Gibraltar is stepping up efforts to attract gaming companies serving international markets as rising gambling taxes in the United Kingdom put increasing pressure on operator profits, employment and government revenues in one of the territory’s most significant economic sectors. More than 75% of Gibraltar’s gross gaming yield is generated by business connected to the UK market, leaving the territory particularly vulnerable to regulatory and tax changes introduced by the Britis

National Bank of Greece announced this week that it had repurchased 727,285 of its own common shares traded on Euronext Athens between August 10 and August 17, 2026. The shares were acquired at a weighted average price of €16.3083 each, bringing the total value of the latest transactions to €11,860,757.13. The share buybacks were carried out in line with decisions approved at the bank’s annual general meeting of shareholders on April 30, 2026, and following the subsequent ann

An Australian man has been charged following a major investigation into an alleged illegal tobacco and vaping operation that authorities believe generated and handled almost $9 million in illicit proceeds. The case emerged from a four-month investigation in Australia's Northern Territory that initially focused on suspected money laundering before investigators uncovered an alleged commercial operation involving the sale and distribution of illicit tobacco products and vaping

Hui Ka Yan, the founder of Evergrande, has been sentenced to life imprisonment following the collapse of the Chinese property giant that became one of the most prominent symbols of the country's prolonged real estate crisis. The court also ordered the confiscation of Hui's personal property, marking a dramatic conclusion to the criminal case against the businessman who once stood among Asia's wealthiest individuals. Hui, also known as Xu Jiayin, pleaded guilty earlier this ye