Some great things have been created with the best intentions. Things like computers and the internet. But these same things have also been used for nefarious purposes. Some of the worst things imaginable are proliferated with computers and the internet. Things like drugs, child pornography, and sex trafficking. They all have one thing in common: Money. In episode 15. Smurfing and Other Horrible No Good Things, I speak with Geoff White.

Geoff White is an author, speaker, investigative journalist, and podcaster.  He’s been featured on BBC News, Sky News, The Sunday Times, and more, covering everything from billion-dollar cyber heists to global crime rings and crypto-gangsters. He’s given keynote talks to the world’s biggest brands, including Microsoft, HSBC, Mastercard, and Bank of America. Geoff’s new book, Rinsed, reveals technology’s impact on money laundering. It grew from his work on the podcast and book The Lazarus Heist. He is also the author of Crime Dot Com.

Find him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffwhitetech/

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Sources for this episode include the following:

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• Rinsed: From Cartels to Crypto How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World’s Deadliest Crooks by Geoff White 
  
• https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/02/08/349016/a-dark-web-tycoon-pleads-guilty-but-how-was-he-caught/
  
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/16/man-behind-worlds-biggest-source-of-child-abuse-imagery-is-jailed-for-27-years
  

If you have information regarding a child that is missing, endangered, or being trafficked, please call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Their 24-hour hotline is 1-800-843-5678 

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