Podcast appearances and mentions of tom burgis

When it comes to Russia, Trump's America appears on the verge of a major foreign policy U-turn. A couple of weeks ago, Trump called Zelenskyy a dictator and lyingly claimed that Ukraine had started the war. Then there was the February 28 ‘Oval Office Ambush' heard round the world. Don't forget that after years of isolating and sanctioning Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Team Trump met face to face with the Russian Foreign Minister in Saudi and now appears ready to do direct business with Russia and to be actively seeking to humiliate the Ukrainians.   Despite these worrying moves, at the moment, the U-turn remains hypothetical… all words, not yet binding actions. So… how seriously should we take this perspective shift? Does the ‘Vance/Trump Oval Office Ambush' change everything? And what are the implications for Europe and its allies if America actually switches sides to support Russia long term?   To discuss this perilous moment, we're joined again by Sir Bill Browder, a successful investor, a globally acclaimed author, and a famous philanthropist/humanitarian advocate. Browder's tireless advocacy for holding dictators and their henchman to account is widely known. He was a guest on the Disorder programme in Ep 26, a few days after his friend Alexei Navalny was murdered by Putin. [NB: the interview at the core of this episode was recorded on Feb 26 before the Oval Office Trump/Zelenskyy/Vance meeting.]     Today, Jason and Sir Bill discuss the transactional nature of Trump 2.0 and the seek to work out whether the recently announced Ukraine mineral deal actually amounts to a hill of beans. Browder emphasizes the unpredictability of the situation, the moral implications of Trump's proposed U-turn.   Finally: as they Order the Disorder, Bill and Jason discuss the practicalities of how to turn confiscate currently frozen Russian assets and use them to fund Ukrainian defence.   Producer: George McDonagh Executive Producer: Neil Fearn   Subscribe to our Substack (for free, or get the PAID version to attend our March 11th event at RUSI): https://natoandtheged.substack.com/   Show Notes Links:   Jason's substack on the the Oval Office Trump/Vance ambush of Zelenskyy: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/p/he-may-not-be-a-russian-agent-but   For a podcast produced out of Kyiv and dedicated just to the War in Ukraine: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/history-in-the-making-the-war-in-ukraine/id1752915858   Watch Bloomberg Editor Javier Blas on the fact that Ukraine doesn't have any significant rare earths: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=nqJ6Vgetyn8&t=23s&fbclid=IwY2xjawIuZ8ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfHqQQ2oA1u0f9dwlY57utRKDAlMk3uustcJ_QaiEBTeO2Duhzu5d1guUA_aem_CogDpEa6G7WcwC-7R5q6DQ   Read the FT explainer of the US-Ukraine Mineral deal: https://www.ft.com/content/1890d104-1395-4393-a71d-d299aed448e6   Listen to our previous episode with Sir Bill Browder: https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/a36160dede2b990a59c34c3c4e8eeece    Read Sir Bill's piece calling for Russian asset seizure: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-14418689/UK-Europe-Russia-frozen-billions-Ukraine-noble-cause.html   And his article co-authored with a leading Ukranian lawyer, Yulia Ziskina calling for seizure of Russia's state assets: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-22/if-trump-cuts-ukraine-aid-the-west-should-seize-russian-assets   Watch United States has ‘abandoned Ukraine' | Bill Browder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImN1fFJKHIc   For more on illicit funds and foreign interference, listen to our recent episode with Peter Geoghegan: https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/a7b4de27e0e05e297d97a505357d7050   Part 1 & 2 with Tom Burgis on the issue of UK's permissiveness over foreign political financing https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/e003625c25e8ce63dda398369bfea54b / https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/2ccf0f088b7679b5b053679466f6a42d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this episode we are joined by John Heathershaw, Tena Prelec and Tom Mayne to discuss their new book Indulging Kleptocracy: British Service Providers, Postcommunist Elites, and the Enabling of Corruption. This conversation focuses on professional enablers that provide services to help kleptocrats to launder their reputations, move their money, and gain access to political influence. John Tena and Tom argue that professional enabling is a systemic problem that is facilitated by the concentration of financial and legal expertise in the private sector, and the willingness of professionals to turn a blind eye to the origins of their clients' wealth. They discuss the challenges of regulating professional enabling and offer advice for researchers working in this area. The episode discusses the new book Indulging Kleptocracy, which partly draws on research funded by the GI ACE programme. GI ACE generates actionable evidence that policymakers, practitioners and advocates can use to design and implement more effective anti-corruption initiatives. This project was funded by UK Aid from the UK government. The views expressed in the book do not necessarily reflect the UK Government's official policies. Find John Tena and Tom's new book here: https://academic.oup.com/book/58173 Similar themes relating to kleptocracy can be found in Kickback episode 66, with Casey Michel, and episode 111 with Tom Burgis.

