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Alexandra Wrage, president of TRACE, interviews luminaries in the field of financial crime, including bribery, fraud, money-laundering, insider trading and sanctions. Each week, Alexandra and her guests will discuss who commits “white collar crime”, how it works and what is being done to stop it.

Alexandra Wrage


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    The Bribe, Swindle or Steal podcast is an exceptional show that delves into the world of corruption and financial crime. Hosted by Alexandra Wrage, this podcast offers insightful conversations with experts on a range of topics related to anti-corruption compliance and enforcement. The content is well-researched, engaging, and professionally done, making it a must-listen for anyone interested in the field.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the high-quality content that it consistently delivers. Alexandra Wrage brings together an impressive collection of experts from various fields to discuss relevant issues in an informative and dynamic manner. The discussions are well-researched and thought-provoking, allowing listeners to gain a deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding corruption and financial crime.

    Moreover, the range of topics covered in this podcast is impressive. From high-profile corruption scandals to emerging trends in compliance, there is something for everyone interested in anti-corruption practice. The guests come from diverse backgrounds and offer unique perspectives on the subject matter, making each episode intriguing and educational.

    Aside from the excellent content, another positive aspect of this podcast is its host. Alexandra Wrage is an expert in the international compliance world and her knowledge shines through in every conversation. Her interviewing style is engaging and she asks insightful questions that draw out valuable insights from her guests.

    While there are no major flaws with this podcast, one minor criticism could be that some episodes may be too niche for general listeners. Newcomers to the field may find certain episodes overwhelming if they lack prior knowledge about anti-money laundering or specific compliance issues. However, this can easily be resolved by providing more introductory information or offering episodes specifically designed for beginners.

    In conclusion, The Bribe, Swindle or Steal podcast is a top-notch show that provides valuable insights into the world of corruption and financial crime. With its excellent content, well-researched discussions, engaging host, and diverse range of topics, this podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in the anti-corruption compliance field. Whether you're an anti-corruption practitioner or simply curious about the subject matter, this podcast offers something for everyone.



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    Maria Ressa on Holding the Line

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 27:54


    Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa joins the podcast to talk about corruption, disinformation and how to stand up to a dictator.   This podcast was originally published on February 22, 2023.

    How Corruption Undermines Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 16:52


    Dr. Magnus Ohman of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) joins the podcast to discuss how corruption undermines free and fair elections. He discusses his recent publication "Vote for Free: A Global Guide for Citizen Monitoring of Campaign Finance," which provides an eight-step model for civil society organizations seeking to monitor campaign finance.   This episode was originally published on 30 November 2022.

    A Syrian-Libyan Human Smuggling Scheme

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 25:09


    As Syria struggles to get on its feet after decades under the tyrannical father-son Assad regime, we're revisiting a story from 2024 when those desperate to leave Syria were preyed upon by a human smuggling ring. The story was brought to light by Mahmoud Elsobky, one of the two winners of the 2024 TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting. Originally posted on Jul. 10, 2024

    "Rigged: America, Russia and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 22:48


    David Shimer discusses his fascinating and timely new book, which includes a sweeping review of covert interference with elections by both Russia and the U.S. over the last century. He discusses what we know about Russian interference in the 2016 election and what we need to know about their much greater capacity to interfere this November.

    Corruption, Sanctions and Putin's War Regime

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 29:21


    With these issues back in the headlines, we're revisiting an important discussion with Leonid Volkov, originally recorded in 2022 at the TRACE London Forum. Leonid is the Political Director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and was Alexei Navalny's former Chief of Staff. He 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.   This episode was originally published on 5 October 2022.    

    FCPA Year in Review (2024)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 43:12


    This podcast is based on TRACE's recent Year in Review webinar with Kate Atkinson. Kate is a Member and the Chair of Miller & Chevalier, based in their DC office, and she reviews for us the FCPA highlights for 2024.

    Trump Hotel - Baku: Adam Davidson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 38:04


    We're reposting our 2017 podcast with Adam Davidson of the New Yorker who joined the podcast to talk about his research into the baffling Trump Hotel deal in Baku. This episode was originally published on 14 June 2017.

    "White House Inc.: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency Into a Business” (Last Time)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 26:42


    In light of last week's inauguration, we're revisiting a 2020 podcast episode with Dan Alexander, author and senior editor at Forbes, discussing his book about Trump's business deals with foreign entities, including one very strange deal with the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar. This episode was originally published on 7 October 2020.

