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BRIBE, SWINDLE
OR STEAL

Join host Alexandra Addison, 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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January 22, 2025
Understanding Trump's Executive Order on the Civil Service (It's Much More Serious Than It Sounds)

This inauguration week, we're revisiting a 2020 podcast on President Trump's assault on the civil service. In this episode, Harvard law professor, Matthew Stephenson, provides some context for understanding Trump's executive order on the civil service and then lists the three primary threats it poses for corruption. A more detailed discussion can be found on his Global Anticorruption Blog.

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This episode was originally published on 4 November 2020.

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January 15, 2025
Governance in Space

Our guest today, Dr. Rebecca Connolly, joins us to discuss her work on the legal governance of outer space relating to militarization, security and commercialization, drawing some interesting parallels to the law of the sea and making it clear that there is still a lot of work to be done.

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January 8, 2025
Navigating the Greenlash: Can boards still lead on climate change?"

Karina Litvack joins the podcast to share her insights into climate governance based on her extensive board experience in the oil and gas sector and her role as the Founding Chair of the Climate Governance Initiative.

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December 18, 2024
Our Favorite Wine Fraudster

As is holiday tradition, we're revisiting our podcast with Peter Hellman, who describes Rudy Kurniawan's audacious scheme to defraud wine collectors in his excellent book, In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire.

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This episode was originally published on 20 December 2017.

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December 11, 2024
The DOJ's New Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

Patrick Gushue, the Department of Justice's Acting Director of its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, joins the podcast to discuss the program, uptake to date, who is eligible and key considerations as to timing and whistleblower involvement in the misconduct. More information about the pilot program is available at justice.gov/corporatewhistleblower

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