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
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Jan 3, 2018 • 24min
The Brooklyn FIFA Trial
International sports expert, Declan Hill, returns to the podcast to discuss the FIFA trial that concluded in late December and the outlook for meaningful reform.
Dec 27, 2017 • 35min
Primer on Money-laundering
A 22-year veteran of Treasury and consultant to the Dept of Justice, John Madinger sheds light on some of the money-laundering schemes he has uncovered and why the Breaking Bad car wash scheme probably wouldn’t have worked.
Dec 20, 2017 • 38min
Wine Forger Extraordinaire
Peter Hellman, Wine Spectator regular and author of In Vino Duplicitas, tells the almost unbelievable story of wine fraudster, Rudy Kurniawan.
Dec 18, 2017 • 17min
Magnitsky Update: Canada
Bill Browder discusses Canada’s new Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act and which country he hopes will be the 6th to adopt a similar law.
Dec 13, 2017 • 33min
Slave auctions in Libya in 2017
Nima Elbagir and Raja Razek of CNN go undercover in Libya to expose a hellish, thriving slave trade. Their CNN story: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/14/africa/libya-migrant-auctions/index.html
Dec 11, 2017 • 27min
Spotlight on Israel
Chaim Gelfand of Israeli law firm Shibolet & Co talks us through the corruption scandals involving two Israeli Prime Ministers and discusses the current compliance environment in Israel.
Dec 6, 2017 • 25min
Menendez, McDonnell and Anti-Bribery Efforts in the US
Randall Eliason discusses the recent Menendez trial, the impact of the Supreme Court’s McDonnell decision and the current state of domestic anti-bribery enforcement in the US.
Dec 4, 2017 • 26min
Spotlight on Italy
Andrea Lo Gaglio, a Partner at Studio Legale Biamonti in Rome, describes corruption, compliance and the role of the mafia in Italy.
Nov 29, 2017 • 28min
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.
Nov 22, 2017 • 23min
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.
