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
Nov 15, 2017 • 27min
The Paradise Papers
Will Fitzgibbon, an ICIJ reporter on the Paradise Papers team, describes this latest tranche of documents. He discusses the corrosive nature of offshore accounts, even in those cases where they are technically legal.
Nov 13, 2017 • 17min
Murder in Malta
Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb while reporting on corruption in Malta. Roberto Montalto, her lawyer, describes her courage, her work and the loss of a Maltese institution.
Nov 8, 2017 • 28min
The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
Jack Ewing of the New York Times in Frankfurt discusses his excellent book, "Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal," and the outrageous fraud and cover-up uncovered by a handful of WVU students.
Nov 2, 2017 • 25min
Preparing for Prison
Walt Pavlo describes how his organization helps offenders prepare for their incarceration and discusses challenges—and a few surprises--within the prison system.
Nov 1, 2017 • 32min
MCI's Accounting Fraud
Walt Pavlo discusses the accounting fraud at MCI that led to his two-year prison sentence, his book "Stolen Without a Gun: Confessions from inside history's biggest accounting fraud,"and his second career with Prisonology
Oct 25, 2017 • 28min
The Outlaw Ocean
New York Times reporter Ian Urbina discusses his excellent but grim series about crime and impunity on the high seas.
Oct 18, 2017 • 30min
1MDB
Bradley Hope of the Wall Street Journal describes his team's in-depth and on-going research into Malaysia's 1MDB scandal- and where Leonardo DiCaprio fits in.
Oct 11, 2017 • 33min
Human Trafficking
Martina Vandenberg discusses the misery caused by trafficking and slavery, including in our own neighborhoods, and describes the work her organization is doing to support those able to break free.
Oct 4, 2017 • 59min
Imprisoned in China
Peter Humphrey and his wife were well-respected compliance professionals active in China when they were arrested, tried and imprisoned for two years.
Sep 27, 2017 • 31min
Bernie Madoff: "The Wizard of Lies"
Diana Henriques drew on her years of financial journalism and extraordinary access to the title character to write the definitive book about Bernie Madoff. It was turned into an HBO movie earlier this year starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Diana, playing herself.
