CEE Crime, Spy and Somewhat Appalling Politics Roundup (July 19, 2024)
Greetings and salutations on this good Friday morning. July has been hyper-active in the...
Blog posts from all corners... and now boxing picks!
Musings from detective—unholy matrimony (Part 1 of at least 3)
Marriage. ‘Till death do us part. For some of us anyway. (And sometimes deaths...
The War in Ukraine Update (July 16, 2024)
Although the plan was to run with a typical spy/crime update today, dramatic changes...
Boxing picks for the July 12, 2024 weekend...
Hey--it can't all be grime and crime. So here we go: the GOG/The Corners...
Friday musings from a detective (in Central Europe)…
To say this has been an eventful week would be putting it mildly (and...
The Ukrainian War Update/primer for July 10, 2024
As readers are by now well aware, it’s been some time since we’ve released...
CEE Crime, Spy and Somewhat Appalling Politics Roundup (July 8, 2024--extended version)
Surveillance. Legal and illegal. Or better put: when is it legal or illegal? Even...
Narco busts, CEE gangs and... Turkey
Witam, dzien dobry, ahoj and good on you. Hej, it pays to start the...
A bit of USD 4 bln intrigue to start the month...
Yes, it’s July 1, 2024 and The Corners blog is finally back. Finally. But...
Real estate scam artist series (Part One)--"conditions" and the "positive due diligence report scam"
Some weeks ago we covered real estate scams that have plagued the CEE, and...