Podcasts about Panama Papers

„Jedermann weiß, dass mit der Kultur auch die Macht verbunden ist“, hat der Historiker Leopold von Ranke gesagt. Auf jeden Fall wissen das offenbar diejenigen, die dabei oder darauf aus sind, sich kultureller Einrichtungen zu bemächtigen: In den USA baut Präsident Donald Trump Museen und das Kennedy-Center in seinem Sinne um. In Frankreich kauft der rechtsgerichtete Milliardär Vincent Bolloré den Sender Canal Plus, die wichtigste Finanzquelle des französischen Kinos, und schickt Filmschaffenden, die sich kritisch geäußert haben, die Kündigung. In Polen hat die Regierungszeit der nationalkonservativen PiS-Partei tiefe kulturelle Spuren hinterlassen. Und in Sachsen-Anhalt fürchtet die „Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau“ um ihre Existenz, falls die nächste Landesregierung von der AfD angeführt wird. Die Kultur scheint ein beliebtes Einfallstor zu sein für alle, die Macht und Einfluss ausbauen oder zementieren wollen, im Moment vor allem von ganz rechts. Warum ist das so? Weil Kultur der Förderung bedarf und deshalb besonders anfällig ist? Und weil sich mit Kultur am leichtesten das Denken und Fühlen sehr vieler Menschen erreichen und beeinflussen lässt? Kultur ist für alle. Und Kultur gehört allen. Welche Folgen hat es also, wenn einzelne Menschen oder Parteien Kultur vereinnahmen, wenn sie Kultur als Plattform für sich selbst nutzen, wenn sie Kulturschaffende und ihr Wirken unterdrücken? Und wie schwierig ist es, die bedrohte oder zerstörte Vielfalt einer Kulturlandschaft zu retten oder wiederherzustellen? Darüber spricht Moderator Oliver Glaap mit Hélène Miard-Delacroix, Politikwissenschaftlerin an der Sorbonne Université in Paris, mit Barbara Steiner, Kunsthistorikerin und Direktorin der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, mit Axel Brüggemann, Journalist, Publizist und Host des Podcasts „Klang der Macht“, und mit dem langjährigen ARD-Korrespondenten in Polen, Martin Adam. Podcast-Tipp: Klang der Macht In dem sechsteiligen Podcast „Klang der Macht - Dresdens Freiheitskampf & Putins Kulturagenda“ zeichnen Axel Brüggemann und Jeanny Wasielewski ein erschreckend aktuelles Bild von Putins Verflechtung von Macht und Kultur - von seiner KGB-Vergangenheit in Dresden über die Panama Papers bis zum Ukraine-Krieg. https://www.ardsounds.de/sendung/klang-der-macht/urn:ard:show:db6549a6df1be026/

This week Jim has non fun times waiting in hospital, Elton laments the state of garden centres and we all wonder why they're like HMV. Darren braces himself for the finale of The Boys and Lee catches up with Rivals season 2 and bemoans the state of Eurovision this year. After that its on to this weeks film... Is it a dark satricial comedy portmanteau about the Panama Papers or is it a hollow, hypocritcal, corporate whitewash designed to tell you nothing but make all the worthy actors feel like they're doing something without doing anything...  We'll find out as we review The Laundromat Media Discussed This Week Eurovision - BBC / World Wide TV The Boys - Amazon Prime Rivals Season 2 - Disney+ Good Omens Season 3 / Finale - Amazon Prime Directive 8020 - Xbox / PS5 / PC The Laundromat - Netflix Mandalorian and Grogu - Theatrical 

Díky Panama Papers se světová veřejnost před deseti lety poprvé dozvěděla o obrovských majetcích Vladimira Putina, o vyvádění státního bohatství z Afriky, ale i o daňových únicích evropských politiků. První velká mezinárodní spolupráce stovek investigativníchp novinářů vnesla světlo do machinací panamské právnické firmy Mossack Fonsecap díky bezprecedentnímu úniku jedenácti a půl milionu důvěrných dokumentů. Co dnes víme o příběhu whistelblowera Johna Doea? Jaké důsledky Panama Papers měly? Co se na nich naučilo světové novinářstvo? Petr Gojda pozval k bilančnímurozhovoru šéfredaktorku Pavlu Holcovou, která byla společně s celým týmem ICIJ za práci na Panama Papers oceněna Pulitzerovou cenou.

Episode Notes: The Graph Advantage: Shifting from rigid data tables to mathematical nodes and relationships to mirror real-world systems. Financial Crime Prevention: How the ICIJ used graph databases to untangle the complex shell company webs of the Panama Papers. AI's "Left Brain": Using knowledge graphs to provide deterministic logic, explainability, and access control for Large Language Models. Data Sovereignty: Managing the balance between on-premise security for regulated banks and managed cloud services like AWS, GCP, and Azure. The Context Revolution: Why venture capital identifies context graphs as a trillion-dollar opportunity for the next wave of AI deployment. Timestamps: 00:00 – Introduction to The Fintech Times News and Views. 00:41 – Meet Philip Rathle, CTO at Neo4j. 01:35 – Why networks fail when shoved into traditional tables. 03:32 – Case Study: Untangling the Panama Papers. 05:32 – Market nuances and expansion in the Middle East. 06:41 – AI agents and the transition to graph-based queries. 08:19 – Solving AI hallucinations and the need for explainability. 10:11 – Data sovereignty and cloud security options for banks. 11:32 – The future: From AI buzz to the "trillion-dollar" context graph. The Fintech Times News &Views Podcast delivers strategic insight into the trends redefining global financial services, with commentary from industry leaders and innovators. Discover more coverage, interviews, research, and partnership opportunities at thefintechtimes.com and follow The Fintech Times across all major social platforms.

In this week's This Week in AML, Elliot Berman and John Byrne break down FinCEN's newly released notice of proposed rulemaking to modernize the AML/CFT program rule—its first major rethink in two decades. They explore what a risk-based refocus could mean in practice, including new requirements for risk assessments, changes to the four pillars, examiner discretion, and the unprecedented requirement that bank regulators consult with FinCEN before certain enforcement actions. The conversation also covers a flurry of regulatory and enforcement developments: the OCC's GENIUS Act proposal on stablecoins, the removal of reputation risk from bank examinations, and what both could mean for smaller financial institutions. Elliot and John look back at the 10-year anniversary of the Panama Papers, review the FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report, and discuss global enforcement challenges—from scam centers in Southeast Asia to resource constraints at foreign FIUs.

This week we've got movies, music, and money laundering! We talk about Temperature by Sean Paul, Daniel Powter's Bad Day, how good Meryl Streep is in The Devil Wears Prada, and the Panama Papers. Join us for another wild episode!

De drie grote Nederlandse vakbonden FNV, CNV en VCP liggen al maanden in de clinch met het nieuwe kabinet over geplande bezuinigingen in de AOW, WW, en WIA. Zal CNV onder hun nieuwe voorzitter dezelfde koers blijven varen als voorheen? Hans Van den Heuvel, voorzitter van vakbond CNV is te gast in BNR Zakendoen. Macro met Mujagić/Boot Elke dag een intrigerende gedachtewisseling over de stand van de macro-economie. Op maandag en vrijdag gaat presentator Thomas van Zijl in gesprek met econoom Arnoud Boot, de rest van de week praat Van Zijl met econoom Edin Mujagić. Ook altijd terug te vinden als je een aflevering gemist hebt. Blik op de wereld Wat speelt zich vandaag af op het wereldtoneel? Het laatste nieuws uit bijvoorbeeld Oekraïne, het Midden-Oosten, de Verenigde Staten of Brussel hoor je iedere werkdag om 12.10 van onze vaste experts en eigen redacteuren en verslaggevers. Ook los te vinden als podcast. Boardroompanel Investeringsfonds Pershing Square Holdings van miljardair Bill Ackman wil Universal Music Group overnemen. En: tien jaar na de bekende Panama Papers is het aantal Trustkantoren in Nederland gehalveerd Dat en meer bespreken we om 11.30 in het boardroompanel met: Jeroen Vercauteren, specialist fusie en overnames en Associate partner bij Qufinity en Hélène Vletter, Hoogleraar financieel recht & governance aan de Erasmus universiteit, Commissaris bij oa STMicroelectronics (grootste Europese semiconductor (chips) fabrikant) en bij de NPO en Anthos Fund en Asset Management. Boardroompanel Zakenlunch Elke dag, tijdens de lunch, geniet je mee van het laatste zakelijke nieuws, actuele informatie over de financiële markten en ander economische actualiteiten. Op een ontspannen manier word je als luisteraar bijgepraat over alles wat er speelt in de wereld van het bedrijfsleven en de beurs. En altijd terug te vinden als podcast, mocht je de lunch gemist hebben. Contact & Abonneren BNR Zakendoen zendt elke werkdag live uit van 11:00 tot 13:30 uur. Je kunt de redactie bereiken via e-mail. Abonneren op de podcast van BNR Zakendoen kan via bnr.nl/zakendoen, of via Apple Podcast en Spotify. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Em Portugal, o impacto direto dos Panama Papers foi limitado: a Autoridade Tributária analisou 147 contribuintes e, até 2020, apenas um caso resultou num acréscimo de rendimento declarado, no valor de 4,6 milhões de eurosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to episode 238 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast. I am Chris Kirkbride. In this episode, the US lifts sanctions on Venezuela's acting president and several Russian-flagged vessels, and the UK extends a general licence. The SEC brings insider trading charges, while in the UK, the FRC closes its investigation into KPMG. Additionally, the episode covers Transparency International's assessment of global financial secrecy 10 years after the ‘Panama Papers', and there is a reported cyber-attack on Hasbro. A transcript of this podcast, with links to the stories, will be available at www.crimes.financial.