    Understanding Trump's Executive Order on the Civil Service (It's Much More Serious Than It Sounds)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 19:24


    This inauguration week, we're revisiting a 2020 podcast on President Trump's assault on the civil service. In this episode, Harvard law professor, Matthew Stephenson, provides some context for understanding Trump's executive order on the civil service and then lists the three primary threats it poses for corruption. A more detailed discussion can be found on his Global Anticorruption Blog.

    Governance in Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 25:58


    Our guest today, Dr. Rebecca Connolly, joins us to discuss her work on the legal governance of outer space relating to militarization, security and commercialization, drawing some interesting parallels to the law of the sea and making it clear that there is still a lot of work to be done.

    Navigating the Greenlash: Can boards still lead on climate change?”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 30:23


    Karina Litvack joins the podcast to share her insights into climate governance based on her extensive board experience in the oil and gas sector and her role as the Founding Chair of the Climate Governance Initiative. 

    Our Favorite Wine Fraudster

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 37:49


    As is holiday tradition, we're revisiting our podcast with Peter Hellman, who describes Rudy Kurniawan's audacious scheme to defraud wine collectors in his excellent book, In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire.   This episode was originally published on 20 December 2017.

    The DOJ's New Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 28:47


    Patrick Gushue, the Department of Justice's Acting Director of its Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program, joins the podcast to discuss the program, uptake to date, who is eligible and key considerations as to timing and whistleblower involvement in the misconduct.  More information about the pilot program is available at justice.gov/corporatewhistleblower

    Profiting From Human Rights Atrocities in Syrian Prisons

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 43:39


    Omar Alshogre, refugee, public speaker, and project manager with the Syrian Emergency Task Force, shares the wrenching story of his three years as a political prisoner in the worst of Syria's prisons. He discusses the role that extortion plays there, simultaneously delegitimizing the regime further and propping it up financially.   Episode resources:  Mentioned at (00:33): The Syrian Emergency Task Force Mentioned at (00:45): Omar's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 11 March 2020   This episode was originally published on 9 June 2021.

    An International ATM Skimming Scheme

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 23:12


    With the holiday travel season approaching, we're revisiting a podcast episode featuring Paul Radu, the co-founder and co-executive director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Paul describes his team's work in uncovering an international team of cash machine skimmers that ultimately skimmed hundreds of millions of dollars, largely from tourist hot spots. Travelers often don't realize their accounts are being drained until after they return home. This episode was originally published on 9 June 2020.

    Extreme Wealth – Episode 8: Walt Pavlo and the Empty Temptations of Fraud

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 31:50


    Walt Pavlo went to work at MCI at a time when telecoms were hungry for go-getters. It was the early 2000s, and Walt enjoyed the freedom and aggressive nature of a recently deregulated industry. But soon he realized that MCI's most lucrative customers were also its flakiest, and the pressure was on to manage millions of bad debt that accumulated on the books. In this episode, Walt explains how he concocted a fake-loan scheme that netted him money far beyond his dreams — and yet how hollow it felt, right up until the moment it all came crashing down.  Walt Pavlo is a nationally recognized speaker who writes for Forbes and NYU Law School on white-collar crime and criminal justice. He founded the firm Prisonology in 2014 as a consulting firm to support federal criminal defense attorneys by providing experts who have retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He is the co-author of “Stolen Without a Gun: Confessions from Inside History's Biggest Accounting Fraud, the Collapse of MCI WorldCom,” which covers his stint working in the company's billing department and committing fraud.

    Hockey Canada's Governance Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 31:07


    Retired Canadian Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell joins the podcast to describe the review he was commissioned to undertake of Hockey Canada's organizational structure in the aftermath of a sexual assault scandal that shook confidence in the sport in 2018.

    Extreme Wealth: Chuck Collins and the Burdens of Dynastic Wealth

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 26:48


    In this episode, Chuck Collins explains what reverberations his decision to give away his inheritance had on his family and his career, and he lays out his case to other similarly privileged Americans: Why life is better without the insulation that great wealth provides, and how billionaires can rejoin American life.

    Extreme Wealth – Episode 6: Jonathan Rugman and the Stunning Power Plays of MBS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 47:27


    The sudden ascent of Mohammed bin Salman from an obscure royal heir to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia — the country's de facto ruler — has fascinated Jonathan Rugman, an author and longtime correspondent in the Middle East. Jonathan's latest BBC documentary, “The Kingdom,” traces MBS's life from an unruly youth to a series of Machiavellian maneuvers to cut ahead of cousins and uncles in the line of royal succession. Jonathan's reporting illuminates a brash but secretive young autocrat whose wealth and power have few equals anywhere on the planet. After years of high-profile murder, jailings, and crackdowns, a formidable question remains: What more does MBS want? Jonathan Rugman is a Visiting Lecturer in the journalism department at City, University of London, who has reported from some 50 countries during his 30-year journalism career. He is the author of “Ataturk's Children – Turkey and the Kurds” and “The Killing in the Consulate,” in which he investigated the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. His numerous awards include a BAFTA for his coverage of the Paris terror attacks of 2015.

