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Essex News & Investigations

EXCLUSIVE: Iranian man denies people smuggling charges through Kurdish interpreter
An Iranian national has denied three offences connected to alleged people smuggling. Anjan Ahmadi, 26, of Stafano Road, Preston,...
By JON AUSTIN
6 days ago
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Five properties searched across UK in multi-million pound bribery probe linked to Microsoft data centre
Four homes and a commercial premises were today (April 30 2025) searched by officers from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) before it...
By JON AUSTIN
Apr 30
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Asylum hotel provider axed by Home Office over 'performance and conduct'
The Home Office has taken action to remove Stay Belvedere Hotels (SBHL) from government asylum accommodation operations SBHL is...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 24
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Man due to fly to Beirut from Heathrow arrested after £1m found in suitcases
A man was arrested at Heathrow Airport after £1 million was found in suitcases as he tried to board a flight to Beirut. Mazen Al Shaar,...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 19
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The cluttered Russian spy base run from Great Yarmouth guesthouse
A former Great Yarmouth guesthouse has been revealed as a base for Bulgarian spies who were carrying out undercover work across Europe...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 7
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EXCLUSIVE: Political rival of Volodymyr Zelensky wanted in Ukraine is fighting extradition from £2m pad owned by son of Tory Lord
A POLITICAL rival of Volodymyr Zelensky wanted in Ukraine for allegedly assaulting two men is being housed in a £2 million apartment...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 7
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'Trusted' international people smuggler was cleaner on West Midlands Railways
A people smuggler who bragged of bringing people into the UK illegally for 15 years operated in plain sight as a cleaner on a major...
By JON AUSTIN
Feb 24
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Harshita Brella was strangled say police as more CCTV of prime suspect husband is released
A woman whose body was found in the boot of a car in Ilford was strangled, a post morten examination showed. Detectives investigating the...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 19, 2024
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AIRLINE CORRUPTION: Husband and wife held over smuggling cash out of Heathrow using 'bent airline staff'
A MARRIED couple have been arrested as part of an investigation into cash smuggling and corruption involving airline staff. The man, 49,...
By JON AUSTIN
Jan 11, 2024
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Mob beats police cars with sticks in Camberwell after tensions break out in Eritrean community
Protesters have clashed with police in south London after a demonstration related to “tensions in the Eritrean community”, Scotland Yard...
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 30, 2023
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