Zehn Jahre nach den Enthüllungen der Panama Papers ist das Problem der Steuerhinterziehung noch lange nicht gelöst. Zwar habe die Politik reagiert, doch der Betrug gehe weiter, sagt Florian Köbler, Bundesvorsitzender der Deutschen Steuergewerkschaft.

durée : 00:06:37 - Le Journal de l'éco - par : Anne-Laure Chouin - Il y a dix ans, sortaient dans 76 pays les Panama Papers. Des révélations sur la facilité avec laquelle criminels, politiques et particuliers fortunés dissimulaient leurs avoirs. Depuis, la coopération fiscale internationale a profondément changé, mais elle reste fragile et imparfaite.

Bastian Obermayer hat 2016 mit anderen die Panama Papers veröffentlicht. Wie steht es um den investigativen Journalismus? (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:17) Moment der Veröffentlichung der Panama Papers (00:03:18) Wie kam es zu den Infos? (00:04:48) Kern der Geschichte (00:06:31) Einfluss der Panama Papers (00:08:38) Bedeutung des Pulitzer Preises (00:12:11) Veränderungen in der Journalismus-Branche (00:15:26) Zur Gründung von paper trail media (00:18:04) Chancen für Investigativ-Journalist*innen (00:19:16) Der Blick in die Zukunft (00:22:20) Herausforderungen klassischer Medien (00:25:26) Was gibt Mut für die kommenden Jahre? Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/brand-eins-podcast Und hier entlang geht's zum aktuellen brand eins Magazin: https://www.brandeins.de/t/kategore/einzelausgaben/brand-eins-magazin ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/brand-eins-podcast-bastian-obermayer

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Bastian Obermayer hat 2016 mit anderen die Panama Papers veröffentlicht. Wie steht es um den investigativen Journalismus? (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:17) Moment der Veröffentlichung der Panama Papers (00:03:18) Wie kam es zu den Infos? (00:04:48) Kern der Geschichte (00:06:31) Einfluss der Panama Papers (00:08:38) Bedeutung des Pulitzer Preises (00:12:11) Veränderungen in der Journalismus-Branche (00:15:26) Zur Gründung von paper trail media (00:18:04) Chancen für Investigativ-Journalist*innen (00:19:16) Der Blick in die Zukunft (00:22:20) Herausforderungen klassischer Medien (00:25:26) Was gibt Mut für die kommenden Jahre? Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/brand-eins-podcast Und hier entlang geht's zum aktuellen brand eins Magazin: https://www.brandeins.de/t/kategore/einzelausgaben/brand-eins-magazin ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/brand-eins-podcast-bastian-obermayer

Bastian Obermayer hat 2016 mit anderen die Panama Papers veröffentlicht. Wie steht es um den investigativen Journalismus? (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:17) Moment der Veröffentlichung der Panama Papers (00:03:18) Wie kam es zu den Infos? (00:04:48) Kern der Geschichte (00:06:31) Einfluss der Panama Papers (00:08:38) Bedeutung des Pulitzer Preises (00:12:11) Veränderungen in der Journalismus-Branche (00:15:26) Zur Gründung von paper trail media (00:18:04) Chancen für Investigativ-Journalist*innen (00:19:16) Der Blick in die Zukunft (00:22:20) Herausforderungen klassischer Medien (00:25:26) Was gibt Mut für die kommenden Jahre? Hier entlang geht's zu den Links unserer Werbepartner: https://detektor.fm/werbepartner/brand-eins-podcast Und hier entlang geht's zum aktuellen brand eins Magazin: https://www.brandeins.de/t/kategore/einzelausgaben/brand-eins-magazin ➡️ Artikel zum Nachlesen: https://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/brand-eins-podcast-bastian-obermayer

Journalisten aus aller Welt deckten vor zehn Jahren ein riesiges System rund um Steuervermeidung, Geldwäsche und Steuerbetrug auf. Selten zuvor gab es eine journalistische Recherche, die so viele unmittelbare Folgen hatte – bis heute. Sterz, Christoph www.deutschlandfunk.de, Kalenderblatt

Luchtvaartmaatschappijen wereldwijd zetten zich schrap voor een tekort aan vliegtuigbrandstof, nu de Straat van Hormuz nog lang niet open lijkt te gaan. Dit weekend wordt in Rotterdam de laatste tanker met kerosine uit de Golfstaten verwacht, terwijl de voorraden al snel slinken. Wat betekent dat voor luchtvaartmaatschappijen, en moeten reizigers rekening houden met duurdere tickets of minder vluchten deze zomer? We praten erover met onze redacteur energie Jeroen Groot. Lees: ‘Aanvoer van kerosine droogt op: laatste tanker naar Rotterdam’. Tien jaar na de onthullingen van de Panama Papers is de Nederlandse trustsector ingrijpend veranderd. Het aantal spelers én klanten is ruim gehalveerd en Nederland is minder aantrekkelijk geworden als fiscaal doorstroomland, mede door strenger toezicht van De Nederlandsche Bank. Hoe ziet de sector er nu uit en waar zijn de klanten gebleven die minder belasting wilden betalen? We bespreken het met redacteur Gaby de Groot. Lees: ‘Er was ongemak om bij klanten zo door te vragen’ Bij het Amsterdamse Zuidas-advocatenkantoor van Simmons & Simmons rommelt het. In korte tijd vertrok een groot deel van de partners. Wat speelt er intern, en wat betekent deze uitstroom voor de toekomst van het kantoor? We bespreken het met collega Edwin van der Schoot, die dit samen met Jennifer Mol uitzocht. Lees: Vertrekgolf bij Zuidas-kantoor Simmons & Simmons Redactie en montage: Sophia Wouda, Nelleke van der Heiden & Bette de Koning Presentatie: Nelleke van der Heiden See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Themen: Der Job der Medienanwälte; China: Soft Power Videospiel; Gaming: Weibliche Zielgruppe; Verschlüsselung unter Druck; 10 Jahre "Panama Papers"; Medienschelte: Witzlos; Moderation: Sebastian Sonntag Von WDR 5.