    Extreme Wealth – Episode 5: Paul Schervish and the Spiritual Duality of Riches

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 30:03


    For more than 20 years, Paul Schervish surveyed many of the richest people in America for a long-running study on how the wealthy view the world and themselves. In this episode, another in our series on extreme wealth, Paul explains how his research and his early years spent as a priest inform his understanding of wealth and its potential to improve the world. Applying sociological and religious scholarship to the question of how what to do with money — and by extension, what to do with the rich — he invites haves and have-nots alike to consider the roles that God, human agency, and spiritual fulfillment play in our material lives. Paul Schervish is a former Jesuit priest and a professor emeritus at Boston College, where he directed the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy. A prolific scholar and author, his books include “The Structural Determinants of Unemployment,” “Wealth in Western Thought: The Case for and Against Riches,” “Gospels of Wealth: How the Rich Portray their Lives,” and “The Will of God and Wealth: Discerning the Use of Riches in the Service of Ultimate Purpose.”

    Extreme Wealth - Episode 4: Bill Browder and the Pitiless Greed of Vladimir Putin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 35:17


    Sir William Browder (“Bill”), a financier turned justice advocate, is our guest for this episode of our ongoing series on extreme wealth. Bill has been the engine behind the Magnitsky Act, a law that for the past 12 years has empowered governments to seize the assets of foreign leaders who abuse human rights — a significant countermeasure against corruption and atrocity that has exasperated Vladimir Putin and oligarchs in Russia, where Bill was once a leading foreign investor. His experience working in (and subsequently abandoning) Russia allowed him to see inside that culture and economy, and have led him to conclude Putin's military conquests as a dictator's efforts to protect his unfathomable stolen wealth — and his own neck. Bill Browder is the founder of Hermitage Capital Management, a firm that became the top foreign investor in post-Soviet Russia. For nearly 20 years he has been the target of Russian prosecution efforts that have drawn round condemnation from the international community, as he continues to promote the rule of law and denounce the regime of Vladimir Putin. He's the author of “Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder and One Man's Fight for Justice” and “Freezing Order: A True Story of Russian Money Laundering, State-Sponsored Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath.”

    Extreme Wealth: Jennifer Risher and the Limits of Sudden Wealth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 36:43


    The author and philanthropist Jennifer Risher continues our series on extreme wealth by telling the story of her ear-popping rise from a middle-class Microsoft employee in the early ‘90s to an unexpected multimillionaire. The stock options she accrued with her husband, David — a fellow Microsoft employee who went on to join Amazon and who is now the CEO of Lyft — gave Jennifer immediate entry to a world of privilege that, as the child of a working-class household, she'd never expected to join. Her experience showed her the peculiar nature of personal wealth: an agent of tremendous power that, she finds, does more to amplify people's character than to alter it. Jennifer Risher is the author of “We Need to Talk: A Memoir About Wealth,” which aims to illuminate discussions of money that are often cloaked in taboo, guilt, and secrecy. She and her husband founded the #HalfMyDAF movement, which seeks to encourage wealthy people to make greater charitable gifts in their lifetimes.

    Extreme Wealth: Steve Fishman Inside the Mind of Prisoner Bernie Madoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 38:30


    In this episode — another in our series on extreme wealth — the journalist Steve Fishman discusses his reporting on Bernie Madoff and the collapse of Madoff's $65 billion ponzi scheme. Steve doggedly pursued the story even after the financier was sent to a federal prison in North Carolina. Eventually the two men connected for a series of phone interviews that gave Steve a unique insight into the truths and lies that enabled Madoff to con investors at an industrial scale. Steve explains that greed was but one motivation for Madoff, an apex Manhattan insider who never forgot humiliations he suffered during his youth in Queens. Steve Fishman is a longtime journalist who lives in Brooklyn. He covered Bernie Madoff first as a staff writer at New York magazine and later as the host and creator of the podcast Ponzi Supernova. His latest podcast series, The Burden, investigates decades of sketchy convictions won by Louis Scarcella, a formerly celebrated NYPD detective.

