By Balthasar Hesse in Berlin Ukraine has become a European hub for multimillion dollar online scamming call centres. The attempted murder of Ukrainian businessman Vadym Iermolaiev in Monaco on June 28 is likely to be connected to his illegal call centre operations based in his home town of Dnipro in Ukraine,

Monaco’s reputation as “one of the safest countries on earth” was shattered just before 9 p.m. local time on Monday night when a bomb exploded in the entrance of one of the city state’s fanciest apartment buildings.

Authorities are still searching to identify the suspect of an alleged assassination attempt of a Ukrainian business tycoon

A backpack left on a Monaco street exploded shortly after being abandoned, injuring three people, including two seriously, while the suspect fled the scene.

Monaco authorities said a person was arrested but later released Wednesday as they “very actively” pursue their probe of an explosion that reportedly wounded a Ukrainian tycoon