BRIBE, SWINDLE
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Join host Alexandra Addison, 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.

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December 5, 2018

Update: the UK Bribery Act and Enforcement Trends

Speaking at the TRACE European Forum, Michelle de Kluyver of Addleshaw Goddard provides a comprehensive and insightful update on the UKBA and recent enforcement trends in the UK.

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November 28, 2018

Belt and Road Challenges Across Central Asia

Alexander Cooley, political science professor at Columbia University and author of Dictators Without Borders, describes the corruption climate across Central Asia.

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November 21, 2018

Russian Troll Farms

Finnish journalist Jessikka Aro has investigated pro-Russia Internet trolls, their disinformation efforts and related financial crimes since 2014. She has continued in spite of the barrage of death and rape threats designed to silence her. Now, a recent verdict has brought some relief and vindication with sentences for three of the worst offenders for aggravated defamation and stalking.

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November 14, 2018

Lisa Osofsky: New Director of the SFO

In her first podcast, Lisa Osofsky discusses her goals for the Serious Fraud Office and how her professional background will make her a "different kind of Director".

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November 7, 2018

Do We Need an International Anti-Corruption Court?

Judge Mark Wolf of Integrity Initiatives International and Matthew Stephenson of Harvard Law School debate the pros and cons of an International Anti-Corruption Court.

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November 5, 2018

Spotlight on New Zealand

Gary Hughes of Ākarana Chambers in Auckland discusses corruption and other financial crimes in New Zealand and whether the country deserves its rankings on the various bribery indices.

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October 31, 2018

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Carrie Cohen of Morrison Foerster explains the regulatory and compliance implications of blockchain-enabled technology, including cryptocurrency.

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October 24, 2018

The Abramoff Lobbying Scandal and Beyond

Nat Edmonds of Paul Hastings describes his work as a prosecutor on the Jack Abramoff corruption cases and then provides broader insight into the compliance risks and schemes he sees worldwide.

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October 22, 2018

Spotlight on Brazil

Rafael Gomes with Petrobras discusses all that has been going on in Brazil recently on the anticorruption front, the current outlook there and the upcoming run-off election.

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October 17, 2018

Prosperity Theology: "Spiritual Pickpockets"

Jonathan Walton, Harvard professor and ethicist, discusses prosperity theology and the role it plays in both power and poverty.

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October 15, 2018

Spotlight on Denmark

Anders Worsøe of the Magnusson firm in Copenhagen discusses Danish attitudes toward corruption and then looks at compliance and enforcement in Denmark.

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October 10, 2018

Fifteen Years of the UNCAC

Candice Welsch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime describes the work, progress and goals of the UN Convention Against Corruption.

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October 8, 2018

Spotlight on the UAE

Charles Laubach of Afridi & Angell's Dubai office discusses the compliance and enforcement landscape there, as well as some common misperceptions and his advice for companies operating in the UAE.

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October 3, 2018

Chinese Criminal Gangs

John Langdale, a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, discusses his research into Chinese criminal gangs, their method of attaching to legitimate business and trade routes, and some implications for Belt and Road projects.

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September 26, 2018

A Year in Prison for Insider Trading

Roomy Khan, "Tipper A" in the Galleon Group insider trading case, discusses the many small decisions that lead to catastrophic consequences in the world of financial crime.

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September 24, 2018

Spotlight on Panama

David Mizrachi of Panamanian law firm MDU Legal discusses recent AML enforcement in Panama and living under the cloud of the "Panama Papers".

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September 19, 2018

The Alarming World of Insurance Fraud

Jim Quiggle, of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, joins us to discuss the many grisly shapes that insurance fraud takes including, astonishingly, parachute sabotage.

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September 12, 2018

Massive Binary Options Con

Simona Weinglass, a reporter with the Times of Israel, describes the US$10 billion global binary options scam that she and her colleagues exposed. Far from being a sophisticated scheme, it was simply unchecked fraud on a massive scale.

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September 5, 2018

Antitrust: Price-Fixing and Collusion

Lisa Phelan, who until very recently was responsible for criminal enforcement of US antitrust laws and is now a partner with Morrison & Foerster, explains the world of anti-trust violations.

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August 29, 2018

Benched: Impeaching West Virginia's Entire Supreme Court

Lacie Pierson of the Charleston Gazette-Mail discusses the startling and controversial removal of all sitting justices in West Virginia.

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August 22, 2018

"Secrets in the Sky"

Kelly Carr discusses her investigation, with Jaimi Dowdell, into gaps in US oversight of private planes that make the country more vulnerable to terrorists and drug lords.

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August 15, 2018

Tackling Financial Crime

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

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August 8, 2018

Money-laundering in Casinos: the Vancouver Model

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

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August 1, 2018

Harmonizing Global Settlements

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

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July 30, 2018

Spotlight on France

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.

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