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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Aug 22, 2018 • 21min
“Secrets in the Sky”
Kelly Carr discusses her investigation, with Jaimi Dowdell, into gaps in US oversight of private planes that make the country more vulnerable to terrorists and drug lords.
Aug 15, 2018 • 25min
Tackling Financial Crime
David Eby, Attorney General of British Columbia, discusses comprehensive measures being taken to address financial crime in that province. Peter German Report: https://news.gov.bc.ca/files/Gaming_Final_Report.pdf
Aug 8, 2018 • 33min
Money-laundering in Casinos: the Vancouver Model
Peter German, author of the comprehensive German Report, discusses the unique and unsettling “Vancouver Model” of financial crime, which includes both money-laundering and drug trafficking using casinos as the way station. Read Peter German’s full report: https://news.gov.bc.ca/files/Gaming_Final_Report.pdf Video footage: https://news.gov.bc.ca/files/AML_video.mp4 https://news.gov.bc.ca/files/2018-06-27-Anti-Money-Laundering.mp4
Aug 1, 2018 • 19min
Harmonizing Global Settlements
Tina Søreide discusses her work, through the IBA, to bring consistency and predictability to bribery settlements worldwide.
Jul 30, 2018 • 27min
Spotlight on France
Dominique Mondoloni with TRACE’s partner firm in France, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, discusses the new Sapin II law and its implications for both compliance and enforcement there.
Jul 25, 2018 • 26min
Duke Cunningham and the Bribe Menu
Marcus Stern, the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter who broke the story, describes the bribery scheme that landed then Congressman “Duke” Cunningham in jail for seven years.
Jul 18, 2018 • 26min
UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Neil Walsh, Chief of Cybercrime, AML and Counter-Financing of Terrorism at the UNODC in Vienna, discusses the work that his department does to coordinate and advance international initiatives.
Jul 11, 2018 • 27min
“Bad Blood” – the Theranos Scandal
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Carreyrou discusses his excellent book about the Theranos scandal, “Bad Blood”, and how Elizabeth Holmes conned everyone.
Jul 9, 2018 • 25min
Spotlight on Canada
James Klotz with TRACE’s partner firm, Miller Thomson, discusses anti-bribery efforts in Canada, the patchy enforcement of the CFPOA and last year’s repeal of the facilitation payment exception.
Jul 3, 2018 • 25min
Buying Fakes
Valerie Salembier, former publisher of Harper’s Bazaar and founder of The Authentics Foundation, discusses the true cost of counterfeit luxury items: child labor, trafficked labor and organized crime.