Tom Burgis, author of 'Cuckoo Land: Where the Rich Own the Truth', discusses the power of the wealthy to censor the press and shape reality. He explores the motivations behind the actions of the rich and the psychology of those in positions of power. Tom also delves into the topics of kleptocracy, dirty money, corruption, and the fragility of truth. He highlights the global impact of corruption and the need for scrutiny and transparency in society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a week where:Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies aged 31.Global water crisis leaves half of world food production at risk in next 25 years.Tube workers will begin striking over pay in November.Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is killed in an Israeli operation.Martyn Blake - Met police officer who shot Chris Kaba - is acquitted of murder.In Tech - (12:17) Honey, wake up! A new shady network dedicated to extremely nefarious activities, funded by American tech bosses has dropped! (Article by David Pegg, Tom Burgis, Hannah Devlin and Jason Wilson) In Food - (28:54) On Ep.279 we looked at Ultra-Processed Foods. Well now, some countries are making an active effort to combat it. And it's all happening in Latin America. (Article by Aron Penczu) In Life - (42:05) With assisted dying on the table in the House of Commons, it's worth looking at it from a perspective seldom heard: The disabled community. (Article by Sam Norman)Lastly, (57:55) some personal thoughts as WG blazes past 300 episodes.Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?"Rate & ReviewE-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.comTwitter & IG: @The5thElementUKWebsite: https://medium.com/@the5thelementIntro Music - "Too Much" By VanillaInterlude - "Charismatic" By NappyHighChillHop MusicOther Podcasts Under The 5EPN:Diggin' In The Digits5EPN RadioBlack Women Watch...In Search of SauceThe Beauty Of Independence 

Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the West initiated the most comprehensive economic war in human history. The US, EU, and UK announced a range of well-coordinated sanctions against Russia which included export restrictions, freezing assets, excluding the Russian Central Bank from SWIFT, and banning flights. It was an example of transcending the Enduring Disorder with the main Western powers working together seamlessly.    But seen in hindsight were these effective? Did they degrade Russia's fighting capacity? Does kicking a state out of the globalized economy actually hit Disordering states, like Putin's Russia or Iran, where it hurts? Do they help avoid future aggression? Or do they facilitate the rise of a ‘Disorderer's Club' where sanctioned autocracies merely trade with each other and form common cause against the West?    In this' investigative' episode of Disorder, Jason Pack is joined by Bloomberg journalist, Stephanie Baker, author of ‘Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia.' The pair explore different theories of whether economic integration prevents wars, the effectiveness of sanctions, the fear of blowback, the role of oligarchs in Putin's regime, and the impact of the novel $60 a barrel ‘oil price cap' on Russia's economy. Plus: as they Order the Disorder, they look at whether methods like the oil price cap could be used to deter Iran, the need for a coordinated international response (which includes players like the UAE), and how targeting Putin's access to high-end semi-conductors could help undermine his authoritarian power.    Producer: George McDonagh  Exec Producer: Neil Fearn    Show Notes Links  Listen to our episode with Marcel Dirsus Ep67. ‘Dictators' Disordering Quest for Internal Security': https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/bcd89a117331e217c82af1d018e28d9e     Listen to our episode with Tom Burgis which sheds light on why authoritarian states outsource their economic functions and corruption: https://pod.link/1706818264/episode/e003625c25e8ce63dda398369bfea54b     For more on Stephanie visit: https://stephaniebakerwriter.com/     Get Stephanie's book, Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Punishing-Putin/Stephanie-Baker/9781668050583     Readna review of Punishing Putin: https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/13/punishing-putin-review-us-economic-sanctions-russia-war-ukraine/     Read more from Stephanie on how Seizing a Russian Superyacht is much more complicated than you think: https://stephaniebakerwriter.com/stories-archive/russian-oligarch-s-seized-yachts-are-costing-tax-payers-millions     And for some amusement amidst all the seriousness, Read ‘Giuliani Has Curious Links to a Jewish Village in Ukraine' by Stephanie https://stephaniebakerwriter.com/stories-archive/guiliani-link-to-jewish-village-ukraine   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom Burgis is a bestselling author and award-winning investigative reporter. He has exposed corruption scandals, covered terrorist attacks, coups, neo-Nazis and forgotten conflicts, and traced dirty money around the world. Gareth Cliff speaks to him about some of the revelations in his latest book, Cuckooland, state capture in SA, Putin, Trump and lots more. The Real Network

