





Join host Alexandra Addison-Wrage, President & Founder of TRACE, on Bribe, Swindle or Steal as she explores the world of financial crime—corruption, fraud, money laundering and sanctions—and what motivates people to break the law, how wrongdoers cover their tracks and what can be done to put a stop to the looting through interviews with experts in the field.
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Leah Ambler, Director, Corruption Prevention at the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity and former Legal Analyst at the OECD, joins the podcast—in her personal capacity—to discuss her excellent chapter on Whistleblower Protections. Leah discusses the importance of whistleblower protections to reducing corruption and the challenges inherent in these protections in the absence of comprehensive, harmonized legislation.
This episode was originally published on 12 January 2022.
Harvard law professor Matthew Stephenson provides some context for understanding Trump's new executive order and then lists the three primary threats it poses for corruption. A more detailed discussion can be found on his Global Anticorruption Blog.
An edited version of a recent George Washington University Law School webinar reviewing the Trump administration&rsquos impact on anti-corruption efforts--and forecasting the likely impact of either a second Trump or a Biden administration in January.
Alex Crutcher with the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit discusses the sale of &ldquogolden passports&rdquo to wealthy criminals and high-risk individuals. The team pursued the story in the wake of a major data leak, and their reporting has resulted in the cancellation of the program and several high-level resignations in the Cypriot government.
Dan Alexander, author and senior editor at Forbes, discusses his book about Trump&rsquos business deals with foreign entities, including one very strange deal with the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar.
Randall Eliason talks about extortion, conspiracy, cover-up crimes and plea bargains &ndash topics covered in his excellent new 24-lecture course available through Great Courses. He also takes us through some examples from recent headlines.
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