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BRIBE, SWINDLE
OR STEAL

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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January 14, 2026
FIFA's Red Card: Ken Bensinger

Ken Bensinger, award-winning investigative reporter, author and Pulitzer Prize finalist, discusses his fascinating book, Red Card, and the decades of misconduct by FIFA eventually uncovered by the FBI. We play "violation bingo" as Ken describes the bribery, self-dealing, conflicts of interest and money-laundering that were business as usual at FIFA.

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This episode was originally published on 27 June 2018.

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November 19, 2025
DEI: Navigating the Semantic Minefield

At the 2025 TRACE Forum, Misti Mukherjee, Partner at Extensio Law, and Debra Joy Pérez, Chief Equity Officer at United States Pharmacopeia (USP), explore the evolving expectations for diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations. They share recommendations for implementing evidence-based equitable practices and emphasize that DEI should be embedded in the core of compliance programs—not treated as a side hustle.

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October 29, 2025
U.S.-Canada Relations: Undefended Border or Deepening Divide?

At the 2025 TRACE Annapolis Forum, Gordon McKechnie, Executive President of Canadian Bank Note, explores the evolving dynamics between the U.S. and Canada. As Canada's focus shifts toward Europe and Asia, Gordon discusses changing trade priorities, diverging foreign policies, and the impact of tariffs on both economies.

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October 1, 2025
DOJ's FCPA Docket: What's Been Closed, What Continues and What Might That Tell Us for the Next Several Years?

At the 2025 TRACE Annapolis Forum, Billy Jacobson, Partner at Jacobson Lopez, explores the DOJ's shifting FCPA priorities—from a focus on "grand corruption" and the costs of investigations to prosecutorial uncertainty and statutes of limitation. In today's unpredictable environment, companies must stay the course, protect resources, and invest in training.

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September 3, 2025
Corruption, Sanctions and Putin's War Regime

This is a powerful session from the 2022 TRACE London Forum featuring Leonid Volkov, former Chief of Staff to Alexei Navalny and Political Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF). Leonid discusses the role of corruption in Putin's Russia as well as the impact of sanctions and the toll that rampant corruption is taking on Russia.

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This episode was originally published on 5 October 2022.

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August 27, 2025
"Why They Do It"

Eugene Soltes, Author, and Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, describes his fascinating research into what motivates white collar criminals and how distance from their victims makes it easier.

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This episode was originally published on 30 August 2017.

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August 20, 2025
Effective Compliance Training

Karen Benson, Senior Counsel, Legal, at Energizer Holdings, shares a broad range of tips on how to build a targeted, innovative training program that keeps employs interested and engaged.

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This episode was originally published on 15 May 2019.

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August 13, 2025
DEI Progress and Setbacks: What Compliance Professionals Need to Know

This week's podcast features an excellent presentation by Misti Mukherjee, founder and managing member of Extensio Law. Misti addresses the shifting field of diversity, equity and inclusion—including recent changes to the law—and emphasizes the critical importance of this work alongside the need to approach it with intentionality and discipline.

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This episode was originally published on 5 August 2024.

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August 6, 2025
How Companies Get Caught

Chuck Duross, Global Co-Chair of the FCPA and Global Anti-Corruption Practice at Morrison Foerster, and former head of the DOJ's FCPA unit, discusses lures, stings, wiretaps and INTERPOL Red Notices.

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This episode was originally published on 7 March 2018.

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July 23, 2025
Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World

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 "doing well by doing good" and explains why corporate reputation management can't be an end in itself and how trying to do less can be the best strategy. "You don't have to join every conversation".

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This episode was originally published on 14 February 2024.

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June 18, 2025
Encouraging and Protecting Whistleblowers

This week, we're listening in on Alexandra Wrage's keynote presentation at a Whistleblowers and Public Integrity conference hosted by the Vancouver Anti-Corruption Institute (VACI). She addresses the incredible personal price that whistleblowers pay when they're driven to expose misconduct, explores how we can begin to shift the tone of the discussion around reporting and notes how difficult it is to uncover financial crime without whistleblowers.

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This episode was originally published on 16 November 2022.

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June 4, 2025
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Her Work, Her Murder and the Chance for Justice

Paul Caruana Galizia, an investigative journalist at the Financial Times and Author of "A Death in Malta", joins the podcast to talk about the work of his mother, Daphne, the growing danger she perceived as her investigations reached the highest circles of power in Malta, and now the criminal proceedings against the two men who killed her. Paul also discusses the Daphne Foundation and the incredible journalistic community that worked together, again, to prove that killing a journalist won't kill their story.

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‍This episode was originally published on 12 October 2022.

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