De maand maart was een ‘spectaculair’ goede maand voor de verkoop van tweedehands elektrische auto’s (EV’s) in Nederland, aldus brancheorganisatie Bovag. In dit marktsegment werden 48% meer voertuigen verkocht dan in februari. Vergeleken met maart vorig jaar was er zelfs sprake van een stijging met 99%. We praten erover met redacteur transport Hans de Jongh. Lees: Spectaculaire stijging verkoop van tweedehands elektrische auto’s Na de kernramp van Fukushima was de schrik zo groot dat ook in Europa maatregelen werden genomen. Zo besloot de Duitse bondkanselier Angela Merkel al de Duitse kerncentrales te sluiten. Ook de van oudsher grootste fan van kernenergie in Europa, Frankrijk, maakte zich zorgen. Maar die stemming lijkt in dat land écht verleden tijd, vertelt onze correspondent in Frankrijk, Eva Rammeloo. Lees: Energiecrisis? De Fransen hebben stroom zat – en willen die graag verkopen Hoe graag fiscale boefjes het ook zouden willen... het is steeds moeilijk om belasting te ontwijken. Het vermogen dat superrijken onbelast in belastingparadijzen hebben gestald, is tien jaar nadat de Panama Papers verschenen aanzienlijk gedaald. Maar er belanden nog steeds substantiële bedragen in deze fiscale vrijplaatsen, zo blijkt uit onderzoek van Oxfam. Samen met redacteur belastingen Laurens Berentsen duiken we in het onderzoek. Lees: Oxfam: minder belasting ontweken, maar mondiale Zuiden blijft kwetsbaar Redactie en montage: Bette de Koning, Sophia Wouda & Floyd Bonder Presentatie: Floyd Bonder See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Verhuld vermogen is al jaren een belangrijk thema voor de Belastingdienst. In deze aflevering schuiven Alaaddin Önal, landelijk programmamanager Verhuld Vermogen, en belastinginspecteur Bahir Habibi aan om uit te leggen wat daar precies onder valt en hoe dat in de praktijk wordt opgespoord. Het gaat om vermogen dat bewust buiten het zicht van de fiscus wordt gehouden, bijvoorbeeld via buitenlandse constructies of complexe financiële structuren. Bekende voorbeelden zoals de Panama Papers laten zien hoe dat soort praktijken aan het licht kunnen komen. Tegelijkertijd is niet iedere fout direct opzet: waar ligt de grens tussen iets bewust verzwijgen en simpelweg vergeten om het op te geven? En wanneer ben je eigenlijk te laat om dat nog recht te zetten? Crypto speelt binnen dit thema een steeds grotere rol. Het is één van de manieren waarop vermogen verhuld kan worden, maar zeker niet de enige. De vraag is hoe vaak dat daadwerkelijk voorkomt en hoe groot het probleem is in verhouding tot andere vormen van verhulling. De Belastingdienst werkt met verschillende thema’s, waarvan crypto er dus één is. Daarbij rijst ook de vraag in hoeverre crypto expliciet onderdeel is van het beleid en hoe actief er op wordt gecontroleerd. Wat kan de Belastingdienst concreet doen om dit soort vermogen op te sporen, en welke rol speelt internationale samenwerking daarin? Veel vormen van verhulling hebben immers een grensoverschrijdend karakter. Nieuwe regelgeving moet daar verandering in brengen. De Europese richtlijn DAC8 is bedoeld om meer transparantie te creëren rondom cryptovermogen. Maar hoe effectief is zo’n maatregel als mensen die bewust willen ontduiken mogelijk buiten reguliere exchanges blijven? Tegelijkertijd bestaat er al een inkeerregeling, waarbij belastingplichtigen vrijwillig hun fouten kunnen herstellen. Hoe werkt die regeling precies, en is het nog mogelijk om daar gebruik van te maken? Binnen de Belastingdienst wordt ondertussen gewerkt aan het vergroten van de kennis over crypto. Er lopen verschillende projecten en er wordt gebruikgemaakt van blockchainanalysebedrijven om transacties inzichtelijk te maken. Daarmee ontstaat een beter beeld van hoe crypto wordt gebruikt en wanneer er mogelijk sprake is van verhulling. Toch blijven er grijze gebieden. Hoe wordt crypto fiscaal behandeld? En hoe zit het bijvoorbeeld met stablecoins: zijn die te vergelijken met reguliere valuta, of vallen ze onder beleggingen in box 3? Ook praktische vragen spelen een rol, zoals de behandeling van tegoeden bij fintech- of cryptodienstverleners en de mogelijkheden voor peildatumarbitrage. Daarnaast komen privacytools zoals mixers en privacycoins aan bod. In hoeverre vormen die een probleem voor toezicht, en ben je automatisch verdacht als je er gebruik van maakt? En hoe kijkt de Belastingdienst naar ontwikkelingen binnen DeFi? Tot slot: waar ligt de grens tussen box 3 en box 1 voor actieve cryptogebruikers, en welke fouten worden in de praktijk het vaakst gemaakt bij het aangeven van cryptovermogen? Co-host is Bert Slagter. Over de podcast Cryptocurrency are here to stay. In deze wekelijkse podcast gidst Daniël Mol je door het belangrijkste cryptonieuws, langs hypes en trends, voor- en tegenstanders en winst en verlies. In het A-deel bespreken we het laatste nieuws en in het B-deel gaan we in gesprek met een gast. Van cypherpunkpioneers tot grootbanken die aan de haal gaan met stablecoins, van Bitcoin tot Ethereum tot CBDC's. Alles passeert de revue. Reageren? Stuur dan een mail naar cryptocast@bnr.nl Gasten Alaaddin Önal is programmadirecteur Verhuld Vermogen bij de Belastingdienst Bahir Habibi is belastinginspecteur Verhuld Vermogen bij de Belastingdienst Bert Slagter is analist bij kennisplatform Bitcoin Alpha. Host Daniel Mol is redacteur en presentator van de Cryptocast. Hij is sinds 2017 met Bitcoin bezig en kwam in 2021 bij het team van de Cryptocast. Redactie Daniel Mol Matthijs Damsteeg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Felix Wemheuer zu Staatskapitalismus, Planwirtschaft und unserer Zukunft mit China.  Shownotes Felix Wemheuer  Prof. Dr. Felix Wemheuer (Lehrstuhl für Moderne China-Studien) an der Universität zu Köln: https://chinastudien.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/arbeitsbereiche/moderne-china-studien/personal/prof-dr-felix-wemheuer Fuchs, D., Klotzbücher, S., Riemenschnitter, A., Springer, L., & Wemheuer, F. (2023). Die Zukunft mit China denken. 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Rowohlt Verlag. https://www.rowohlt.de/buch/felix-wemheuer-mao-zedong-9783644010192?srsltid=AfmBOopJE_AXx57LiheMHh9YOyy-Tl3MVKPkWznaGGKMUFlvtnj058-X zur Mao-Ära:  Wemheuer, F. (2019). A Social History of Maoist China. Conflict and Change, 1949-76. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/social-history-of-maoist-china/6D2579E4BA68B4C8DACB08F8AAC9809A zur Wirtschaftsreform 1978 nach dem Tod Maos: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform-_und_%C3%96ffnungspolitik Weber, I. (2021). How China escaped shock therapy. The market reform debate. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/How-China-Escaped-Shock-Therapy-The-Market-Reform-Debate/Weber/p/book/9781032008493 zur erwähnten ‘Eisernen Reisschüssel': https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiserne_Reissch%C3%BCssel zum Zitat Engels:  Engels, F. (1880). Die Entwicklung des Sozialismus von der Utopie zur Wissenschaft. manifest. https://manifest-buecher.de/produkt/entwicklung-des-sozialismus-von-der-utopie-zur-wissenschaft/ zur Neuen Ökonomische Politik: Bergmann, T. & Schäfer, G. (1989). Liebling der Partei. VSA. https://www.zvab.com/Liebling-Partei-BergmannSch%C3%A4fer-Hg-Hamburg-VSA-Verl/30757362947/bd Wemheuer, F. (2021). Marktsozialismus. Eine kontroverse Debatte. Promedia. https://mediashop.at/buecher/marktsozialismus/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205516/http:/www.mlwerke.de/le/le33/le33_453.htm zu den Kommandohöhen der Wirtschaft:  Yergin, D. & Stanislaw, J. (1998). The Commanding Heights. The battle for the world economy. Simon & Schuster. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Commanding-Heights/Daniel-Yergin/9780684835693 zum Fall Jack Ma und Alibaba: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ma https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-targets/interpol-red-notice-police-warrant-jack-ma/ https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000125770730/kurssprung-von-alibaba-aufatmen-nach-rekordstrafe Einschätzung der gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung Chinas:  Wemheuer, F. (2022). Chinas große Umwälzung. Soziale Konflikte und Aufstieg im Weltsystem. PapyRossa. https://shop.papyrossa.de/Wemheuer-Chinas-grosse-Umwaelzung zu Hartmut Elsenhans:     https://hartmutelsenhans.net/ zu Hartmut Elsenhans' Konzept der Staatsklassen:  Elsenhans, H. (1997). Staatsklassen. In: Schulz, M. (eds) Entwicklung. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-322-91011-0_9 Wallerstein, I. (1974 [2012]). The modern world-system I-IV. ProMedia Verlag. https://mediashop.at/buecher/das-moderne-weltsystem-i-iv/ zu den ‘Panama Papers': https://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/ https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/ zu Xi Jinping: Rudd, K. (2024). On Xi Jinping: How Xi's Marxist nationalism is shaping China and the world. Oxford Universtity Press. https://academic.oup.com/book/58156 Torigian, J. (2025). The Party's interest come first: The life of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping. Stanford University Press. https://www.sup.org/books/history/partys-interests-come-first zum ‘Sozialismus mit chinesischer Besonderheit':  Boer, R. (2021). Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. Springer Singapore. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-1622-8 https://jungle.world/artikel/2017/44/der-kern-der-fuehrung zu Wen Jiabao: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wen-Jiabao zu den Reformen Yugoslawiens und Ungarns: https://www.akweb.de/gesellschaft/planwirtschaft-und-marktmechanismen/ zu Josib Broz Tito: https://www.dhm.de/lemo/biografie/josip-broz-tito zum Fünfjahresplan: https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausland/china-fuenfjahresplan-kommunistische-partei-strategie-100.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year_plans_of_China zum Xi-thought: https://www.soas.ac.uk/research/political-thought-xi-jinping zu den Reichswerken Hermann Göring: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichswerke_Hermann_G%C3%B6ring https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/hitlers-holding-die-reichswerke-hermann-goering-100.html zur Verstaatlichung Renaults in Frankreich: https://monde-diplomatique.de/artikel/!1405644 zur Britischen Labour Regierung nach 1945: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britische_Unterhauswahl_1945 zu Hu Jintao: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hu-Jintao zu Jiang Zemin: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jiang-Zemin Überblick politisches System in China: https://www.bpb.de/themen/asien/china/44270/charakteristika-des-politischen-systems/ Überblick chinesischer Führungskräfte: Shambaugh, D. (2021). China's Leaders: From Mao to Now. Polity Press.  https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=chinas-leaders-from-mao-to-now--9781509546510 zu Neokonfuzianismus und der ‘neuen Linken': https://jungle.world/artikel/2023/10/solidaritaet-mit-wem https://chinabooksreview.com/2024/05/16/how-chinas-new-left-embraced-the-state/ zu den Ereignissen in Xingjiang und Hongkong: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/china#d22098 zum erwähnten Spiegel-Artikel: https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/china-abschied-eines-korrespondenten-das-regime-steht-bombenfest-a-0b653e07-092a-41fc-a9c4-8edee76044c5 Xi, J. (2014-2025). The Governance of China I-V. http://english.scio.gov.cn/featured/xigovernance/node_7248444.htm zum Machtwechsel in Kuba: https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/hintergrund-aktuell/264845/zehn-jahre-machtwechsel-in-kuba zu Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algerien: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abdelaziz-Bouteflika zur Kulturrevolution: https://www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/228467/kulturrevolution-in-china/ zu den linksdissidentischen Strömungen der Kulturrevolution:  Wu, Y. (2019). Die andere Kulturrevolution. 1966-169: Der Anfang vom Ende des chinesischen Sozialismus. (R. Ruckus, Übers.). Mandelbaum Verlag. https://www.mandelbaum.at/buecher/wu-yiching/die-andere-kulturrevolution/ Orwell, G. (1945 [2022]). Animal Farm.  zu Hu Yaobang: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hu-Yaobang zur Institutionalisierung und Demokratiebewegung unter Hu Yaobang: https://pekinger-fruehling.univie.ac.at/die-demokratiebewegung-1978-1981/hu-yaobang-und-die-demokratiebewegung/ zum ‘Fragend schreiten wir voran' Motto der zapatistischen Bewegung: https://www.suedwind-magazin.at/fragend-schreiten-wir-voran/ zur Debatte innerhalb der deutschen Linken: https://jungle.world/artikel/2023/10/solidaritaet-mit-wem zur Streikwelle 2010 in China: https://www.bbc.com/news/10389762 zu Arbeitskämpfen in China: https://www.gongchao.org/ zu den Bewegungen in Hongkong: https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/hintergrund-aktuell/296970/massenproteste-in-hongkong/ Demirović, A. (2025). Marx als Demokrat oder: Das Ende der Politik. Dietz. https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/marx-als-demokrat-oder-das-ende-der-politik/ zu Gramsi und ‘Hegemonialer Block': Cox, R. (1996). Gramsci, Hegemony, and International Relations. Approaches to World Order, 124-41. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/03058298830120020701 zum Tiananmen Massaker: https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/taegliche-dosis-politik/549121/vor-35-jahren-tiananmen-massaker-in-peking/ zum geopolitischen Hintergrund Venezuela – China – USA: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly92dkxqvko zur Iranischen Revolution (1979): https://www.britannica.com/event/Iranian-Revolution Zhao, T. (2025). Alles unter dem Himmel. Vergangenheit und Zukunft der Weltordnung. Suhrkamp. https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/zhao-tingyang-alles-unter-dem-himmel-t-9783518298824 Kang, Y. (1935 [2020]). Die große Gemeinschaft. Drachenhaus. https://www.drachenhaus-verlag.com/products/die-grosse-gemeinschaft Thematisch angrenzende Folgen S02E09 | Isabella M. Weber zu Chinas drittem Weg https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e09-isabella-m-weber-zu-chinas-drittem-weg/ S02E54 | Alex Demirovic zu sozialistischer Gouvernementalität, (Re-)produktion und Rätedemokratie (Teil 2) https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e54-alex-demirovic-zu-sozialistischer-gouvernementalitaet-re-produktion-und-raetedemokratie-teil-2/ S02E53 | Alex Demirovic zu sozialistischer Gouvernementalität, (Re-)produktion und Rätedemokratie (Teil 1) https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e53-alex-demirovic-zu-sozialistischer-gouvernementalitaet-re-produktion-und-raetedemokratie-teil-1/ Future Histories Kontakt & Unterstützung  Wenn euch Future Histories gefällt, dann erwägt doch bitte eine Unterstützung auf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories Schreibt mir unter: office@futurehistories.today Diskutiert mit mir auf Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/futurehistories.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories Webseite mit allen Folgen: www.futurehistories.today English webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords  #FelixWemheuer, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #China, #Mao, #MaoZedong, #Sozialismus, #Kommunismus, #Staatskapitalismus, #Marktsozialismus, #Planwirtschaft, #XiJinping, #ChinasWirtschaft, #Ökonomie, #Staatsklassen, #NeueÖkonomischePolitik, #Chimerica, #GeschichteChinas, #Arbeitskampf, #ChinesischerTraum  