The sordid tale of Tory mega donor, Mohamed Amersi, and his liable suit against Charlotte Leslie was an attempt to turn money into control over the truth. To our mind, there is no greater example of how the underlying principles of our era of Global Enduring Disorder connect bribery in Kazakhstan and Kathmandu to Brexit, the Ukraine war, and shadowy consultancies which offer pay-for-play access to the British elite.     In part 2 of Jason's conversation with Tom Burgis, the duo talk about some of the biggest corruption cases in British history, how the complex story of post-Cold War deregulation has fuelled both global corruption and donations to the Tory party. This story has surprising implications for who has access to the British royal family and fundamentally who owns the truth.    After the interview, Jason and Alex ‘Order the Disorder' by discussing whether increased international co-ordination can curtail illegal money flows, and what a potential incoming Starmer-led Labour government could do domestically to prevent illicit gains from being recycled into campaign donations.    Twitter: @DisorderShow    Subscribe to our Substack: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/     Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/     Producer: George McDonagh  Exec Producer: Neil Fearn    Show Notes Links  Get Tom's book Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth https://tomburgis.com/cuckooland    Read the New Stateman's, ‘Britain's new oligarchy  Tom Burgis's Cuckooland shows how the power to shape our politics is available to the highest bidder.'  https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/03/britain-new-oligarchy-tom-burgis-cuckooland    For more on CMEC's visit to rogue Libyan general Haftar: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libyan-general-haftar-meets-uk-conservative-delegation     For more on Mohamed Amersi and his liable suit against Charlotte Leslie, read Tom's ‘Tory fundraising machine to come under scrutiny in UK court case' in the FT here: https://www.ft.com/content/fcf90497-e283-4645-b18f-d95d35ff3fcd   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Award-winning investigative writer Tom Burgis' new book exposes a world where the rich can buy "truth". In Cuckooland - Where the Rich Own the Truth Burgis follows a trail from the Kremlin, through Kathmandu to a royal retreat in Scotland. He hunts down oligarchs and traces vast sums of money flowing between multinational corporations, ex-Soviet dictators and the west's ruling elites. He finds a very rich man with the power to impose his reality on the world. Tom Burgis's writing has appeared in the Telegraph, the Independent, the Observer and the New Statesman. His 2021 best-selling book is Kleptopia - How Dirty Money is Conquering the World.