    Extreme Wealth: Clay Cockrell and the Champagne Problems of the 1%

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 34:21


    This week we debut a special project within Bribe, Swindle or Steal: single-topic episodes that focus on extreme wealth. For years Alexandra Wrage has worked on corporate compliance and anti-corruption efforts, a field that provides a front-row view into human corruptibility. In these episodes, she digs into the practical, philosophical, political, and even spiritual roots of why people risk everything—from scandal to criminal charges—for the allure of money, even when all of their material needs are more than covered. She will explore some surprising challenges of wealth alongside the ways in which greed changes people and extreme wealth changes the rules that we all live by. Her first guest in this series is Clay Cockrell, a therapist in New York City whose Walk and Talk Therapy practice specializes in treating very wealthy clients. The problems they bring to therapy give him a unique insight into the privileges, the anxieties, and the perils exclusive to the 1%.

    The Sentencing of Roger Stone

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 22:54


    Randall Eliason, law professor and former Assistant U.S. Attorney provides an excellent account of the days leading up to the recent sentencing of political operative Roger Stone. The Department of Justice's unprecedented interference in--and reversal of--its prosecutorial team's recommendation led to the resignation from the case of all four prosecutors. Over 2000 former DOJ officials have called on Attorney General Barr to resign in the wake of his interference in the case.   Orignally Published: March 4, 2020

    Primer on Money-Laundering

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 35:23


    A 22-year veteran of Treasury and consultant to the Dept of Justice, John Madinger sheds light on some of the money-laundering schemes he has uncovered and why the Breaking Bad car wash scheme probably wouldn't have worked. This episode was originally posted: December 27, 2017

    “Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 21:13


    Brian Klaas, Associate Professor at University College London and host of the award-winning podcast “Power Corrupts,” joins us to discuss his book “Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us”. Brian describes research on who is drawn to positions of power and how power impacts us, including potentially re-wiring our brains. This episode was originally published 30 March 2022.

    How Local News Uncovers Local Fraud

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 15:13


    David Jackson, a senior reporter with Injustice Watch, discusses his work exposing corruption, which has led to both indictments and legislative reform.

    The U.S. College Admissions Scandal: Jonathan Turner

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 31:24


    Jonathan Turner, former Vice President, Ethics & Compliance, at Smith & Nephew in Memphis, discusses the admissions scandal that has rattled several top-tier U.S. universities and ties some of the lessons learned back to the work of compliance professionals. This episode was originally published 2 October 2019.

    Anand Mangnale on the Risks of Investigative Journalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 20:39


    Anand Mangnale of the OCCRP joins the podcast to describe his investigation into the practices of the vast and powerful Adnani Group in India, the spyware discovered on his phone as soon as the story began to break and the subsequent efforts to silence him, including bizarre charges of financial support of terrorism.

    The Corrupt Underbelly of Sport

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 22:26


    Declan Hill discusses the pervasive and sinister nature of match-fixing and how we can prevent sport from being turned into theater. Originally Posted on Aug. 2, 2017

    Doping in International Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 32:03


    Rob Koehler, WADA veteran and current Director General of Global Athlete, joins the podcast to discuss the epidemic of doping in sports, the imbalance of power between athletes and administrators and the IOC's startling decision to allow Russia to compete in the Paris Games in spite of its invasion of Ukraine. Originally Posted: Feb. 15, 2023

    Promoting Facts and Countering Disinformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 17:22


    My guest today is Melissa Goldin. Melissa is a NY-based news verification reporter with the Associated Press where she analyzes and debunks fake news. 

    Rugby, Amateur Sports and the Paris Olympics!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 23:27


    Sally Dennis, former President of Rugby Canada and current Canadian representative on the Council of World Rugby, describes her role in the professionalization of sports governance, where challenges remain—​ and rugby's arguably unique invulnerability to match fixing!

    A Syrian-Libyan Human Smuggling Scheme

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 25:09


    Mahmoud Elsobky, one of the two winners of this year's TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting, describes his team's high risk infiltration of a human smuggling ring that preyed on—and defrauded—those desperate to leave Syria.

    Diana Henriques on Reputation Laundering

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 19:53


    Diana Henriques, award-winning journalist and author, discusses the traits of fraudsters and the menace of reputation laundering.

