The story of the one time double-glazing salesman who became an international drugs kingpin – Mirror.co.uk

At the height of the mad cow disease scare, from the confines of his prison cell, former “young businessman of the year” Martin Evans came up with an audacious ostrich-meat scam which robbed some pensioners of their life savings. Before he became a drugs kingpin, smuggling millions of pounds worth of cocaine and ecstasy pills…

New hope for Cockatoo Island’s iron ore mine, after two floods and a sale that fell through – ABC News

It’s the iron ore mine that has spent more time under water than in production. The Cockatoo Island mine sits off the remote West Kimberley coast, 2,000km north of Perth. The mine’s main deposit sits below sea level, behind a seawall. Constant maintenance and dewatering is needed to prevent more seawater from seeping in, costing…

Boss banned after construction company breaches health and safety regulations – GOV.UK

Michael Allen, 64 of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, was a director of Allen and Hunt Construction Engineers Limited, a specialist company in manufacturing and erecting steel-framed agricultural and industrial buildings. In July 2014, one of Allen and Hunt Construction Engineers Limiteds workers was carrying out repairs on a farm building in Buxton, when they fell through the…

Serbia offers for sale assets of insolvent Jugoremedija – SeeNews

License: Creative Commons CC0 BELGRADE (Serbia), July 6 (SeeNews) – Serbia’s Bankruptcy Supervision Agency is inviting bids for the purchase of assets of insolvent pharmaceutical company Jugoremedija, the agency said. The estimated value of the assets of Jugoremedija for sale stands 3.887 billion dinars ($38.6 million/32.9 million euro), the Bankruptcy Supervision Agency said in a notice earlier this week. According…

Insolvency service investigated 300 cases of suspected hidden assets in 2017 – Irish Times

The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) conducted more than 300 investigations last year into cases where it suspected people going through bankruptcy had not declared assets or had illegally transferred property to the detriment of creditors, according to its latest annual report. The report, due to be presented imminently to the Cabinet, discloses that three…