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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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November 29, 2017

Twenty Years of the OECD's Anti-Corruption Campaign

Nicola Bonucci, Director for Legal Affairs at the OECD, reflects on 20 years of the OECD's Anti-Bribery Convention.

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November 22, 2017

David Green and the UK Serious Fraud Office

David Green, the Director of the SFO, talks about the SFO's priorities, changes he has made as Director and what's next for him.

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November 20, 2017

Spotlight on South Africa

Our "spotlight" series takes a closer look at one country. Today, Paul Holden of Corruption Watch talks about Zuma's presidency, the Gupta family and the bribery scandal in South Africa.

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November 15, 2017

The Paradise Papers

Will Fitzgibbon, an ICIJ reporter on the Paradise Papers team, describes this latest tranche of documents. He discusses the corrosive nature of offshore accounts, even in those cases where they are technically legal.

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November 13, 2017

Murder in Malta

Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb while reporting on corruption in Malta. Roberto Montalto, her lawyer, describes her courage, her work and the loss of a Maltese institution.

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November 8, 2017

The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal

Jack Ewing of the New York Times in Frankfurt discusses his excellent book, "Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal," and the outrageous fraud and cover-up uncovered by a handful of WVU students.

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November 2, 2017

Preparing for Prison

Walt Pavlo describes how his organization helps offenders prepare for their incarceration and discusses challenges—and a few surprises--within the prison system.

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November 1, 2017

MCI's Accounting Fraud

Walt Pavlo discusses the accounting fraud at MCI that led to his two-year prison sentence, his book "Stolen Without a Gun: Confessions from inside history's biggest accounting fraud,"and his second career with Prisonology

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October 25, 2017

The Outlaw Ocean

New York Times reporter Ian Urbina discusses his excellent but grim series about crime and impunity on the high seas.

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October 18, 2017

1MDB

Bradley Hope of the Wall Street Journal describes his team's in-depth and on-going research into Malaysia's 1MDB scandal- and where Leonardo DiCaprio fits in.

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October 11, 2017

Human Trafficking

Martina Vandenberg discusses the misery caused by trafficking and slavery, including in our own neighborhoods, and describes the work her organization is doing to support those able to break free.

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October 4, 2017

Imprisoned in China

Peter Humphrey and his wife were well-respected compliance professionals active in China when they were arrested, tried and imprisoned for two years.

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September 27, 2017

Bernie Madoff: "The Wizard of Lies"

Diana Henriques drew on her years of financial journalism and extraordinary access to the title character to write the definitive book about Bernie Madoff. It was turned into an HBO movie earlier this year starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Diana, playing herself.

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September 20, 2017

Fujimori, Montesinos and TI

Before becoming chairman of Transparency International, Jose Ugaz was the "ad hoc state attorney" (special prosecutor) who brought down Peruvian President Fujimori and his head of intelligence, Vladimiro Montesinos.

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September 13, 2017

The Compliance Whisperer

Hui Chen describes her role as the DOJ's Compliance Consultant, what companies should focus on and why she resigned.

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September 6, 2017

Spoiling Their Shopping Trips

Rob Leventhal of the US State Department discusses the tools available to the US Government to make the lives of kleptocrats more difficult.

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August 23, 2017

The Smartest Guys in the Room

Peter Elkind tells the story of the Enron financial scandal; it's a timely refresher on that corporate disaster as the Trump Administration rolls back financial regulations.

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August 9, 2017

Compliance Challenges in China

Join two legal experts for a conversation about compliance challenges in China.

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July 26, 2017

Understanding Sanctions

Amanda DeBusk walks us through the goal and nature of US sanctions, and the penalties for getting this important issue wrong.

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July 19, 2017

The Congo: A Family-Owned Business

Bloomberg's Michael Kavanagh describes his research into the extensive holdings of the Kabila family in the DRC.

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July 5, 2017

Corruption's Toll on Africa

Michelle Gavin, formerly on the NSC and ambassador to Botswana, discusses corruption on the continent and how the west is perceived.

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June 28, 2017

"Thieves of State"

Sarah Chayes describes her time in Afghanistan and discusses the link between corruption and national security.

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June 14, 2017

Trump Hotel - Baku

Adam Davidson of the New Yorker joins the podcast to talk about his research into the baffling Trump Hotel deal in Baku.

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June 7, 2017

Madoff and Belfort

Ike Sorkin, lawyer to both Madoff and Belfort, talks us through their criminal financial schemes and how regulatory safeguards failed.

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May 31, 2017

The Death of Sergei Magnitsky

Bill Browder of Hermitage Capital describes the brazen fraud and violence of Putin's Russia.

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