Secrecy World is the inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Laundromat from Director Steven Soderbergh, Starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio BanderasA two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers, a landscape of illicit money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale. A hidden circulatory system flows beneath the surface of global finance, carrying trillions of dollars from drug trafficking, tax evasion, bribery, and other illegal enterprises. This network masks the identities of the individuals who benefit from these activities, aided by bankers, lawyers, and auditors who get paid to look the other way. In Secrecy World, the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter Jake Bernstein explores this shadow economy and how it evolved, drawing on millions of leaked documents from the files of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca―a trove now known as the Panama Papers―as well as other journalistic and government investigations. Bernstein shows how shell companies operate, how they allow the superwealthy and celebrities to escape taxes, and how they provide cover for illicit activities on a massive scale by crime bosses and corrupt politicians across the globe.Bernstein traveled to the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and within the United States to uncover how these strands fit together―who is involved, how they operate, and the real-world impact. He recounts how Mossack Fonseca was exposed and what lies ahead for the corporations, banks, law firms, individuals, and governments that are implicated.Secrecy World offers a disturbing and sobering view of how the world really works and raises critical questions about financial and legal institutions we may once have trusted.https://amzn.to/3PcWCUIBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

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February 23rd: Vince Muscat Sentenced (2021) Speaking out against corruption is a valiant and brave thing. It's also something that can be incredibly dangerous. On February 23rd 2021 a man was sentenced for the role he played in the assassination of a brave and outspoken woman. One who spoke out against the corruption happening in Malta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pavla Holcová je šéfredaktorka českého webu Investigace. S Jánom Kuciakom spolupracovala na viacerých kauzách, napríklad Panama Papers. Presvedčili ju dôkazy, ktoré videla, o vražde Jána Kuciaka a Martiny Kušnírovej? Aký bol motív Mariana Kočnera a prečo neuspeli jeho pokusy o Kuciakovu diskreditáciu? Slovenská vláda podľa nej ku korupcii pristupuje „na drzovku“ – bez zakrývania, ktoré je typické pre korupčníkov v zahraničí. Podobne sa pozerá na 18 bytov Jaromíra Čižnára. Kočner nakoniec diskreditoval skôr sám seba, keď si celé Slovensko čítalo jeho správy. Pavla Holcová hovorí, že dôkazy by sa nemali obmedzovať len na Threemu, ale treba sa pozrieť aj na Kočnerov WhatsApp. Pre českú novinárku je fascinujúce sledovať slovenskú vládu. Podľa nej je úplne očividné a čitateľné, že vláda ku korupcii pristupuje tak, ako keby žiadne ďalšie volebné obdobie nemalo prísť. Argument vlády o kajúcnikoch označila za „hovadinu“. Nemal by sa už v 21. storočí dať vyšetrovať zločin aj bez kajúcnikov?Jej investigatívny portál prišiel na základnú školu v Prahe ktorá slúži ako centrum ruskej propagandy, aj na vydavateľstvo platené ruským štátom, ktoré vydáva falošnú históriu Česka aj Slovenska od falošných autorov. Nahrával Peter Hanák.

Pavla Holcová je šéfredaktorka českého webu Investigace. S Jánom Kuciakom spolupracovala na viacerých kauzách, napríklad Panama Papers. Presvedčili ju dôkazy, ktoré videla, o vražde Jána Kuciaka a Martiny Kušnírovej? Aký bol motív Mariana Kočnera a prečo neuspeli jeho pokusy o Kuciakovu diskreditáciu? Slovenská vláda podľa nej ku korupcii pristupuje „na drzovku“ – bez zakrývania, ktoré je typické pre korupčníkov v zahraničí. Podobne sa pozerá na 18 bytov Jaromíra Čižnára. Kočner nakoniec diskreditoval skôr sám seba, keď si celé Slovensko čítalo jeho správy. Pavla Holcová hovorí, že dôkazy by sa nemali obmedzovať len na Threemu, ale treba sa pozrieť aj na Kočnerov WhatsApp. Pre českú novinárku je fascinujúce sledovať slovenskú vládu. Podľa nej je úplne očividné a čitateľné, že vláda ku korupcii pristupuje tak, ako keby žiadne ďalšie volebné obdobie nemalo prísť. Argument vlády o kajúcnikoch označila za „hovadinu“. Nemal by sa už v 21. storočí dať vyšetrovať zločin aj bez kajúcnikov?Jej investigatívny portál prišiel na základnú školu v Prahe ktorá slúži ako centrum ruskej propagandy, aj na vydavateľstvo platené ruským štátom, ktoré vydáva falošnú históriu Česka aj Slovenska od falošných autorov. Nahrával Peter Hanák.

Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast. Today, Jeppe sits down with Emil Eifrem, founder & CEO of Neo4j, the world's leading graph database and a core infrastructure layer for AI applications used by all 20 of the top US banks, 9 of 10 global pharma giants, and every major automotive OEM.Emil recently announced a $100M global startup program to back founders building the next generation of AI-native products on top of graph technology — from knowledge graphs to hallucination-free LLMs.We delve into why graph thinking matters now, how Neo4j came of age during the Panama Papers investigation, and why Europe is better positioned than people think to compete in the AI platform shift.Here's what's covered:02:00 — The Panama Papers “Coming Out Party”How journalists used Neo4j to uncover 7-layer-deep financial relationships invisible to traditional databases — and why it triggered a wave of global adoption.06:40 — Why Graphs Are the Missing Link for AIKnowledge, meaning, context, and relationships: why LLMs without structured knowledge graphs hallucinate.08:50 — The $100M Startup ProgramWhy Neo4j is returning to its roots to support AI-native founders — and why the packaging for startups had to change.12:00 — What Founders GetFree Aura credits, dedicated graph engineers, joint GTM, and access to the world's largest graph developer community.14:30 — Early Traction: 300+ Startups in WeeksWhy early demand is far ahead of expectations — and the kinds of companies applying.16:10 — Community as a Strategic Moat500+ annual global events, deep developer love, and why skill availability is now a CIO-level buying criterion.19:00 — Building Deep Tech in EuropeWhy Neo4j kept engineering in Europe, how the ecosystem matured, and what today's founders can learn.22:00 — Regulation & CompetitivenessWill Europe overregulate itself out of the AI race? Emil's perspective on models vs infrastructure vs applications.23:40 — The Future of AI InfrastructureWhy every company must rethink its stack — and why the biggest threat is assuming your business will survive without change.

