Speaking at the 2022 TRACE London Forum, Oliver Bullough, author of Butler to the World, discusses the UK&rsquos role as an enabler of financial crime, efforts toward accountability, the balance between transparency and privacy, and the weaponization of lawsuits in British courts to silence journalists.This episode was originally published on 26 October 2022.

Here&rsquos our conversation with Bill Browder from the 2022 TRACE London Forum. Bill discusses his bookFreezing Order and his ongoing quest for accountability and justice following the abuse and murder of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky.This episode was originally published on 28 September 2022.

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 &ldquodoing well by doing good&rdquo and explains why corporate reputation management can&rsquot be an end in itself and how trying to do less can be the best strategy. &ldquoYou don&rsquot have to join every conversation&rdquo.This episode was originally published on 14 February 2024.

Kelly Richmond Pope, Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University, joins the podcast to talk about her new book: Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry. She describes the three types of fraud perpetrators and why we blame the victims of fraud for their gullibility and I ask her whether lawyers or accountants are more at fault for rampant fraud!

Hans Greimel and William Sposato, journalists and authors, join the podcast to discuss their new book:Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire.They cover Ghosn&rsquos rise to hero status in Japan, his ultimate fall&mdasharrest, detention and escape from the country&mdashand the many compliance challenges raised by this strange story. (This episode was originally published in 2021.)