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Recycling Cowboys: How Russian Scammers Built a Financial Pyramid Out of Trash
A group of Russian fraudsters created two pyramid schemes, swindling victims out of €700 million. They rehearsed their scheme in Poland. At the height of their activity, they were featured in the media and took photos with Andrzej Duda.
- A group of Russian fraudsters created two pyramid schemes, called Recyclix and Juicy Fields, swindling victims out of €700 million.
- They rehearsed their scheme in Poland. At the height of their activity, they were featured in the media and even took photos with Polish president Andrzej Duda.
- After eight years of investigation, the Polish prosecutor’s office charged only a front man — and then let him go free. We later discovered that he became a GRU saboteur who sent out explosive devices that caused fires in Poland, Germany, and the UK.
Part 2: Marijuana Cowboys: The Medical Weed Scam That Swept Across Europe
US president admits to concern Russian counterpart does not want to ‘stop the war’ and ponders new approach to Moscow
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have sat down for a face-to-face talk in the opulent halls of a Vatican basilica to discuss a possible ceasefire, after which the US president accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of not wanting to “stop the war”.
The White House described Trump’s meeting with the Ukrainian leader before Pope Francis’s funeral as “very productive”, while Zelenskyy said on X that the talk with the US president was symbolic and had the “potential to become historic, if we achieve joint results”.
It was the first time that Zelenskyy and Trump had met face to face after a frosty February encounter in the White House where Trump and the US vice-president, JD Vance, berated the Ukrainian leader and accused him of ingratitude for US aid.
Leaked documents reveal that a nickel powerhouse at the heart of the EV industry was aware of toxic pollution for more than a decade—and kept mining
- Leaked documents reveal how a major Indonesian mining firm, Harita Nickel, polluted waters on a tropical island for more than a decade.
- Internal tests showed the pollutant—a toxic carcinogen—reached the drinking water of a local village. But residents were never warned and Harita publicly insisted the water was safe.
- Harita is a linchpin of the global electric vehicle industry, selling to Chinese manufacturers who make batteries for car firms including Tesla, BMW and Toyota.
- This investigation is the result of a collaboration between The Gecko Project, OCCRP, Deutsche Welle, KCIJ Newstapa, and The Guardian, as part of the #ToxicLeak reporting series.
A ski track for your near and dear!
A network of entrepreneurs, closely associated with an official from the Ministry, monopolized the supply of winter sports goods
Not so long ago, she, a pensioner from the Transcarpathian region, had nothing to do with the sports business, and today, she supplies skis, snowboards, and equipment to Ukrainian athletes. Her success in state tenders seems even more remarkable when one finds out that she is the mother-in-law of Serhii Sedniev, the head of the Department of Winter Olympic Sports in the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
NGL.media, in collaboration with the sports news portal Tribuna, investigated this family business.
The woman who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by financier Jeffrey Epstein has died. Virginia Giuffre was 41.
Giuffre was hospitalized after a serious accident, her publicist said last month. She didn’t answer questions at the time about the date, location, nature or other specifics of the accident and about the accuracy of an Instagram post that appeared to come from Giuffre. The post said she had been in a car that was hit by a school bus and her prognosis was dire.
China rejects Trump’s claim that Xi has called him by phone
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has not spoken to US President Donald Trump on the phone recently, Beijing said Monday, reiterating that no talks are taking place between the two countries to resolve their tariff war.
Expulsion of people holding a Chinese passport or ID card prompts debate over identity, loyalty and freedom
Taiwan has launched a crackdown on holders of illegal Chinese identity documents, revoking the Taiwanese status of more than 20 people and putting tens of thousands of Chinese-born residents under scrutiny.
Under Taiwan law it is illegal for Taiwanese people to hold Chinese identity documents. In the past decade, hundreds of people have had their Taiwanese papers or passports cancelled for also holding Chinese ID, effectively revoking their citizenship.
But a renewed hunt for dual ID-holders has drawn controversy after the public expulsion of three women and threats to the permanent residencies of more than 10,000 Chinese-born people, including many who had built lives and families in Taiwan over decades.
Russia launches nearly 150 drones against Ukraine
Russia launched a sweeping drone assault across Ukraine, targeting multiple regions, officials said, after U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the war.
Beijing says claims it is nearing a deal with Washington to resolve the trade war are ‘fake news’
Palestinians face starvation and severe malnutrition as Israel’s blockade continues, say aid agencies
Jason Burke in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza Sun 27 Apr 2025 12.00 EDT
"Humanitarian organisations including the World Food Programme and Unwra, which supplies food and services to more than 2 million Palestinians across Gaza, have now distributed the last of their stocks of flour and other foodstuffs to the dozens of community kitchens in the territory that serve basic meals to those with no other option.
Aid groups’ warehouses were filled during the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that came into effect in mid-January and ended in early March. They are now empty."
Spain and Portugal hit by massive power outage
Phones, traffic lights, Spanish parliament and newsrooms all reportedly affected as metro stations plunged into darkness
Pressure builds on President Zelensky to accept a forced peace
The UK ran a simulation of Russia's attack on Ukraine as if it had been an attack on the UK. Air Commodore Blythe Crawford said the result was bad.
A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 5, injures over 700
A massive explosion and fire has rocked a port in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant.
ICC, Gaza, arrest warrants, sovereignty, war
THE HAGUE, April 25 (Bernama-WAFA) – The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday rejected a request to cancel or suspend the arrest warrants issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Army Minister Yoav Gallant.
According to Palestine News and Info Agency (WAFA), in its statement on Thursday the ICC clarified that while it accepted Israel’s appeal for a reconsideration of the Court’s jurisdiction over crimes committed in Palestinian territories, this did not affect the standing arrest warrants.
The Appeals Chamber emphasised that the arrest warrants remain valid and unaffected by the jurisdictional review, which will now proceed with further examination of Israel’s legal arguments.
Russian general killed in car blast just outside Moscow ahead of Witkoff-Putin meeting
A senior Russian general has died in a car bombing in the Russian city of Balashikha on Friday, according to authorities, with news of the blast breaking just before US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
JD.com Sales Rise Most in Years After China Consumers Awaken