The leaked files of a Panamanian law firm offer a glimpse into the offshore economy used by politicians, criminals, and celebrities to hide wealth, evade taxes, and launder money. Prelude: The assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta's most feared investigative journalist. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ –––-–---------------------------------------- DONATE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SwindledPodcast.com/Support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONSUME: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SwindledPodcast.com/Shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ –––-–---------------------------------------- MUSIC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Deformr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ –––-–---------------------------------------- FOLLOW: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SwindledPodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the mid-'90s, two high-end New York art galleries began selling one fake painting after another – works in the style of Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and others. It was the largest art fraud in modern U.S. history, totaling more than $80 million. Our first story looks at how it happened and why almost no one ever was punished by authorities. Our second story revisits an investigation into a painting looted by the Nazis during World War II. More than half a century later, a journalist helped track it down through the Panama Papers. This is an update of an episode that originally aired in January 2020.  Support Reveal's journalism at Revealnews.org/donatenow Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get the scoop on new episodes at Revealnews.org/weekly Connect with us onBluesky, Facebook and Instagram Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Cel mai nou episod LEADERS vine cu un interviu care te va ține cu sufletul la gură. Invitatul este Attila Biro, jurnalist de investigație la Context, care de peste 20 de ani duce un război cu diverse mafii. Astăzi, e în prima linie a luptei cu mafiile rusești și dezinformarea rusească — o face pe teren, alături de experți din toată Europa, folosind instrumente spectaculoase care monitorizează rețelele și arată, zi de zi, cum se propagă minciuna. Vom vorbi despre afacerile STORM, Matrioșca, despre românii care preiau știri false din Rusia, cine și cum le distribuie, ce interese financiare se ascund în spate, dar și despre ce ar trebui să facă statul român — și ce nu face. Un episod cu informații uimitoare, despre o lume invizibilă, dar care acționează chiar aici, în România. 00:03:52 Război digital din 2022 00:08:51 Operațiuni informaționale în Moldova de la începutul lui 2025 00:12:50 40,000 de tik-tok-uri/zi în Moldova; în România se estimează a fi peste 100,000/zi 00:16:45 Călin Georgescu, cea mai bună infrastructură pe Telegram 00:19:00 Infrastructura Telegram ține de Rusia 00:25:00 Manipularea algoritmului în cazul Georgescu 00:30:30 Ce înseamnă să fii ”targetat”? 00:36:30 Tik-Tok și Meta au propriile Constituții 00:41:20 În spatele operațiunilor stă Kremlinul 00:50:07 Rețeaua minciunilor/context.ro 01:05:00 Investigația Panama Papers 01:15:53 Spălătoria din Azerbaidjan 01:19:50 Ce se întâmplă la nivelul statului român 01:26:45 Anularea alegerilor din 2024 01:31:18 Prezența economică rusă în România a crescut începând cu 2014 01:39:40 Investigații în războiul hibrid 01:46:00 Incompetență sau trădare? 01:56:10 Bătălia cu marile platforme

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Deutsche Bank became Jeffrey Epstein's financial sanctuary after JPMorgan dropped him in 2013. Despite Epstein's 2008 conviction and reputation as a sex offender, Deutsche's private-banking division eagerly onboarded him, chasing the fees his wealth could generate. Over the next five years, the bank processed a staggering volume of transactions that screamed red flags: hundreds of thousands of dollars routed to women with Eastern European surnames, large cash withdrawals structured below reporting thresholds, and steady payments to co-conspirators like Ghislaine Maxwell. Internal compliance staff repeatedly raised concerns, but senior executives pushed them aside. The result was predictable: Epstein's abuse network kept running smoothly, in part because Deutsche's systems let him move money as if he were any other wealthy client. Regulators later blasted the bank for these “serious compliance failures,” and Deutsche paid $150 million in fines and a $75 million civil settlement with survivors who accused the bank of enabling Epstein's trafficking empire.Separately, Deutsche Bank has faced a string of law enforcement raids at its offices in Frankfurt, largely tied to money-laundering probes and tax-evasion scandals, not Epstein. German prosecutors stormed its headquarters in November 2018 during the Panama Papers fallout, investigating billions laundered through offshore accounts. Another raid followed in 2019 tied to Danske Bank's $200 billion money-laundering scandal. These raids hammered home Deutsche's reputation as a bank of choice for criminals, oligarchs, and shadow networks. The fact that Epstein was comfortably housed within its client roster during the same era only makes the picture darker: a bank repeatedly caught facilitating dirty money was also the place where Epstein found a financial home. The raid stories underline a systemic truth — Deutsche wasn't just careless, it was a repeat offender in global financial crime, and Epstein's presence there was symptomatic of a much larger problem.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

Deutsche Bank became Jeffrey Epstein's financial sanctuary after JPMorgan dropped him in 2013. Despite Epstein's 2008 conviction and reputation as a sex offender, Deutsche's private-banking division eagerly onboarded him, chasing the fees his wealth could generate. Over the next five years, the bank processed a staggering volume of transactions that screamed red flags: hundreds of thousands of dollars routed to women with Eastern European surnames, large cash withdrawals structured below reporting thresholds, and steady payments to co-conspirators like Ghislaine Maxwell. Internal compliance staff repeatedly raised concerns, but senior executives pushed them aside. The result was predictable: Epstein's abuse network kept running smoothly, in part because Deutsche's systems let him move money as if he were any other wealthy client. Regulators later blasted the bank for these “serious compliance failures,” and Deutsche paid $150 million in fines and a $75 million civil settlement with survivors who accused the bank of enabling Epstein's trafficking empire.Separately, Deutsche Bank has faced a string of law enforcement raids at its offices in Frankfurt, largely tied to money-laundering probes and tax-evasion scandals, not Epstein. German prosecutors stormed its headquarters in November 2018 during the Panama Papers fallout, investigating billions laundered through offshore accounts. Another raid followed in 2019 tied to Danske Bank's $200 billion money-laundering scandal. These raids hammered home Deutsche's reputation as a bank of choice for criminals, oligarchs, and shadow networks. The fact that Epstein was comfortably housed within its client roster during the same era only makes the picture darker: a bank repeatedly caught facilitating dirty money was also the place where Epstein found a financial home. The raid stories underline a systemic truth — Deutsche wasn't just careless, it was a repeat offender in global financial crime, and Epstein's presence there was symptomatic of a much larger problem.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

I denne uges udgave af Bag Om Nyhederne, tager vi i særdeleshed fat på underbelyste nyheder. Måske er nyhederne denne gang underbelyste, fordi DR og Politiken ikke ønsker, at der skal komme en historie.I 2016 blev ”the Panama Papers” lækket. The Panama Papers var nogle dokumenter, der viste, hvem og hvor mange mennesker der havde penge i skattely i Panama – og der var mange. Over hele verden blev politikeres korruption afsløret og tvivlsomme skattedispositioner belyst.I Danmark kørte DR og Politiken en stor historie om, hvordan 400 danske navne optrådte i dokumenterne. Det skabte et pres, og det endte med, at staten opkøbte oplysninger om danskerne i papirerne, som faktisk var stjålet fra det firma, de kom fra velvidende, at de var stjålet.Nu er der kommet en afgørelse på, hvor mange af de her sager, der er belæg for at køre en straffesag på, og DR og Politiken er usædvanligt stille. Hvorfor mon det?Det og meget andet kan du høre meget mere om i denne uges afsnit af Bag Om Nyhederne.Vi skal også et smut til EU for at diskutere Ursula von der Leyens tale om Unionens tilstand og sidst til Danmark for at se til vores folkeskole, som igen er i krise… eller er den?Vi har selvfølgelig også ugens lyspunkt og skævert med. Det er lige ved, at vi snart må tilføje et segment udelukkende for de københavnske kommunalpolitikere, når vi når til ugens skævert, så der også er plads til andre. Det har vi dog endnu ikke fået gjort, så se med i denne episode af BON for at finde ud af, hvilken københavnsk politikker, der er denne uges vinder af ugens skævert.Dagens emner: 00:00 Ursula von Der Leyens tale (SOTEU)15:53 Ro på der er plads til forbedring i folkeskolen29:53 Historien der blev væk - Panama Papers40:40 Ugens Skævert44:50 Ugens lyspunkthttps://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/karsten-lauritzen-koeb-af-panama-papirer-bliver-en-god-investeringhttps://www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/venstrefloejens-boligpolitik-er-ekstrem-usolidarisk https://mobiltv.ft.dk/embed/20241/BUU/tv.10861 https://www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/rektor-efter-debat-om-intolerance-paa-koebenhavns-universitet-vi-tager-kritikken-alvorligt?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAgXn_fhuS2gQ_5TZWGhZX8Q3btxng0g2EHJa7DVjiz5f2Mvzww0RFjDXU-8CvA%3D&gaa_ts=68cbb6cf&gaa_sig=6TDiLmFRuJqpz0Cvu2eBuFQCoxR4g7fivqY9DPkays1ImZedOCY9LZEwu3dGOb5UYVOQPz8xYABAFq4DZH0dVg%3D%3D  https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2025-09-15-enhedslisten-klar-til-markant-boligopgoer https://www.ft.dk/samling/20241/spoergsmaal/s1451/svar/2162030/3067850.pdf https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/tema/den-store-skattelaek https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/ingen-danske-privatpersoner-fra-panama-papers-straffes https://cepos.dk/artikler/draghis-dagsorden-kan-koste-danmark-dyrt/ https://www.berlingske.dk/kronikker/kommunalpolitik-er-praeget-af-vanetaenkning-og-snaeversyn-her-er-ti-liberale-teser-der-skal-aendre-det?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAgFD8QQFoHPQJKz6Js2aWKk1t3AH85wqzsuv44T8VRerT3R5L-1eVvIdSO8xXY%3D&gaa_ts=68cbc4d6&gaa_sig=gpXj-Q29iaObb8MEi4kiNrMkfJD1Fc7Dhj1xJ1QHHB6OIJxSzri4-NW1x7eBQneLKYqeonnwig-LT7_izwiotA%3D%3Dhttps://www.ft.dk/samling/20241/almdel/reu/spm/1425/svar/2161735/3067337/index.htm

