The General Secretary of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee has been filmed offering to sell several thousand pounds worth of Olympics tickets to an undercover reporter posing as a ticket tout.
First 'organ trafficking' case found
Thursday 26 April 2012
The first case of someone being brought to Britain to have an organ removed for trafficking has been uncovered, according to a report.
Two found guilty of Olympic money-laundering
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Two men have been jailed for money laundering following a £2.3 million fraud against the Olympic Delivery Authority.
No clues to the ultimate Chinese takeaway
Friday 20 April 2012
The theft of oriental art from Cambridge University has police stumped. By Charlie Cooper
The curious case of the vanishing treasures
Friday 20 April 2012
As yet another museum is raided, Charlie Cooper investigates a black market boom for Chinese art
DVD: Justice (15)
Friday 06 April 2012
Nicolas Cage, after two encouraging comeback turns in Kick-Ass and Bad Lieutenant, returns to dunderheaded action territory.
Soldier who killed 16 Afghans Robert Bales had debts of $1.5m
Wednesday 21 March 2012
The US soldier accused of murdering 16 Afghan civilians in this month's unprovoked shooting spree was $1.5 million (£950,000), in debt and in danger of losing his home, according to reports yesterday.
Thailand: 200 animals seized from smugglers
Friday 09 March 2012
More than 200 animals, including kangaroos, flamingos, red pandas and white lions, were seized from a private zoo 60 miles north of Bangkok yesterday.
Gordon Gekko turns his back on greed for the FBI
Wednesday 29 February 2012
The FBI has enlisted an unlikely ally in its fight against insider trading and securities fraud: Gordon Gekko, the villainous executive from 1987 movie Wall Street, who told an audience of potential investors: "Greed, for want of a better word, is good."
Santander fined over limited cover
Monday 20 February 2012
Santander has been fined £1.5 million for failing to make clear to customers that some of its products had only limited cover under a compensation scheme.
Stephen Foley: A rebellious hedgie who is certainly no hero
Saturday 18 February 2012
US Outlook: John Kinnucan was briefly hailed a hero by the hedge-fund industry, for standing up to the FBI, refusing to turn snitch on his clients and refusing to wear a wire to help the Feds' investigation into insider trading. That was back in 2010, when the investigation was just getting going and a furious Mr Kinnucan went public to reveal the FBI's tactics and damn it as a witch-hunt.
Leading article: From each according to his ability...
Thursday 09 February 2012
Yesterday's not-guilty verdict in the tax evasion case brought against Harry Redknapp was warmly greeted by the football world, and understandably so. Mr Redknapp is the hugely engaging, talented boss of a resurgent Tottenham Hotspur, and looks well placed to succeed Fabio Capello at the England helm.
A £10m home, a business empire – how bad with money can he be?
Thursday 09 February 2012
Cahal Milmo on the man with 'no business acumen' who has built an enviable lifestyle
Simon English: Despite this result, the FSA is unlikely to catch clever wheeler-dealers
Thursday 26 January 2012
Goal. A nice win for the Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday, which nabbed US hedge fund king David Einhorn for a spot of market abuse in the trading of shares in Punch Taverns. Having overheard that the struggling pub group was close to a new fundraising exercise – that's inside information – he moved to dump his stock.