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    Addressing Doping in Sport: Paul Massaro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 17:00


    Paul Massaro of the U.S. Helsinki Commission discusses the scope of doping in international sport, the foreign policy implications and the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act (RADA) offered in response. (This episode was originally published on 20 March 2019)

    The Death of Sergei Magnitsky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 29:19


    In recognition of the recent honor of Sir Bill Browder KCMG with the title Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for his significant contributions to human rights and anti-corruption, we are revisiting a 2017 interview with Bill. He describes the brazen fraud and violence of Putin's Russia, the death of Sergei Magnitsky, and the passage of the Magnitsky Act. This episode was originally published on 31 May 2017

    "Thing Are Worse than We Know"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 28:57


    Today's podcast is a recording of a talk given by Drew Sullivan of the OCCRP at the University of Maryland. Drew is the co-founder and editor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (the OCCRP), a global network of journalists working collaboratively to evaluate and mine enormous amounts of data to expose corruption. The OCCRP is also a past winner of the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting. Special thanks to the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland in the School of Public Policy and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism for letting us record the event. Originally posted 11 May 2022

    Canada's First Bribery Acquittal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 15:15


    Jessica Warwick in Norton Rose's Ottawa office joins the podcast to talk about the Arapakota decision and what it means for anti-bribery enforcement in Canada.   (This episode was originally published 21 June 2023)

    Serenading Despots

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 24:30


    Pedro Pizano and Jeffrey Smith, with the McCain Institute and Vanguard Africa respectively, discuss the reputation laundering that musicians, actors and athletes facilitate when they agree to perform for dictators and kleptocrats. They also describe how these same artists can use their platforms for good instead and show support for the citizens living under brutal regimes. Originally Posted: Sep. 15, 2020

    Investment Funds: Massive Transparency Loopholes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 28:11


    Josh Kirschenbaum is a visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund's Alliance for Securing Democracy and formerly served as acting director of the Office of Special Measures at Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). He joins the podcast to discuss investment funds and the gaping loophole they create through which vast sums of money can move with no accountability. This episode was originally published on April 20, 2021.

    The New Corporation: How Good Corporations are Bad for Democracy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 34:35


    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. Originally posted on Jul. 14, 2021

    DEI Progress and Setbacks: What Compliance Professionals Need to Know

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 34:17


    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.

    A Glimpse Inside Bhutan

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 15:18


    This week's podcast is a bit off the beaten track.  We speak with Sherub Tharchen in Paro in Bhutan about his country.  We cover some of the basics, including the country's location between two neighbors with high levels of corruption, and then discuss how the current King of Bhutan tackled corruption in a way that, while probably not replicable in most countries, has nevertheless had great success for the Bhutanese.

    Whistleblower Protections

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 26:19


    Leah Ambler, then Director of Corruption Prevention at the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity and previously Legal Analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), delves—in her personal capacity—into her excellent chapter on whistleblower protections, emphasizes their importance in reducing corruption and highlights the challenges posed by the lack of comprehensive, harmonized legislation.  Originally posted on Jan. 12, 2022

    Former Enforcement Officials Reflect on the Last Decade of Anti-Bribery Enforcement and its Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 44:05


    This week on Bribe, Swindle, or Steal, we listen in on the lively presentation at the 2024 TRACE Forum featuring former enforcement officials, Charles Duross, Partner, Morrison Foerster, David Last, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb, and Mark Mendelsohn, Partner, Paul Weiss. Speaking with TRACE President, Alexandra Wrage, Chuck, David, and Mark discuss their time as Chiefs of the FCPA Unit and their experiences navigating heightened scrutiny and shifting resources, and then they offer their perspectives on what lies ahead.

    Mark Pieth on the Global Gold Trade

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 25:16


    In this re-posted episode, Prof. Mark Pieth discusses his book, Gold Laundering: The dirty secrets of the gold trade - and how to clean up. He outlines the many problems, including child and trafficked labor, environmental degradation, violence, and corruption. He also addresses some modest steps forward and how, in spite of the considerable challenges, more progress can be made. This epsiode was originally posted on December 1, 2021.

    Sam Bankman-Fried: Crypto's Madoff?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 22:50


    In light of last week's sentencing of Sam Bankman-Fried—25 years in prison and an $11 billion forfeiture order—we are re-posting our conversation with Jim Campbell, author of “Madoff Talks” and his comparison of the two men.

    Self-Reporting and Cooperation: The DOJ's New Incentives and Expectations

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 35:12


    For this week's podcast, we listen in on the excellent presentation—dense with practical information—by John Davis, member, Miller & Chevalier, at the TRACE Forum in Annapolis.

    News from the European Union, including the CSDDD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 22:48


    This week, we listen in on the presentation of Nicola Bonucci at the TRACE Forum in Annapolis.  Nicola provides context for recent compliance news from the EU and announces the adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive at a gathering of compliance experts just three hours after the news broke!

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