Russian drones shot down in Polish airspace [summary as of 8:55 Sept. 10, 2025]
In what has been deemed an “unprecedented violation,” Russia sent more than 10 drones...
Preston Smith
The grift lives on--i.e. individual scams that sting...
Back to the beginnings this week, as this investigator has plodded through 14 days...
Russia gaining ground, but Ukraine appears to have outlasted the summer offensive...
Once again, the propaganda cycles are running wild in Ukraine, with Russia attempting to...
Due diligence, the need for actual human investigators and... travel woes
More and more often (sometimes distressingly so), this consulting detective is confronted with due...
Trump, Putin, Pokrovsk... and the fallout to come
Expect this to be a controversial post. In part because (as you surely by...
Putin's Trumpian error--and Russia's looming strategic defeat
No introduction this week, apart from a question: Could Ukraine’s darkest days be coming...
Crime realities in CEE... and still more Russian spy games
This week’s CEE crime-and-grime roundup has got it all. Narcotics, espionage, corruption… Just keep...
A brief update on the vory (thieves-in-law)--and how they turn up like a bad penny
Reader beware, we are back to mafia content, with this post inspired by a...
War in Ukraine Update: Trump's "let them fight a while" a shockingly dangerous take
Yes, it's time for another crime-and-grime update—much has been, and much continues to be...
The CEO scam still reigns--and guitar store cyber-grifts prove it could get you too...
Several years ago--well before COVID--I began encountering the CEO social engineering scam on scale....