A second man has been charged with the murder of a music executive who was killed at his £1.5 million ($1.96m) home in London by a hitman.
Flamur Beqiri, who was linked to a criminal caught in a Dubai raid, was shot several times on his doorstep last December.
Tobias Fredrik Andersson, 31, was extradited to the UK on Wednesday and has now been charged with his murder.
Swedish citizen and kickboxer Anis Fouad Hemissi, 22, has already appeared at London's Old Bailey and denied murder and possessing a firearm.
Mr Andersson, a Swedish citizen, was due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
Two other Swedish citizens, aged 33 and 22, are still subject to the extradition process through the Swedish judicial system after they were arrested last month on a European arrest warrant.
A fourth man, Clifford Rollex, 30, from London, has been charged with perverting the course of justice.
Beqiri, 36, who was once a wanted crime lord in Sweden, died from gunshot wounds after the attack at his home in London’s Battersea district on Christmas Eve last year.
Mr Hemissi was extradited from Denmark to the UK this year after being arrested at Copenhagen Airport on January 20 under a European arrest warrant.
He is accused of being a hitman who left the UK within hours of the murder.
It is alleged he flew to the UK four days before the murder to kill Beqiri, before leaving the country to fly to Copenhagen.
The murder victim, Beqiri, an Albanian who grew up in Malmo in Sweden, had links to Spain's Costa del Sol drugs gangs and is understood to have fled to the UK five years ago after receiving death threats.
He was associated with a Swedish drugs gang called Los Suecos, "the Swedes", who operate on the Costa del Sol and were allegedly led by Amir Faten Mekky, who was arrested in a raid in Dubai this year.
Mr Mekky was on Europe’s most wanted list for being an alleged gang leader and the financier of alleged Dutch drugs lord Ridouan Taghi, who was arrested in Dubai last December and is in custody awaiting trial for several murders.
Beqiri, who had run a record company in London called 2020rec, was with his wife and young son at the time of his killing.
He was once one of Sweden’s most wanted men in connection with a €2 million ($2.3m) international drugs trafficking case and knew several victims of recent gangland murders.
He had been associated with Mr Mekky, who had been on the run since evading capture in Spain in 2018.
Mr Mekky was arrested in Dubai this year in a joint international operation and is wanted for murders in the Spanish towns of San Pedro Alcantara and Estepona in 2018.
The Los Suecos gang is suspected of ordering kidnappings, shootings and arsons in the Costa del Sol.
THE BIO
Favourite car: Koenigsegg Agera RS or Renault Trezor concept car.
Favourite book: I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes or Red Notice by Bill Browder.
Biggest inspiration: My husband Nik. He really got me through a lot with his positivity.
Favourite holiday destination: Being at home in Australia, as I travel all over the world for work. It’s great to just hang out with my husband and family.
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Ten tax points to be aware of in 2026
1. Domestic VAT refund amendments: request your refund within five years
If a business does not apply for the refund on time, they lose their credit.
2. E-invoicing in the UAE
Businesses should continue preparing for the implementation of e-invoicing in the UAE, with 2026 a preparation and transition period ahead of phased mandatory adoption.
3. More tax audits
Tax authorities are increasingly using data already available across multiple filings to identify audit risks.
4. More beneficial VAT and excise tax penalty regime
Tax disputes are expected to become more frequent and more structured, with clearer administrative objection and appeal processes. The UAE has adopted a new penalty regime for VAT and excise disputes, which now mirrors the penalty regime for corporate tax.
5. Greater emphasis on statutory audit
There is a greater need for the accuracy of financial statements. The International Financial Reporting Standards standards need to be strictly adhered to and, as a result, the quality of the audits will need to increase.
6. Further transfer pricing enforcement
Transfer pricing enforcement, which refers to the practice of establishing prices for internal transactions between related entities, is expected to broaden in scope. The UAE will shortly open the possibility to negotiate advance pricing agreements, or essentially rulings for transfer pricing purposes.
7. Limited time periods for audits
Recent amendments also introduce a default five-year limitation period for tax audits and assessments, subject to specific statutory exceptions. While the standard audit and assessment period is five years, this may be extended to up to 15 years in cases involving fraud or tax evasion.
8. Pillar 2 implementation
Many multinational groups will begin to feel the practical effect of the Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax (DMTT), the UAE's implementation of the OECD’s global minimum tax under Pillar 2. While the rules apply for financial years starting on or after January 1, 2025, it is 2026 that marks the transition to an operational phase.
9. Reduced compliance obligations for imported goods and services
Businesses that apply the reverse-charge mechanism for VAT purposes in the UAE may benefit from reduced compliance obligations.
10. Substance and CbC reporting focus
Tax authorities are expected to continue strengthening the enforcement of economic substance and Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting frameworks. In the UAE, these regimes are increasingly being used as risk-assessment tools, providing tax authorities with a comprehensive view of multinational groups’ global footprints and enabling them to assess whether profits are aligned with real economic activity.
Contributed by Thomas Vanhee and Hend Rashwan, Aurifer
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COMPANY PROFILE
Name: Kumulus Water
Started: 2021
Founders: Iheb Triki and Mohamed Ali Abid
Based: Tunisia
Sector: Water technology
Number of staff: 22
Investment raised: $4 million
The biog
Fast facts on Neil Armstrong’s personal life:
- Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio
- He earned his private pilot’s license when he was 16 – he could fly before he could drive
- There was tragedy in his married life: Neil and Janet Armstrong’s daughter Karen died at the age of two in 1962 after suffering a brain tumour. She was the couple’s only daughter. Their two sons, Rick and Mark, consulted on the film
- After Armstrong departed Nasa, he bought a farm in the town of Lebanon, Ohio, in 1971 – its airstrip allowed him to tap back into his love of flying
- In 1994, Janet divorced Neil after 38 years of marriage. Two years earlier, Neil met Carol Knight, who became his second wife in 1994
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