to… 14/02/2013
Missing half of Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’ found: claimA collector says he has discovered the missing top half of Gustave Courbet’s famous painting ‘The Origin of the World’ which hangs in the Musee d’Orsay… 08/02/2013
Official Irish report damns Magdalene LaundriesFor decades the Irish Catholic church took in abandoned and illegitimate girls in what seemed an act of mercy. Now a six-month government inquiry has… 05/02/2013
FIFA calls for tougher sanctions for match-fixingThe International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has called for tougher sanctions for match-fixing after revelations that hundreds of matches may… 05/02/2013
Filin says ‘wait and see’ for acid attackerThe artistic director of the Bolshoi ballet Sergei Filin has left hospital in Moscow bound for specialist treatment in Germany to try and save his… 04/02/2013
Europol smashes global football match-fixing ringA suspected football match-fixing syndicate has been uncovered during an 18-month global investigation. An Asia-based group is thought to have been working… 04/02/2013
Mexico refuses to speculate on cause of deadly blastMexico has government vowed to find out whether an explosion that killed 33 people at the headquarters of its state-run oil monopoly Pemex was a deliberate… 02/02/2013
Cleaner not to blame for Swedish train crashSwedish prosecutors have cleared a cleaner of responsibility for a crash in a Stockholm suburb, in which a train ploughed past the end of the line into an… 19/01/2013
Two detained over murder of Kurdish activists in ParisFrench police are holding two Kurdish men in connection with the murders of three activists in the French capital last week. The victims include Sakine… 19/01/2013
Inquiry into France family ‘imprisoned’ by fatherFrench authorities are investigating after a father reportedly held his family imprisoned inside their flat for at least a year. The mother and four… 09/01/2013
French Budget Minister Jerôme Cahuzac investigated for tax fraudThe man in charge of France’s tax policy is himself being investigated over allegations of tax fraud. The preliminary inquiry against French Budget Minister… 08/01/2013
Widow calls for extradition in Chilean murder caseIn Santiago Hugo Sanchez and Jorge Smith have been detained for their alleged role in the 1973 killing of Chilean singer Victor Jara. The former military… 03/01/2013
Russian crash investigators blame plane’s brakesCrash investigators suspect faulty brakes may have been to blame for a Russian airliner skidding off the runway and careering onto a motorway near… 31/12/2012
DSK fails to freeze French sex probeThe sex scandals continue for Dominique Strauss-Kahn after a French court rejected his request to drop an inquiry. The ex-International Monetary Fund chief… 19/12/2012
US State Department criticised over BenghaziThe US state department has been heavily criticised in an official report into the deadly attack on a US consulate in Libya. The report says systematic… 19/12/2012
Russia will hand over Kaczynski plane wreckage to Poland after probeRussia says its investigation into the plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski will have to be finished before the wreckage can go to Warsaw… 17/12/2012
Decapitated body of Ukraine judge and family foundThe decapitated bodies of a judge and his family have been found at a flat in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. Investigators say the heads of the four… 17/12/2012
Connecticut police push for more clues about killer’s motivesA fuller picture is starting to emerge of the horror of Friday’s school shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut in the United States. Of the 20 children… 16/12/2012
Obama to visit Newtown as locals share griefWith President Obama preparing to visit Newtown for a private vigil, scores of people from neighbouring states have also been making the trip to pay their… 16/12/2012
School massacre town grievesAs the investigation goes on into the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, the families and relatives of the victims are trying to come to terms with… 15/12/2012
Police reveal more details about Sandy Hook killingsPolice investigating the Sandy Hook elementary school shootings in America, in which 27 people died, now say they have “some very good evidence” to explain… 15/12/2012
Inquest hears UK royal prank nurse found hangedThe nurse who died after being involved in a telephone prank targetting the British royal family was found hanged. On the first day of the inquest into… 13/12/2012
Deutsche Bank arrests in carbon permits fraud investigationDeutsche Bank’s Frankfurt headquarters have been raided and five employees arrested as police investigate tax evasion and money laundering using carbon… 12/12/2012
Max Clifford arrested in sex abuse inquiryMax Clifford, Britain’s highest-profile celebrity publicist, has been arrested for alleged sex crimes. The 69-year-old has made a career helping some of… 07/12/2012
Guatemala turns down McAfee asylum requestGuatemala has denied the asylum request of John McAfee. The 67-year-old founder of McAfee antivirus software is fighting deportation to Belize. He is… 07/12/2012
McAfee flees Belize to seek asylum in GuatemalaJohn McAfee, the anti-virus software entrepreneur, has fled Belize where he is wanted for questioning in connection with the death of a neighbour. The… 05/12/2012
Robbing the state blind in ItalyAn Italian pensioner who has claimed benefits of 1000 euros a month for being blind since 2005 has been caught on film by police playing cards and giving… 30/11/2012
Death of Russian in wealthy Surrey “unexplained”A Russian businessman helping Swiss prosecutors uncover a powerful fraud syndicate has died in mysterious circumstances in one of the UK’s most exclusive… 29/11/2012
German chocaholics warned over contaminated Xmas calendarsChocolate lovers in Germany have been warned to watch what they eat this Christmas as it could have deadly consequences. The consumer group “Stiftung… 28/11/2012
Arafat’s exhumed remains are reburiedThe remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have been re-buried in Ramallah after his body was exhumed to investigate the cause of his… 27/11/2012
Probe into deadly fire at disabled workshop in GermanyGerman authorities have begun an investigation into a fire and explosion at a workshop for disabled people which killed 14 people. Around 100 workers were… 27/11/2012
Australia says “sorry” for military abuseAustralia’s government has apologised to hundreds of victims who suffered abuse within the country’s military. The official apology came in a statement to… 26/11/2012
Body of Yasser Arafat to be exhumedThe body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday, eight years after his death, in an investigation to establish whether he was… 24/11/2012
From frying pan to fire for Coulson & BrooksThe two leading figures in the News of the World corruption scandal, Andy Coulson and Rebecca Brooks, have been charged with further offences in the ongoing… 20/11/2012
Mystery surrounds kidnap of Berlusconi’s accountantIt is emerged Italian police have opened an investigation into the kidnap last month of Silvio Berlusconi’s accountant, one of his closest allies. Giuseppe… 19/11/2012
CIA to probe ex-boss PetraeusThe CIA has announced it is to launch an “exploratory” investigation into the conduct of its former director David Petraeus. Petraeus resigned last week… 16/11/2012
Ratings agencies may face probe in ItalyRatings agency Fitch has warned it may reconsider its presence in Italy following news of an investigation into the alleged leaking of information about… 15/11/2012
Was Arafat poisoned? His grave is sealed off ahead of exhumationThe late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s grave in Ramallah has been sealed off. Workers have covered his tomb with tarpaulin in preparation for his body… 13/11/2012
FBI searches Broadwell house, Allen dragged into Petraeus scandalThe FBI moved in to search Paula Broadwell’s house in North Carolina overnight as the investigation into the former mistress and biographer of the disgraced… 13/11/2012
HSBC investigates loss of client dataEurope’s largest bank HSBC is looking into an alleged loss of data after a list of more than 4 thousand British clients was handed to tax authorities by a… 09/11/2012
Poland denies explosives downed Kaczynski planeProsecutors in Poland are denying explosive material was found in the wreckage of the plane crash that killed former president Lech Kaczynski two years ago… 30/10/2012
