PODCAST

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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March 12, 2025
A Syrian-Libyan Human Smuggling Scheme

As Syria struggles to get on its feet after decades under the tyrannical father-son Assad regime, we're revisiting a story from 2024 when those desperate to leave Syria were preyed upon by a human smuggling ring. The story was brought to light by Mahmoud Elsobky, one of the two winners of the 2024 TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting.

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This episode was originally published on 10 July 2024.

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March 5, 2025
"Rigged: America, Russia and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference"

We are revisiting an episode from 2020 with David Shimer. David discusses his book that reviews the century of covert election interference by Russia and the U.S., the known impact of Russian meddling in 2016, and their growing capacity to interfere in future elections.

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This episode was originally published on 22 September 2020.

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February 12, 2025
FCPA Year in Review (2024)

This podcast is based on TRACE's recent Year in Review webinar with Kate Atkinson. Kate is a Member and the Chair of Miller & Chevalier, based in their DC office, and she reviews for us the FCPA highlights for 2024.

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February 5, 2025
Trump Hotel - Baku: Adam Davidson

We're reposting our 2017 podcast with Adam Davidson of the New Yorker who joined the podcast to talk about his research into the baffling Trump Hotel deal in Baku.

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‍This episode was originally published on 14 June 2017.

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January 29, 2025
"White House Inc.: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency Into a Business" (Last Time)

In light of last week's inauguration, we're revisiting a 2020 podcast episode with Dan Alexander, author and senior editor at Forbes, discussing his book about Trump's business deals with foreign entities, including one very strange deal with the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar.

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This episode was originally published on 7 October 2020.

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