The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

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Cyprus steps up pursuit of Abramovich’s €14m unpaid taxes

1 week ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Lucy Nash

Cypriot authorities will revive the company at the heart of Roman Abramovich’s sham cruise-rental scheme in order to try and reclaim €14m in unpaid tax on the oligarch’s fleet of superyachts. A court order issued on Monday directed that Blue Ocean Yacht Management, which was wound up last year despite owing millions in VAT, should be re-registered and its officers reinstated to their positions.
Mother appeals ‘draconian’ custody decision after expert’s suspension

1 week ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Hannah Summers

A mother whose child was taken away by the family court is trying to overturn the decision due to concerns about the credentials of an expert witness who gave evidence in her case. Graham Flatman, an educational psychologist, recommended to the court that the girl should remain with her father. The mother’s temporary loss of custody was then made permanent by the judge.
Expert’s suspension raises questions over ‘huge’ number of family…

1 week ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Tom Wall |Hannah Summers

A psychologist who misled the family court about his qualifications could have wrongfully given expert evidence in at least seven other cases, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) has found. Graham Flatman, an educational psychologist based in Kent, was suspended by the regulator for taking work as a “clinical psychologist” and carrying out an assessment he was not qualified to make.
UK council placed 10-year-old in illegal children’s home costing £29k…

1 week ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Tom Wall

A UK council has spent over £500,000 to house a vulnerable 10-year-old boy in an illegal children’s home for four months, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) can reveal. Isle of Wight council has been charged £29,000 per week for the placement in a semi-detached house leased by the local authority, at which the boy was the only resident. The home is not registered with Ofsted, the education and care watchdog, which makes operating it a criminal offence.
HSBC breaks pledge to phase out coal for second year running

1 week ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Josephine Moulds

HSBC appears to have breached its own climate pledge yet again by helping to raise billions for companies expanding their coal operations. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) can reveal that the bank helped raise $2.4bn last year in deals that seem to violate its phase-out policy for coal, the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel. HSBC came under fire from investors last month for doing the same in 2023.
Bradford StoryHub launches to champion community storytelling

3 weeks ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | John Offord

On my very first day at Bradford Community Broadcasting (BCB), I met someone from the Race Equality Network who asked me a simple but important question: “Where are you from?”“I’m a fellow Yorkshire native, from Sheffield,” I replied, proudly. I didn’t see people like me in media growing up, and that absence still fuels my passion for community-led storytelling. But he remained wary.
Oil giant Equinor funds game that promotes fossil fuels to children

3 weeks ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Josephine Moulds

Equinor, the company looking to develop the Rosebank oil field in the North Sea, has funded a computer game aimed at UK school children, promoting the idea that fossil fuels are part of a green energy mix. In an unusually frank admission of lobbying children, a web page promoting the game stated that it “aligns with our work to build future talent pipelines and secure permission to operate at a time of sensitivity around fossil fuels, particularly in light of . . . the Rosebank development".
British American Tobacco sued for $5m over Vuse ‘carbon neutral’…

3 weeks ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Sasha Baker

British American Tobacco (BAT) has been hit with a $5m class action lawsuit from consumers who say they were misled about a flagship vape product. The complaint, filed last week in the Northern District of California, centres on sustainability claims made by the tobacco giant about Vuse, which was marketed as the “world’s first carbon neutral vape brand”.
‘It is not possible’: Cyprus powerless to claim Abramovich’s €14m tax…

3 weeks ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Eleanor Rose

Cyprus tax authorities faced stark questions last week for the failure to collect €14m in unpaid VAT due on Roman Abramovich’s fleet of luxury superyachts. Sotiris Markides, the tax commissioner, told the Cyprus parliament that procedural loopholes had made it impossible to collect the money owed as the result of the elaborate tax-dodging scheme revealed in January by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ).
Serious Fraud Office launches investigation into Thurrock fraud claims

3 weeks ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Gareth Davies

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an investigation into Rockfire Investment Finance and its £650m solar farm deals with Thurrock council. The SFO has requested information from a number of financial institutions as part of its probe into multimillion-pound fraud allegedly committed against the local authority in Essex.