Corruption, in one form or another, is as old as civilization. As long as there have been governmental authorities, private businesspeople have found ways to bribe them to get preferential deals. So, what is different about corruption in our era of Global Enduring Disorder?    To find out, Jason Pack is joined by Tom Burgis -- award winning investigative journalist, and author of Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth. In this episode (Part 1 of 2), the duo discuss how laws and decisions in the City of London and Washington, DC actually enable kleptocratic behaviour in places like Nigeria and Kazakhstan. Plus: why  are skilled middlemen and fixers so critical in enabling transnational corruption? And what kind of systemic risks do such dirty dealings abroad and the offshoring of illicit gains pose to our own politics and security?    To Order the Disorder, Alex Hall Hall joins Jason to analyse how the conduits of mega corruption is actually at the centre of our post-Cold War global story, and not at its periphery.    Twitter: @DisorderShow    Subscribe to our Substack: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/     Website: https://natoandtheglobalenduringdisorder.com/     Producer: George McDonagh  Exec Producer: Neil Fearn    Show Notes Links    Get Tom's book Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth https://tomburgis.com/cuckooland   Read the New Stateman's, ‘Britain's new oligarchy - Tom Burgis's Cuckooland shows how the power to shape our politics is available to the highest bidder.'  https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/03/britain-new-oligarchy-tom-burgis-cuckooland    Read PodBible's interview with Alex and Jason here: https://podbiblemag.com/disorder-giving-order-to-the-global-enduring-disorder/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The journalist Tom Burgis speaks to Prof. Liz Dávid-Barrett about his work investigating corruption across different continents. Tom talks about he got into journalism and what goes into researching these books. His books cover what Tom calls the rise of kleptocracy since the end of the Cold War. The latest - Cuckooland - grapples with some of the challenges for journalists in scrutinising public figures in a 'post-truth' society.