Det mest dramatiske Fed-møde i mands minde begynder. Statsanklager går efter dødsstraf i Charlie Kirk-drabssag. Erhvervsledere fra regeringens energikrisestab Nekst ser deres anbefalinger samle støv. Hemmelig klausul kan afspore Ørsteds kapital­for­hø­jelse. Danske banker overvåger ansattes fremmøde. Alle straffesager i Panama Papers er gået i vasken.   Vært: Trine Duvander (trine.duvander@borsen.dk)

Panama papers, Paradise papers, Dubai Uncovered, SwissLeaks, og så videre. Veldig mye av det vi i dag vet om økonomiens skyggesider, kommer ikke fra åpenhetstiltak fra myndigheter. Det kommer fra dokumentlekkasjer, hvor varslere og journalister ofte utsetter seg selv for betydelig risiko for å få informasjonen frem i lyset.I denne episoden av Pengeland snakker vi med Trond J. Strøm og Andreas Økland. Trond er journalist og researcher i Aftenposten, og var blant annet involvert i Aftenpostens arbeid med Panama Papers. Andreas Økland er postdoktor ved NMBUs Skatteforsk-senter, og forsker på det som er forsøkt skjult. Vi snakker om hvordan journalister og forskere arbeider med lekkede data, og hvilke tiltak som trengs for å sikre bedre vilkår for dette arbeidet.Sjekk også ut Tax Justice Norges oversikt over dokumentlekkasjer fra 2013 til 2022 her: https://taxjustice.no/artikkel/faktaark-tidslinje-over-dokumentlekkasjer

One more Loosey before our next series, thank you so much for bearing with us. In this one, RadBill gives you a break down of what was found in the panama papers and a look at the things people are willing to tolerate to carry on cheating the tax man.Our main source:The Panama Papers by Frederick Obermaier and Bastian ObermayerDid you enjoy the episode? Like, Comment and Subscribe!Wanna chat? Check out our subreddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/profiteersvsthepeople/Have ideas for future episodes? Drop us a line:profitvspeeps@gmail.com

Muligt møde mellem Rusland, Ukraine og USA og sikkerhedsgarantier. I fremtiden vil AI medføre en voldsom stigning i det globale forbrug af energi. Prisen på Ørsteds fortegningsemission kommer til at vær afgørende. Novo Nordisk tager foreløbig sejr i slagsmål om 6 mia. kr. Midt i en storstilet plan om at satse milliarder på fibernet mister TDC kunder. Tidligere minister kritiserer myndigheders og ministres lukkethed i Panama Papers-sagen.   Vært: Trine Duvander (trine.duvander@borsen.dk)

Ukrajinská novinářka Anna Babinets odhalila, jak bývalý prezident Viktor Janukovyč utratil miliardy z veřejných peněz za rezidenci se saunou, diamanty ve výtahu a pštrosí farmu. Pomáhala spustit projekt YanukovychLeaks, pátrala v Panama Papers po offshorových strukturách bývalého prezidenta Petra Porošenka – a v Pandora Papers narazila na firmy nynějšího ukrajinského prezidenta Volodymyra Zelenského napojené na oligarchu Igora Kolomojského.Po začátku ruské invaze Anna Babinets připravila svou redakci investigativních novinářů Slidstvo.Info na práci ve válečných podmínkách. Lidé spali v kanceláři, mezi spacáky pobíhaly kočky, a reportéři vyjížděli do terénu hned po vojenských útocích. Pět z jejich novinářů dnes slouží v armádě – někteří jako analytici, jiní v bojových jednotkách.V rozhovoru s Pavlou Holcovou mluví Anna nejen o válečné žurnalistice, ale i o verbálním napadání, které zažila poté, co zveřejnila citlivé kauzy. Vysvětluje, proč se v době, kdy kolem nich zuří válka, v redakci dál zabývají tématem korupce a proč mlčení škodí víc než pravda.Anna Babinets je ukrajinská investigativní novinářka, ředitelka a šéfredaktorka kyjevského serveru Slidstvo.Info a regionální editorka mezinárodní sítě OCCRP. Věnuje se zejména odhalování korupce a od začátku ruské invaze do Ukrajiny se zaměřuje na vyšetřování válečných zločinů, identifikaci pachatelů a dokumentaci důkazů pro budoucí soudní řízení.Protagonista je podcast s Pavlou Holcovou. České znění Jiří Slavičinský a Renata Klusáková. Produkce českého znění Petr Gojda.Přihlaste se k odběru newsletteru Protagonista zde a buďte mezi prvními, kdo se dozví o nových epizodách a spuštění anglické verze. V rámci mezinárodního týmu Panama Papers publikovala několik textů o offshorových firmách napojených na někdejšího prezidenta Petra Porošenka. Podílela se na natáčení oceňovaného dokumentárního filmu Killing Pavel o vraždě novináře Pavla Šeremeta. Za svou práci obdržela řadu cen, včetně prestižní Courage in Journalism Award (IWMF).Podcastová série Protagonista vznikla v roce 2025 v koprodukci české redakce investigace.cz, mezinárodní sítě investigativních novinářů OCCRP, dánské společnosti Dark Riviera a francouzské filmové produkční a distribuční společnosti Sciapode. Série Protagonista je součást projektu War Room Content podpořeného Evropskou unií. 

There is over $30 trillion sloshing around the world in offshore banking havens such as the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, and Switzerland. The world runs on dark money, and banking secrecy in a willing jurisdiction requires executives with specialized skills in tax avoidance, corporate structure, banking, and discretion. The biggest public relations disaster in offshore banking happened when the “Panama Papers” were released, and over 100,000 clients had their shareholder identification publicized to the world. The reporter covering this story ended up the victim of a car bomb just a year later. The Octopus of Global Control Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3xu0rMm Hypocrazy Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4aogwms Website: www.Macroaggressions.io Activist Post: www.activistpost.com Sponsors: Chemical Free Body: https://www.chemicalfreebody.com Promo Code: MACRO C60 Purple Power: https://c60purplepower.com/ Promo Code: MACRO Wise Wolf Gold & Silver: www.Macroaggressions.gold LegalShield: www.DontGetPushedAround.com EMP Shield: www.EMPShield.com Promo Code: MACRO ECI Development: https://info.ecidevelopment.com/-get-to-know-us/macro-aggressions Christian Yordanov's Health Program: www.livelongerformula.com/macro Privacy Academy: https://privacyacademy.com/step/privacy-action-plan-checkout-2/?ref=5620 Brain Supreme: www.BrainSupreme.co Promo Code: MACRO Above Phone: abovephone.com/macro Promo Code: MACRO Van Man: https://vanman.shop/?ref=MACRO Promo Code: MACRO My Patriot Supply: www.PrepareWithMacroaggressions.com Activist Post: www.ActivistPost.com Natural Blaze: www.NaturalBlaze.com Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/macroaggressionspodcast

