The Death Of The Spy In The Bag Is Linked To Russia By Secret Intelligence Files
After the dead body of an MI6 spy was found locked in a sports bag, London police said the death was “probably an accident” – but British and American spy agencies have secret intelligence suggesting he may have been assassinated over highly sensitive work on Russia.
Scientist Who Helped Connect Litvinenko's Murder To The Kremlin "Assassinated" In Britain
His nuclear research helped a judge determine that former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko had been assassinated – likely on Putin’s orders. Just months after the verdict, the scientist himself was found stabbed to death with two knives. Police deemed it a suicide, but US intelligence officials suspect it was murder.
From Russia With Blood: 14 Suspected Hits On British Soil That The Government Ignored
Lavish London mansions. A hand-painted Rolls-Royce. And eight dead friends. For the British fixer Scot Young, working for Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic meant a life of incredible luxury – but also constant danger. His gruesome death is one of 14 that US spy agencies have linked to Russia – but the UK police shut down every last case. A bombshell cache of documents today reveals the full story of a ring of death on British soil that the government has ignored.
MI6 May Be Ordered To Turn Over Intelligence Linking Financier's Death To Russia
In the wake of a BuzzFeed News investigation, a judge is considering forcing MI6 to hand over secret files containing explosive intelligence that the Kremlin ordered the assassination of a Russian whistleblower on British soil.
Revealed: Explosive Evidence Of A Russian Assassination On British Soil That The Government Doesn’t Want You To Read
When a financier dropped dead in Britain shortly after exposing a vast Russian crime, police said it was not suspicious. But with his inquest now underway, BuzzFeed News has uncovered explosive evidence of a suspected Kremlin assassination plot – and a secret assignation in Paris on the eve of his death – that the British authorities have sidelined.
MPs Warn Treasury They Will “Remain Vigilant” About Inside Information On Government Share Sales
The chair of the Treasury committee wrote to the department's top civil servant after BuzzFeed News revealed confidential emails ahead of an RBS share sale.
RBS Found Guilty Of Systematic Mistreatment Of Small Firms – But Regulator Says It Can't Act
The Financial Conduct Authority has sparked fury by saying it lacks the power to take action against the Royal Bank of Scotland, while a £400 million compensation scheme has been branded “wholly inadequate” by victims.
Revealed: Treasury Given Confidential Information About RBS Investigation Ahead Of Share Firesale
"This information is not in the public domain and we would be grateful if you could ensure it is kept confidential."
Meet The People Who Say Their Firms Were Destroyed By RBS
"They are the great white sharks of RBS – they chose to screw over 100-plus families and 30 staff, just to make a profit.”
MP Refers RBS To Serious Fraud Office Over "Dash For Cash" Scandal
Exclusive: MP John Mann has asked the Serious Fraud Office to open an “urgent investigation” into the “outrageous” conduct revealed in the RBS Files.
The Dash For Cash: Leaked Files Reveal RBS Systematically Crushed British Businesses For Profit
The RBS Files expose the bank’s secret scheme to boost revenues during the financial crisis by draining businesses of cash and stripping their assets, blowing apart its previous statements to the public and parliament.
Can You Understand Lycamobile's Web Of Financial Mystery?
Lycamobile's business practices are so bizarre that even its own auditors can't understand the movement of hundreds of millions of pounds around its sprawling offshore empire. Can you?
These Are The Ghost Companies Paying Lycamobile Millions
Abandoned offices, PO boxes, building sites, and fake addresses. We visited the ghost companies that French prosecutors suspect funnelled tens of millions of euros into the accounts of the telecoms giant Lycamobile.
Tories’ Biggest Donor Lycamobile Raided In Criminal Money-Laundering Probe
Nineteen people have been arrested and nine of them charged with money laundering after BuzzFeed News revealed Lycamobile’s “deeply suspicious” cash movements.
Queen’s 90th Birthday Charity Given Red Risk Rating
Revealed: A fund founded by the Queen’s grandson to arrange her 90th birthday celebrations was given a “red” risk rating by the Charity Commission because his for-profit company stood to benefit from the event's £4 million income.
National Crime Agency Used Hundreds Of Flawed Warrants, Official Review Finds
Almost 90% of the warrants used by Britain's elite crime-fighters to search property and seize evidence have been found to be faulty by a sweeping independent review, after BuzzFeed News uncovered the "systemic" failings last year.
National Crime Agency Helped Get Two Men Sentenced To Death In Thailand
Exclusive: Critical evidence used to sentence two Burmese bar workers to death last year for the brutal murder of two British backpackers in the Thai resort of Koh Tao was secretly supplied by Britain’s elite crime-fighting agency.
The Queen's Grandson Set Up A Charity That Gave His Own Firm The Contract To Arrange Her Birthday Party
Peter Phillips, the son of Princess Anne, has stepped down as a trustee of the Patron's Fund after it awarded his own company the contract to arrange celebrations for an undisclosed fee.
ISIS Accomplice Of "Jihadi John" Named As "Quiet And Humble" Londoner
Exclusive: Alexanda Kotey is the second member of the notorious ISIS cell led by "Jihadi John" to be identified.
Revealed: National Crime Agency Ignored Warnings About Illegal Warrants
The National Crime Agency ignored repeated warnings that officers had used illegal warrants to search properties and seize evidence in the five years before BuzzFeed News exposed the agency’s unlawful raids.
National Crime Agency Boss Defends Record Over Warrant And Database Failings
"The criminal element must be rubbing their hands with glee," MPs told Keith Bristow as he was questioned over blunders exposed by BuzzFeed News.
National Crime Agency Warned Over Serious Flaws In Money-Laundering System
Exclusive: BuzzFeed News reveals full extent of failings in Britain's regime to track criminal transactions and terrorist financing as agency's chief faces grilling by MPs.
Revealed: National Crime Agency In Crisis Over Unlawful Searches
Trials are collapsing amid warnings that historical convictions are unsafe because of "glaring" systemic failures at UK’s serious crime body.
Lycamobile Reported To Cops For "Money Laundering"
Lycamobile's main telecoms rival reported its suspicious money movements to the police after corporate spies were hired to tail its bagmen, BuzzFeed News can reveal.
Lycamobile's Offshore Empire Is Embroiled In Sri Lanka's Hunt For Stolen Assets
A BuzzFeed News investigation uncovers secret details of a "shady" deal between the offshore empire of a major Tory donor and the nephew of the former Sri Lankan president accused of corruption and war crimes.
16 Things You Need To Know About Lycamobile's Links To The Tories
This is how the firm that deposits up to £1 million a week at the Post Office in rucksacks full of cash bought its way into the Tory elite.
Follow This Tory Donor's Crazy Cash Trail In 20 GIFs And Pictures
How Lyca's bagmen ferried rucksacks full of cash all over London.
This Tory Donor Was Secretly Filmed Dropping Cash-Stuffed Rucksacks At Post Offices
BuzzFeed News followed three bagmen from Lycamobile as they made "deeply suspicious" six-figure daily cash deposits at the Post Office.