Journalist and author Tom Burgis joins Simon and Matt for our bonus Q&A episode. He talks about the authors he admires, the stories and scandals he wishes he had discovered, and who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigative journalist, Tom Burgis, joins Simon and Matt to discuss his fascinating new book 'Cuckooland: Where The Rich Own The Truth' They discuss the dangers involved in his job, what goes in to researching such incredible stories and why he continues to do it. Here's more info on the book: Everywhere, the powerful are making a renewed claim to the greatest prize of all: to own the truth. The power to choose what you want reality to be and impose that reality on the world. For three years, Tom Burgis followed a lead that took him deeper and deeper into Cuckooland – the place where the rich own the truth. The trail snaked from the Kremlin to Kathmandu, Stockholm to the Steppe, from a blood-soaked town square in Uzbekistan to a royal retreat in Scotland. Burgis hunted down oligarchs, developed secret sources and traced vast sums of money flowing between multinational corporations, ex-Soviet dictators and the west's ruling elites. And he found one man who wanted the power to bend reality to his will. This book tells an astonishing story: a tale of secrets and lies that reveals how fragile that truth can be. Whether it's in Kazakh torture chambers or the UK's High Court, the lords of Cuckooland are seizing control of the truth. They decree what stories may be told about war and money and power, what we are permitted to know – and more importantly, what we are not. From the bestselling author of Kleptopia, Cuckooland is a deeply reported work of non-fiction that reads like a thriller. It is a story of how globalisation and technological revolution have combined to imperil the foundation of free societies: that the truth belongs to the many, not the few. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We think our media is mostly truthful, honest and fearless, but investigative journalism is increasingly stymied by legal threats and the infamous SLAPP (“Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation”) from the powerful. In Cuckooland: Where The Rich Own The Truth, Guardian investigations correspondent Tom Burgis follows a trail of money and influence from Uzbekistan, Nepal and Putin's Russia to the heart of the Conservative Party – and an extraordinary encounter with Tory donor Mohamed Amersi. If money, power and limitless legal resources mean the rich can redefine the truth, as Burgis claims, what can we do about it? Buy Cuckooland through our affiliate bookshop and you'll help fund The Bunker by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org's fees help support independent bookshops too. • “People think journalists can report things honestly, but what you don't see is that … a lot of journalists self-censor, choose not to write about people who are litigious.” - Tom Burgis • “This is the reality of journalism these days. We're always carrying a lawyer around in our heads. - Tom Burgis • “The story of our time, from Putin to Trump and all points in between, is how these kleptocrats seize and maintain power through corruption.” - Tom Burgis www.patreon.com/bunkercast   Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard and Chris Jones. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Russia's invasion changed everything for Ukrainians – and for one man it presented an opportunity to reboot his political career and reclaim lost power. Tom Burgis reports from Kherson. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Vladimir Saldo was swept from Ukraine's parliament after the Maidan revolution appeared to end his political career. By 2022, police were preparing a case against him as a suspect in a contract killing. Then Russia invaded and everything changed. Tom Burgis reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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In an extra episode, recorded live from the Leaders in Finance AML Europe Event in Brussels, we interviewed renowned investigative reporter and award winning author Tom Burgis.  Formerly he was with the Financial Times and currently he is with The Guardian. As an author he wrote books like "The Looting Machine" and "Kleptopia: how dirty money is conquering the world'. See for more information on Tom Burgis and his work: https://tomburgis.com/ Topics and questions that were discussed: 1. If you wanted to be a global successful kleptocrat, what should you do? 2. Kleptocracies and global networks 3. Why the word 'enablers' is troubling, i.e. it wrongly suggests a secondary role for places like London versus for example Kazakhstan 4. How power leads to money and money leads to more power 5. Oligarchs are often non ethnic from the country of the dictator  6. Corruption in the West and use of euphemisms 7. Financial, legal and political systems in the West absorbing huge quantities of wealth 8. Using politics (in kleptocracies AND in the West) to enrich yourself 9. What the invasion of Ukraine has changed in our thinking 10. Undermining the rule of law 11. The trouble of opaque legal structures: why are we not able/willing to tackle this in the West? 12. The role of privacy and vested interests 13. The role of banks: fighting financial crime versus satisfying regulators/being compliant 14. Prevention of money laundering is outsourced to the private sector 15. Money is global, law enforcement is mainly national 16. Some real big criminals don't need to hide  17. Understaffed law enforcement agencies 18. You seem to be someone that is not scared working in crazy places and writing about people with a lot of power? 19. Will there be another book?   ***  Leaders in Finance is made possible through support of Kayak, EY, Odgers Berndtson executive search en Roland Berger. More information about our partners is available at our partnerpage.   ***  Follow Leaders in Finance via Linkedin.    *** Order the book "100 Gesprekken: de mens achter succes" about the first 100 guests at the show (in Dutch).   ***  Want to keep up with Leaders in Finance? Subscribe to our newsletter (in Dutch).    ***  Is there any guest you would like us to talk to in one of the following episodes of Leaders in Finance? Please let us know: info@leadersinfinance.nl   ***  If you enjoyed the Leaders in Finance podcast, please leave a review at for instance Apple Podcasts. You could also follow us at Spotify. We would be glad if you do, because some people will only listen to this podcast if they know that there are many other people who like to listen as well!   *** Please also check out Leaders in Finance Academy as well as Leaders in finance Events and our other podcast Compliance Adviseert.   *** Previous guests were among many others: Klaas Knot (President Dutch Central Bank - DNB), Robert Swaak (CEO ABN AMRO), David Knibbe (CEO NN), Janine Vos (Managing Board Rabobank), Frank Elderson (Board ECB), Jos Baeten (CEO ASR), Jeroen Rijpkema (CEO Triodos), Nadine Klokke (CEO Knab), Gita Salden (CEO BNG Bank), Annerie Vreugdenhil (CIO ING),  Karien van Gennip (CEO VGZ), Chantal Vergouw (CEO Interpolis), Simone Huis in 't Veld (CEO Euronext), Nout Wellink (former President Dutch Central Bank), Anneka Treon (MD Van Lanschot), Onno Ruding (former minister of finance), Maurice Oostendorp and Martijn Gribnau (CEOs Volksbank), Olaf Sleijpen (Director DNB), Allegra van Hövell-Patrizi (CEO Aegon NL), Yoram Schwarz (CEO Movir), Laura van Geest (Chairwoman Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets - AFM) Katja Kok (CEO Van Lanschot Kempen CH), Ali Niknam (CEO bunq), Nick Bortot (CEO BUX), Matthijs Bierman (MD Triodos NL), Peter Paul de Vries (CEO Value8), Barbara Baarsma (CEO Rabo Carbon Bank), Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen (Chair Aon Holdings), Annemarie Jorritsma (a.o. Chair NVP), Lidwin van Velden (CEO Dutch Water Bank - NWB), Don Ginsel (CEO Holland Fintech), Mary Pieterse-Bloem (Professor Erasmus University), Jan-Willem van der Schoot (CEO Mastercard NL), Tjeerd Bosklopper (CEO NN NL), Joanne Kellermann (Chair PFZW), Steven Maijoor (Chair ESMA), Radboud Vlaar (CEO Finch Capital), Karin van Baardwijk (CEO Robeco) and Annette Mosman (CEO APG).  --> between brackets the job title at the time of the interview.