The ultra-rich buy freedom while the poor get cages. Atossa Araxia Abrahamian explains how money gives the wealthy cheat codes to hack the world's systems.Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/1173What We Discuss with Atossa Araxia Abrahamian:Freeports are tax-free warehouses where billionaires store art, gold, and luxury items without customs duties — existing outside normal territory, hiding wealth from governments and spouses.Wealthy Americans now lead passport purchases, paying $200k-$750k for citizenship in countries like Malta or St. Kitts. COVID and political uncertainty drove this "insurance policy" trend among the affluent.Switzerland built wealth by selling mercenaries, then banking services, then commodity trading — always profiting from what others can't do at home. Half the world's coffee/cocoa trades flow through landlocked Geneva.These offshore systems create stark inequality: rich people buy citizenship and hide assets while poor migrants face detention camps and deportation — wealth literally buys different rules and freedoms.Research your family history — you might qualify for EU citizenship through grandparents or heritage programs. Countries like Portugal, Ireland, and Austria offer ancestral citizenship paths that don't require huge investments.And much more...And if you're still game to support us, please leave a review here — even one sentence helps! Sign up for Six-Minute Networking — our free networking and relationship development mini course — at jordanharbinger.com/course!Subscribe to our once-a-week Wee Bit Wiser newsletter today and start filling your Wednesdays with wisdom!Do you even Reddit, bro? Join us at r/JordanHarbinger!This Episode Is Brought To You By Our Fine Sponsors:The Cybersecurity Tapes: thecybersecuritytapes.comBoll & Branch: 15% off first set of sheets: bollandbranch.com, code JORDANOura Ring: 10% off: ouraring.com/jordanAudible: Visit audible.com/jhs or text JHS to 500-500Land Rover Defender: landroverusa.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How much credit risk is in the market? Equities get the headlines but the world runs on credit. Jamie Dimon recently declared that credit was a “bad risk” on the heels of Moody’s downgrading the U.S. credit rating and a spike in the 10 Year Treasury yield. Suddenly, the boring old credit and bond markets are all the rage on the financial news channels, and it goes much deeper than treasuries. Today’s episode examines the scope of the global credit market and unpacks the difference between the systemic threat posed in the global financial crisis (GFC) and the looming credit crisis today. And, it shows how the big corporations prepared for the gathering storm by rewriting the rules of the game after the GFC. The big guys are fairly insulated from any sort of looming credit shock, but the rest of us are pretty much toast. Access the episode resources. Chapters Intro: 00:01:00 Post Show Musings: 00:28:25 Outro: 00:33:39 Resources Moody’s: Moody’s Ratings downgrades United States ratings to Aa1 from Aaa; changes outlook to stable Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Household Debt and Credit Report Federal Reserve Bank of New York: The Labor Market for Recent College Graduates Coleman Report: Small Business Loan Defaults Expected to Peak Next Year Offshoring Lincoln International LLC: Q1 2025 Lincoln Private Market Index™ Investopedia: Payment-in-Kind (PIK): What It Is, How It Works, Pros and Cons Axios: Americans are behind on car payments at a record level MBA: Mortgage Delinquencies Increase Slightly in the First Quarter of 2025 HBR: U.S. Commercial Real Estate Is Headed Toward a Crisis J.P. Morgan Private Bank U.S.: Municipal Bonds: Back in the Spotlight U.S. Department of the Treasury: Treasury International Capital Data for March Everything Policy: Where are the key Panama Papers figures, seven years later? Secondaries Investor: Yale sells up to $6bn of its PE portfolio amid federal funding challenge NBER: The Offshore World According to FATCA: New Evidence on the Foreign Wealth of U.S. Peter Lang Publishing: Hip Hop Can Save America! UNFTR Episode Resources The U.S. Dollar and 10 Year Treasury. Updated Tax Evasion Figures. Video: Credit Risk: The looming U.S. Credit Crisis UNFTR 5 Non-Negotiables -- If you like #UNFTR, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Bluesky, TikTok and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join our Discord at unftr.com/discord. Become a member at unftr.com/memberships. Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee at shop.unftr.com. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is hosted by Max and distributed by 99.Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/unftrSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Taxcast looks at the battle for freedom of the press in Switzerland and the implications for the rest of the world. Investigative journalists like Bastian Obermayer risks arrest, fines and imprisonment if he sets foot in Switzerland again, and Swiss journalists are having to turn away strong public interest stories - for fear of not just rich and powerful people coming after them, but also the Swiss state. Switzerland's always been famous for its banking secrecy laws and it's never been the friendliest place for investigative journalists. Now the situation threatens to get even worse. Featuring: Bastian Obermayer, one of the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalists who broke the Panama Papers story and many other groundbreaking scandals. Swiss investigative journalist, Oliver Zihlmann, co-head of the Investigative Unit at Tamedia, the leading publishing and broadcast media company in Switzerland. Policy and advocacy manager at Reporters Without Borders Switzerland, Valentin Rubin Hosted by Naomi Fowler and co-produced with Leo Schick. Transcript of the show available here: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Criminalising-Journalists_-Script.pdf Further reading: Suisse Secrets https://www.occrp.org/en/project/suisse-secrets Bastian Obermayer: 'In Switzerland, I face prison – for exposing wrongdoing.' https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bastian-obermayer-9ba8805b_we-investigate-corruption-swiss-law-calls-activity-7316409781127159808-EgfS/  US overtakes Switzerland in global ranking of financial secrecy hotbeds https://taxjustice.net/press/financial-secrecy-index-2020-reports-progress-on-global-transparency-but-backsliding-from-us-cayman-and-uk-prompts-call-for-sanctions/ Tax Justice Network's Financial Secrecy Index https://fsi.taxjustice.net/ Swiss Government Motions for Press Freedom in Country's Finance Sector https://www.occrp.org/en/news/swiss-government-motions-for-press-freedom-in-countrys-finance-sector Swiss parliamentarians refuse to overhaul banking secrecy laws https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/swiss-banking-secrecy-law-clashes-with-freedom-of-speech/47365724  

How easy is it to get filthy rich selling arms to anyone who'll pay? There may be sanctions, there may be laws, but even though he's the FBI's most wanted fugitive, a Chinese arms dealer and manufacturer has evaded arrest for two decades. Who could be better to investigate one of the world's most dangerous men and tell this story than Panama Papers journalists? Taxcast host Naomi Fowler speaks to Frederik Obermaier about the book The Chinese Phantom: the Hunt for the World's most Dangerous Arms Dealer. What does it tell us about sanctions and financial secrecy at a time of rising autocracy and global insecurity?   Also in this episode: the latest on efforts by powerful people to block the US's Corporate Transparency Act which was supposed to set up a register of the real owners of companies;   And, in the UK - a new whistleblower incentive scheme - the tax authority HMRC will give whistleblowers who bring actionable information a cut of between 10 and 25% of any fine that HMRC imposes. Also, as the British government announces welfare cuts affecting the poorest people in the country, there are calls for a windfall tax on banks and a 2% wealth tax on assets above £10 million instead.   Featuring: Panama Papers journalist Frederik Obermaier, Whistleblower lawyer Mary Inman, Erica Hanichak of the FACT Coalition, Hannah Dewhirst of Positive Money, Professor Prem Sikka.   Produced by Naomi Fowler and Leo Schick of the Tax Justice Network.   Transcript of the show: (some may be automated) https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/March_25_Transcript-1.pdf    Further reading:   The Chinese Phantom, the Hunt for the World's Most Dangerous Arms Dealer. (Available in English and in German) https://www.kiwi-verlag.de/verlag/rights/book/bastian-obermayer-frederik-obermaier-die-jagd-auf-das-chinesische-phantom-9783462001396 Also available here but please try to use a local bookshop! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chinese-Phantom-worlds-dangerous-dealer/dp/1915590698    Tax abuse whistleblowers will earn a share of HMRC proceeds, says UK Finance Minister https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/26/tax-avoidance-whistleblowers-will-earn-share-of-any-hmrc-proceeds-rachel-reeves-confirms   Windfall tax on bank profits in the UK could raise £15bn https://positivemoney.org/press-release/windfall-tax-on-bank-profits-could-raise-ps15bn/   How to raise £60 billion for public services: ten tax reforms from Tax Justice UK https://taxjustice.uk/blog/how-to-raise-60-billion-for-public-services-our-ten-tax-reforms/   Millionaires urge MPs “tax us, the super-rich” to avoid cuts and invest in Britain https://patrioticmillionaires.uk/latest-news/millionaires-urge-mps-tax-us-the-super-rich-to-avoid-cuts-and-invest-in-britain    All our podcasts are available on our podcast website https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/ 

