Bribe, Swindle or Steal

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

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

Tina Søreide discusses her work, through the IBA, to bring consistency and predictability to bribery settlements worldwide.

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.

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.

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.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner John Carreyrou discusses his excellent book about the Theranos scandal, "Bad Blood", and how Elizabeth Holmes conned everyone.

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.

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.

Ken Bensinger discusses his fascinating book, Red Card, and the decades of misconduct by FIFA eventually uncovered by the FBI. We play "violation bingo" as Ken describes the bribery, self-dealing, conflicts of interest and money-laundering that were business as usual at FIFA.