Tom Burgis is an award-winning investigative reporter focused on domestic and international financial crime and corruption. He has exposed major corruption scandals, covered terrorist attacks, coups and forgotten conflicts, and traced dirty money from the Kremlin to Washington.  His first book, The Looting Machine, was published in 2015. It revealed how the exploitation of Africa's vast natural resources condemns the continent to corruption, conflict and poverty. The New York Times called it a ‘brave, defiant book'. It won the Overseas Press Club of America's award for the year's best book on international affairs. Kleptopia: How dirty money is conquering the world, his second book, was published in September 2020. It exposes the hidden connections that link a massacre on the Kazakh steppe and a stolen election in Zimbabwe to the City of London and, ultimately, the White House. Burgis reveals how the world's kleptocrats – those who rule through corruption – are uniting and threaten to overwhelm democracy. https://twitter.com/tomburgis  https://tomburgis.com/  How London became the dirty money capital of the world - https://www.ft.com/video/d3bafb94-9dbd-4c1e-8016-8cd8331960f1  Order Kleptopia - https://amzn.to/3ONalwm  You can listen to the show on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5AYWZh12d92D4PDASG4McB?si=5835f2cf172d47cd&nd=1  Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chatter/id1273192590  Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5wb2RpYW50LmNvL2NoYXR0ZXIvcnNzLnhtbA  And all major podcast platforms.  Watch Us On Odysee.com - https://odysee.com/$/invite/@TheJist:4   Sign up and watch videos to earn crypto-currency!  Buy Brexit: The Establishment Civil War - https://amzn.to/39XXVjq  Mailing List - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/thejist  Twitter - https://twitter.com/Give_Me_TheJist  Website - https://thejist.co.uk/  Music from Just Jim – https://soundcloud.com/justjim 

Oliver Bullough, Tom Burgis and Sarah Chayes, authors of three of the best books on global corruption, gather for a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival for a fascinating discussion about how the corrupt operate, often with impunity, and what can be done to slow the pace of looting.

Oligarchs and kleptocrats extend beyond Russia and, according to investigate reporter Tom Burgis, "The thieves are uniting." Is the ideological battle in the 21st century democracy vs. kleptocracy? And what role does the West play in supporting global kleptocrats? Tom Burgis, along with Oliver Bullough and Sarah Chayes, discuss the rise of global kleptocracy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In an era of reputation management and corporations with aggressive legal teams, who decides what stories make it to print? Arabella Pike is the publishing Director at William Collins Books. Two of her authors—Tom Burgis and Catherine Belton—recently faced significant lawsuits from Russian oligarchs and she was the one who had to decide whether to cave or to hold firm and risk financial destruction.

In an era of reputation management and corporations with aggressive legal teams, who decides what stories make it to print? Arabella Pike is the publishing Director at William Collins Books. Two of her authors—Tom Burgis and Catherine Belton—recently faced significant lawsuits from Russian oligarchs and she was the one who had to decide whether to cave or to hold firm and risk financial destruction.