Michael Shellenberger, journalist, author and founder of PUBLIC discusses his investigative reports on the USAID's role in censorship and political interference.He reveals how USAID refused Elon Musk's access, leading to its shutdown.Shellenberger highlighted USAID's counter-populism efforts, including funding investigative journalism through OCCRP to undermine President Donald Trump.He also explains the Panama Papers and the Hunter Biden laptop controversy and how the deep state funded the Russia Hoax.We look into the broader implications of USAID's actions, including the erosion of free speech. #USAID #Trump #elonmusk -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To see more exclusive content and interviews consider subscribing to my substack here: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA:Substack: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/X: https://twitter.com/mrwinmarshallInsta: https://www.instagram.com/winstonmarshallLinktree: https://linktr.ee/winstonmarshall----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapters 00:00 USAID and the Censorship Industrial Complex02:15 USAID's Role in Counter-Populism and Regime Change04:39 USAID and the Impeachment of Trump07:49 OCCRP and USAID's Funding of Fake Journalism11:04 USAID's Involvement in Russiagate20:11 USAID's Broader Influence and Criticisms25:14 The Role of Free Speech in Civilization43:04 The Evolution of Mark Zuckerberg's Stance on Free Speech52:01 The Future of Free Speech and Civilization Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danny and Derek speak with Ryan Grim of Drop Site News and Yann Philippin of the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) about Drop Site's story on revelations about the US government being the largest funder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the journalistic organization working with outlets to bring to light such stories as the Panama Papers or the Pandora Papers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake Bernstein - Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global EliteJuly 14A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers, a landscape of illicit money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale.A hidden circulatory system flows beneath the surface of global finance, carrying trillions of dollars from drug trafficking, tax evasion, bribery, and other illegal enterprises. This network masks the identities of the individuals who benefit from these activities, aided by bankers, lawyers, and auditors who get paid to look the other way.In Secrecy World, the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter Jake Bernstein explores this shadow economy and how it evolved, drawing on millions of leaked documents from the files of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca—a trove now known as the Panama Papers—as well as other journalistic and government investigations. Bernstein shows how shell companies operate, how they allow the superwealthy and celebrities to escape taxes, and how they provide cover for illicit activities on a massive scale by crime bosses and corrupt politicians across the globe.Bernstein traveled to the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and within the United States to uncover how these strands fit together—who is involved, how they operate, and the real-world impact. He recounts how Mossack Fonseca was exposed and what lies ahead for the corporations, banks, law firms, individuals, and governments that are implicated.Secrecy World offers a disturbing and sobering view of how the world really works and raises critical questions about financial and legal institutions we may once have trusted.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Ralph welcomes international human rights lawyer and activist, and former senior United Nations human rights official Craig Mokhiber to discuss Israel and Gaza—if Israel should be thrown out of the UN, how Trump's positions will compare to Biden's, and whether we're starting to see cracks in Israel's wall of impunity. Plus, Ralph shares a possible ray of light in Trump's cabinet, a warning about the cost of credit cards for small businesses, and some tough love for AARP.Craig Mokhiber is an international human rights lawyer and activist, and a former senior United Nations human rights official. A human rights activist in the 1980s, he would go on to serve for more than three decades at the United Nations, with postings in Switzerland, Palestine, Afghanistan, and UN Headquarters in New York. In October of 2023, he left the United Nations, penning a widely read letter criticizing the UN's human rights failures in the Middle East, warning of unfolding genocide in Gaza, and calling for a new approach to Palestine and Israel based on international law, human rights, and equality. Gaza is now the world capital of child amputation. And that doesn't even cover the true horror, because Israel blocks any anesthesia from entering Gaza as a means of imposing further agony on the population that they are subjecting to genocide. Which means those amputations are being carried out on children and adults without anesthesia and often without sterile equipment or adequate hospitals, such that even if they survive the excruciating agony of an amputation without anesthesia, they may well not survive the side effects. They may well not survive the infection.Craig MokhiberThe irony is that in November, the UN announced that Israel had paid its dues in full in order to preserve its membership and to continue to fund the UN— an organization that the Israelis say is a terrorist, anti-Semitic organization dedicated to its destruction, is an organization that they have decided to be a member of and to fund. So when you look at the kind of propaganda that they distribute…You can see how ironic and how outrageous it really is. I've said that it would be hard to imagine any country in the history of the organization more deserving—at a minimum—of suspension from the UN General Assembly. No country in history has violated the principles of the UN Charter more than Israel, and it has done so from the moment of its admission in 1948. Craig MokhiberWe can certainly expect a dangerous four years under Trump. There's no denying it…But we shouldn't forget that we've just had a four-year term under Biden and Harris in which they undid none of those policies, and in which they actually supported horrific international crimes being perpetrated by Israel. And Biden and his administration were at the helm of the brutal repression of human rights defenders here in the United States, on college campuses and workplaces and the streets and in media places. So we're going to go from genocide abroad and repression at home under Biden to more genocide abroad and repression at home under Trump. The only difference is that Trump won't waste his time on the kind of mendacious pretense of civility and humanitarian concern that was peddled by Biden and Harris as it murdered babies in their thousands. Craig MokhiberAARP has maybe 18 million members. That's a big, big organization, and we want it on our side. We want it on the side of single-payer, universal insurance, full Medicare for all.Ralph NaderIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantisNews 12/4/241. On Tuesday, right-wing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attempted to stage a coup, declaring martial law and stationing troops outside of the South Korean National Assembly in an attempt to block lawmakers from assembling and voting to overturn his decree. Reuters reports that while Yoon used the pretext of cracking down on “North Korean anti-state forces," he “did not cite any specific threat” and instead focused on his domestic political opponents. Some contend that this move was meant to stave off prosecution of his wife, who is under investigation for corruption. When lawmakers were finally able to enter the National Assembly, all 190 members present voted to overturn the decree, including members of Yoon's own party. Former Democratic President Moon Jae-in urged the National Assembly to “act quickly to protect our democracy from crumbling." Even still, Yoon initially refused to call off the military, only folding after the Korean unions declared a general strike and the defense minister tendered his resignation. South Korea has previously been ruled by U.S.-backed dictators, including Syngman Rhee, Park Chung-Hee, and Chun Doo-hwan. Almost 30,000 American troops are stationed in the country and a provision in the American-drafted Korean constitution gives the U.S. emergency powers to take over the South Korean military.2. In Western Europe, the governments of Germany and France are collapsing. CNN reports that weak economic performance led German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SDP to dismiss his finance minister, Christian Lindner of the FDP, which in turn resulted in that party pulling out of Scholz's governing coalition – leaving Scholz in charge of a minority government. According to this report, Scholz committed to holding a confidence vote set for January 15th; if he loses that vote, a snap election could be held as early as March 2025, well ahead of the scheduled September elections. Meanwhile in France, Macron's center-right coalition is facing no confidence motions from the Left and far-Right. This crisis boils down to a budget showdown hinging on a social security austerity measure that Prime Minister Michel Barnier rammed through without a vote, per Le Monde. Mathilde Panot of the left-wing France Unbowed party is quoted in Reuters saying "Faced with this umpteenth denial of democracy, we will censure the government…We are living in political chaos because of Michel Barnier's government and Emmanuel Macron's presidency."3. In their December 2024 report, Prisoners for Peace lists four Israeli refuseniks: Itamar Greenberg, who has already spent 105 days in prison and has now been sentenced to another 45 days; Yuval Moav, who has been in prison for 125 days and may face yet more jail time – and now Itamar and Yuval are joined by Soul Behar Tzalik and Iddo Eilam, who were both sentenced to 30 days on November 27th. All four refuseniks are just 18 years old. They are affiliated with the Israeli refusenik peace group, Mesarvot.4. The Financial Times reports that the United States is exerting pressure on Ukraine to lower its age of conscription from 25 to just 18 years old. A senior U.S. military official is quoted saying “The simple truth is that Ukraine is not currently mobilising or training enough soldiers to replace their battlefield losses while keeping pace with Russia's growing military.” This piece frames this push as part of the Biden administration's feverish attempts to “deploy $7bn in security assistance to Kyiv before…Donald Trump takes office,” and cites estimates that Ukraine needs at least another 160,000 soldiers to replenish its ranks. Anti-war advocates have long decried the United States' role in perpetuating this war rather than seeking a negotiated settlement, resulting in a staggering loss of Ukrainian and Russian lives. For his part, President Zelenskyy told the Ukrainian parliament last week “Let there be no speculation — our state is not preparing to lower the mobilisation age.”5. In another case of foreign policy being made in the liminal space between the Biden and Trump administrations, AP reports China has announced they will ban exports of gallium, germanium, antimony and other high-tech materials with military applications to the United States. in retaliation for the U.S. limiting semiconductor-related exports – and for Donald Trump's threats to impose steep tariffs on the People's Republic. Lin Jian of the Chinese Foreign Ministry is quoted saying “China has lodged stern protests with the U.S. for its…malicious suppression of China's technological progress…illegal unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction against Chinese companies.”6. In yet another instance of Trump conducting foreign policy before his term begins, the president-elect has already provoked a diplomatic incident with Canada and Mexico. Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on the two countries unless they “stem the flow of migrants and drugs,” per AP. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, rather than standing together with Mexico, met with Trump to convince him that the two countries should not be treated equally. In response, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said “Mexico must be respected, especially by its trading partners,” and added that Canada “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has.”7. A new bombshell report comes to us from Drop Site. This time, it concerns the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, OCCRP, which is one of the “largest and most powerful” news organizations in the world. As this report notes, the OCCRP works with major newspapers across the globe to collaboratively publish major stories, including the Panama Papers. Yet, an investigation led by French outlet Mediapart, Italian outlet Il Fatto Quotidiano, Reporters United and Drop Site itself – along with the German NDR, though they were pressured to pull their own story – revealed a stunning truth at the heart of the OCCRP: more than half of its funding comes directly from the U.S. government. This story is complex and the reporters involved are not trying to discredit the reporting done by the OCCRP. But the public deserves to know who is funding the journalism they consume.8. Matt Bruenig's NLRB Edge has documented a remarkable case before the labor board involving the U.S. Postal Service. As Bruenig lays out, back in 2021 “Nicolas Montross, a letter carrier…invoked his contractual right…to not work more than 60 hours in a week. After working nearly 60 hours, [he] returned undelivered mail to the facility and left work.” At that point, he was called to a “pre-disciplinary interview” with his supervisor, who “questioned whether Montross's loyalty lay with the union or USPS, threatened him with discipline and criminal prosecution, and attempted to determine who had informed him about his contractual rights.” Montross eventually resigned, believing if he did not, he would face criminal charges. When this case finally made it to the NLRB, they ruled that the USPS had violated federal labor law and ordered them to offer Montross reinstatement with back pay and benefits – called “make-whole” relief – among other remedies. Yet, the USPS is now challenging make-whole relief, which has been standard practice at the Biden NLRB since 2022. As Bruenig writes, “Shouldn't the Biden administration be telling the USPS to cut it out, lest they manage to undermine one of the Biden NLRB's major accomplishments?”9. Following Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election, Senator Bernie Sanders has sought to hold Trump to the promises he made during the campaign. On November 15th, Sanders wrote “I look forward to working with the Trump Administration on fulfilling his promise to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. We cannot continue to allow big banks to make record profits by ripping off Americans by charging them 25 to 30% interest rates. That is usury.” Now, Sanders is seeking to leverage Elon Musk's government efficiency initiative to curb runaway Pentagon spending. On December 1st, he wrote “Elon Musk is right. The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It's lost track of billions. Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud. That must change.” Put simply, Sanders is calling the Trump bluff. He ran, and won, on a populist economic message. If anyone can get him to deliver, it's Bernie – and if Trump backs down, he will be exposed as beholden to the corporate powers that be.10. Finally, on a lighter note, this week saw the resurrection of notorious corporate criminal firm Enron, via what CNN calls an “elaborate joke.” In short, this report finds that instead of a reincarnation of the scandal-plagued energy giant, this is merely a T-shirt company which bought the Enron trademark and is trying to capitalize on it. So, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. We have quite enough criminal corporations, no need to raise the dead.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Next Friday's poll will be between hardliner Saeed Jalili and rival Masoud Pezeshkian, seen as a reformist, who both failed to secure a majority. Also: the acquittal of all 28 people charged with money laundering following the Panama Papers scandal, and a Yazidi choir of victims of the Islamic State group sing of their memories.