.png)
Join host Alexandra Addison-Wrage, President & Founder of TRACE, on Bribe, Swindle or Steal as she explores the world of financial crime—corruption, fraud, money laundering and sanctions—and what motivates people to break the law, how wrongdoers cover their tracks and what can be done to put a stop to the looting through interviews with experts in the field.
.png)
Leah Ambler, Director, Corruption Prevention at the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity and former Legal Analyst at the OECD, joins the podcast—in her personal capacity—to discuss her excellent chapter on Whistleblower Protections. Leah discusses the importance of whistleblower protections to reducing corruption and the challenges inherent in these protections in the absence of comprehensive, harmonized legislation.
This episode was originally published on 12 January 2022.
Joel Bakan joins the podcast to discuss his books, and the films based on them. He outlines the fundamental conflict inherent in companies ostensibly committed to ESG principles while simultaneously driven by a legal requirement to maximize shareholder value.This episode was originally published on 14 July 2021.
Michael Forsythe, co-author with Walt Bogdanich of &ldquoWhen McKinsey Comes to Town&rdquo, joins the podcast to talk about McKinsey&rsquos work in support of autocratic regimes, its rampant conflicts of interest and the distance between its stated values and its work on the ground.This episode was originally published on 18 January 2023.
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.
Declan Hill discusses the pervasive and sinister nature of match-fixing and how we can prevent sport from being turned into theater.
This episode was originally published on 2 August 2017.
In this episode, we heard from Leonid Volkov, who spoke at the 2022 TRACE London Forum. Leonid, former Chief of Staff to Alexei Navalny and current Political Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, discussed the role of corruption in Putin&rsquos Russia, as well as the impact of sanctions and the toll that rampant corruption is taking on the country.This episode was originally published on 5 October 2022.
Subscribe to receive email alerts of new episodes straight to your inbox!
.png){kind=small}
.png){kind=small}
.png){kind=small}