

Bribe, Swindle or Steal
Alexandra Wrage
Alexandra Wrage, president of TRACE, interviews luminaries in the field of financial crime, including bribery, fraud, money-laundering, insider trading and sanctions. Each week, Alexandra and her guests will discuss who commits “white collar crime”, how it works and what is being done to stop it.
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Aug 13, 2025 • 34min
DEI Progress and Setbacks: What Compliance Professionals Need to Know
Misti Mukherjee discusses the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, focusing on topics such as affirmative action, age discrimination, and the role of compliance professionals. She emphasizes the need for clear communication, empathy, and understanding to promote a culture of belonging and combat unintentional discrimination.

Aug 6, 2025 • 32min
How Companies Get Caught
Chuck Duross, Global Co-Chair of the FCPA and Global Anti-Corruption Practice at Morrison Foerster, and former head of the DOJ’s FCPA unit, discusses lures, stings, wiretaps and INTERPOL Red Notices. This episode was originally published on 7 March 2018.

Jul 30, 2025 • 25min
The Unaoil Story
Nick McKenzie, award-winning Australian investigative journalist, shares the inside story of his role in exposing the Unaoil scandal. This episode was originally published on 12 July 2017.

Jul 23, 2025 • 27min
Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
Author, academic and former compliance professional, Alison Taylor joins the podcast to talk about her compelling book, "Higher Ground". She describes the contradictions inherent in companies that talk about “doing well by doing good” and explains why corporate reputation management can’t be an end in itself and how trying to do less can be the best strategy. “You don’t have to join every conversation”. This episode was originally published on 14 February 2024.

Jul 9, 2025 • 20min
Diana Henriques on Reputation Laundering
Diana Henriques, award-winning journalist and author, discusses the traits of fraudsters and the menace of reputation laundering. This episode was originally published on 3 August 2024.

Jun 25, 2025 • 17min
Promoting Facts and Countering Disinformation
Melissa Goldin, news verification reporter, discusses debunking fake news. Topics include motivations for spreading misinformation, challenges of debunking false narratives, and tips for identifying sources of fake news.

Jun 18, 2025 • 25min
Encouraging and Protecting Whistleblowers
This week, we’re listening in on Alexandra Wrage’s keynote presentation at a Whistleblowers and Public Integrity conference hosted by the Vancouver Anti-Corruption Institute (VACI). She addresses the incredible personal price that whistleblowers pay when they’re driven to expose misconduct, explores how we can begin to shift the tone of the discussion around reporting and notes how difficult it is to uncover financial crime without whistleblowers. This episode was originally published on 16 November 2022.

Jun 4, 2025 • 20min
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Her Work, Her Murder and the Chance for Justice
Paul Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist at the Financial Times and Author of “A Death in Malta”, joins the podcast to talk about the work of his mother, Daphne, the growing danger she perceived as her investigations reached the highest circles of power in Malta, and now the criminal proceedings against the two men who killed her. Paul also discusses the Daphne Foundation and the incredible journalistic community that worked together, again, to prove that killing a journalist won’t kill their story. This episode was originally published on 12 October 2022.

May 28, 2025 • 33min
Collaborative Investigative Journalism Without Borders
At the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting award ceremony last month, former prosecutor and National Observer columnist Sandy Garossino led a conversation with ICIJ’s Spencer Woodman, Bellingcat’s Aric Toler, and 2022 Prize winners Hans Peterson Hammer of Göteborgs-Posten and Lilia Saúl Rodriguez of the OCCRP. They discuss the evolution, impact and future of cross-border collaborative investigative journalism. This episode was originally published on 20 July 2022.

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May 14, 2025 • 28min
Maria Ressa on Holding the Line
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist and co-founder of Rappler, dives deep into the fight against corruption and disinformation. She shares her personal struggles and insights on confronting authoritarianism, drawing parallels between the political landscape of the Philippines and today’s challenges with social media. Ressa discusses the double-edged sword of social media for journalism, the alarming spread of misinformation, and the critical need for collective action to uphold truth and integrity in the media.