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"Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con"
Jared Bibler joins the podcast to discuss his lively book about the complete meltdown of Iceland's banking sector and, as a result, its economy. It was a brazen scheme equal in size to three Enrons an
China's Clandestine Police Stations
Laura Harth with Safeguard Defenders joins the podcast to talk about the more than 50 illegal Chinese police stations operating around the world, including in the United States and Canada. These viola
Pegasus and Compliance in the Age of Cyber Intelligence
Chaim Gelfand, Vice President, Compliance, at NSO Group joins the podcast to talk about managing compliance for a product that has, baked into its design, complex privacy, corruption and human rights
Sam Bankman-Fried: Crypto's Madoff?
Jim Campbell, author of "Madoff Talks" and featured in the recently released Netflix documentary, "Madoff: Monster of Wall Street", joins the podcast to talk about FTX. Having studied both men, he com
“When McKinsey Comes to Town”
Michael Forsythe, co-author with Walt Bogdanich of When McKinsey Comes to Town, joins the podcast to talk about McKinseys work in support of autocratic regimes, its rampant conflicts of interest an
“White Collar Crime Explained”
Randall Eliason talks about extortion, conspiracy, cover-up crimes and plea bargains topics covered in his excellent new available through Great Courses. He also takes us through some examples from
Repression Across Borders
Yana Gorokhovskaia of Freedom House joins the podcast to talk about transnational repression, the increasingly common abuse and intimidation by states of their citizens living abroad. Yana discusses J
The Lockheed Bribery Scandal that Prompted the FCPA
Dr. Frank Badua, Associate Professor of Accounting and Business Law at Lamar University College of Business, describes the misconduct from the 1950s through the 1970s by a group of companies that led
Contagious Dishonesty
Federico Masera with the University of New South Wales and the Resilient Democracy Lab in Sydney joins the podcast to discuss his recent research, together with Giorgio Gulino, "Contagious Dishonesty:
Maria Ressa on Holding the Line
Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa joins the podcast to talk about corruption, disinformation and how to stand up to a dictator. We at TRACE are thankful for all of the investigative jou