Jamie Driscoll, Labour Mayor of North of Tyne says the U.K. government needs to take strong action in next week's Spring Statement - the cost of living crisis is already causing real problems. He tells Bloomberg Westminster's Yuan Potts and Caroline Hepker we can't afford not to address the problem. Plus: journalist Tom Burgis says the Government is on the right track with legal reforms. But the author of 'Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World' says it needs to address 'lawfare' by deep-pocketed complainants using the legal system to silence critics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tommy and Ben discuss the debate about whether the US and NATO should help supply MiG fighter jets to Ukraine, reports that Russia may be preparing to use chemical weapons, the growing risk to journalists covering the war, what President Biden and the US are doing to support Ukraine and how people in Russia are reacting to the invasion. They also cover China's reaction to the war, the major covid outbreak in parts of China, and how the war is complicating the Iran nuclear deal negotiations. Then Ben talks with author Tom Burgis about the rise and influence of Russian oligarchs.  How to Help in Ukraine Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: donate to humanitarian efforts United Help Ukraine: donate to the life-saving medical supplies to Ukraine's front lines Revived Soldiers Ukraine: donate to treatment of the wounded and the provision of hospitals Razom for Ukraine: donate to tactical medical training and emergency response in Ukraine Nova Ukraine: donate to humanitarian aid for Ukraine Vox: How you can help Ukrainians For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Has silencing journalists with libel claims now become harder? The High Court dismissed a suit by a Kazakhstan company against journalist Tom Burgis, author of 'Kleptopia'. The phenomenon of foreign individuals or companies using the favourable libel laws and high financial risks of the system in England and Wales is sometimes called "libel tourism" or even "lawfare". Some fear it has allowed Russian oligarchs in particular to stifle criticism. Joshua Rozenberg asks if this case could signal the end of that trend. Class actions, or collective actions as they're called in the UK, are new on this side of the Atlantic. How do they work, and could millions of passengers stand to benefit from a case against some rail companies? A little-noticed part of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill would criminalise trespass and "residing, or intending to reside, on land without consent in or with a vehicle". Gypsy, Roma and Travellers say that threatens their lifestyle and makes nomadism illegal. But the Government argues it would prevent "boundless misery to local communities without consequence". Joshua hears the arguments on both sides. Producer: Arlene Gregorius Researchers: Octavia Woodward and Imogen Serwotka Sound: Rod Farquhar Production Coordinators: Maria Ogundele and Jacqui Johnson Editor: Hugh Levinson

At least 1,200 Ukrainians are believed to have died in Mariupol alone - killed by Putin's brutal invasion of the country - while thousands of Russian soldiers may be dead. As Russia becomes bogged down in Ukraine, the war is becoming increasingly violent - and a horrific siege of Kyiv may be imminent. Rumours abound too that Putin may resort to chemical weapons. How badly is the invasion going for Russia, what happens next - and what lengths could Putin resort to?We're joined by Tom Burgis, investigative journalist and author of Kleptopia, to explain how we crack down on oligarchs linked to Putin; Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies, to tell us the state of the Russia invasion; and Adam Bienkov, on Boris Johnson's links to media mogul Evgeny Lebedev.We're also joined by Jeed Basyoun from Reprieve to discuss Saudi Arabia's mass executions.Please subscribe and help us take on the right-wing media here: https://www.patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Russia's decision to invade Ukraine last month has dramatically altered the fortunes of oligarchs overnight, but how did they accumulate their incredible wealth in the first place? Financial Times reporter and author Tom Burgis takes us through the murky world of Russian oligarchs.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted a wake-up call about Britain's overly cosy relationship with dubious oligarchs. Neil and Jonathan talk to Tom Burgis, author of “Kleptopia” about the scale of the problem and whether current efforts to crack down will work. Hosted by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.With Tom Burgis.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.This podcast is sponsored by Briefcase.News Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Book Club podcast, Sam talks to the investigative reporter Tom Burgis – just days after the High Court threw out an attempt from a London-based company run by eastern European oligarchs to suppress his book Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World. Tom tells Sam how massacres in Kazakhstan connect to the City of London, how western legal frameworks struggle to cope with international crime, how international kidnapping can be perfectly legal, why Tony Blair helped launder the reputation of a blood-soaked dictator – and how the conflict in Ukraine is the new front line of an ongoing world war between kleptocracy and democracy.  

In this week's Book Club podcast, I'm talking to the investigative reporter Tom Burgis – just days after the High Court threw out an attempt from a London-based company run by eastern European oligarchs to suppress his book Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World. Tom tells me how massacres in Kazakhstan connect to the City of London, how western legal frameworks struggle to cope with international crime, how international kidnapping can be perfectly legal, why Tony Blair helped launder the reputation of a blood-soaked dictator – and how the conflict in Ukraine is the new front line of an ongoing world war between kleptocracy and democracy.  

Even with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer says that an independent Scotland shouldn't join NATO and use nuclear deterrents. But he tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts the Greens do support cooperation for collective defense and security. Plus, as MPs debate the Economic Crime Bill to target Russian oligarchs, we hear from Thomas Mayne at Chatham House and journalist Tom Burgis, author of 'Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World.' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine became more brutal this week, with urban bombardment of civilians. We discuss what is likely to happen next and the west's response. Plus, we explore whether the UK is doing enough to tackle dodgy Russian money in London and what further sanctions should be introduced. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with Gideon Rachman, Laura Hughes, Tom Burgis and special guest Tom Tugendhat. Produced by Anna Dedhar and Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Breen Turner and Jan Sigsworth.Audio: BBC-Read the latest on https://www.ft.com/world/uk-Follow @Seb Payne See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a difficult week, Rosa and Charlie chat over the Boro defeat and consider how to make sense of why we all care *so* much (too much?) about our football teams. Spurs (and Conte) coping strategies are discussed, as is the Chelsea/Abramovich situation, the Everton game and Ashleigh Neville's much-deserved Player of the Month award. Plus, of course, culture recommendations are made. This one gets deep! Culture recommendations (Rosa: Ukrainecast [BBC], Kleptopia by Tom Burgis, Intrigue, Mayday (BBC) and Absolutely by Dijon; Charlie: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart and Reason to Smile by Kojey Radical] Follow us on Twitter: @_HometownGloryThe team on Twitter: Ash, Billie, Charlie, Rosa and Tom... And we're on Instagram: @_hometownglorygram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Burgis speaks about the networks of dirty money his new book explores.

What will new legislation to crack down on “dirty money” in the UK be worth? Western governments have applied unprecedented sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. But is it time they did more to address the corrupt money invested in their own countries? Ed Butler speaks to investigative journalist Tom Burgis, author of Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World. (Picture: Money laundromat: Credit: Getty Images)

Google says it will spend $1bn to purchase its office building in London, Katie Martin explains why Ken Griffin selling a $1.2bn stake in his Citadel Securities is a big deal, and FT investigation correspondent, Tom Burgis, describes a British industry that caters to global elites who want to hide their wealth and manage their reputations. Subscribe to the FT News Briefing on Apple Podcasts or SpotifyMentioned in this podcast:Google bets on return to office with $1bn purchase of London buildingKazakhstan: violent clampdown highlights City of London's lucrative roleKen Griffin's Citadel Securities sells $1.2bn stake to Sequoia and ParadigmSecurity talks with US and Nato ‘unsuccessful', says KremlinTwitter Spaces: Russia's Geopolitical ambitions - 12pm ET/ 5pm GMT The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show's editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber and Gavin Kallmann. The show's theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT's executive producer. The FT's global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How African Natural Resources are looted through the combination of Lawfare and Warfare. "A gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country holds natural resources worth trillions of dollars but the population is blighted with extreme poverty and violence. In a new edition of his book 'The Looting Machine,' investigative journalist Tom Burgis explores why resource-rich states are failing their people." - Kieron Monks, CNN report “Why the wealth of Africa does not make Africans wealthy” Listen to the conversation and leave your comment below. _____________________________ ♥ Thank you for listening to Obehi Podcast. Share also with your friends who might need it. ♥Join our eLearning Community - https://aclasses.org/membership/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/obehi-podcast/message

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. He wrote a book called A Gentleman in Moscow a few years ago which is really terrific, and I adored this new one. It's about two brothers and starts in Nebraska in the 1950s. Emmett, the older one is released from a juvenile prison farm where he served time for involuntary manslaughter. They're on their own with both parents gone and decide to leave the farm and start a new life – but as they're planning to leave, two guys turn up who were in prison with Emmett and smuggled themselves out in the boot of the car in which he was driven to be released – and proceed to lead them on a merry old dance, which turns into an epic road and rail trip all the way to NYC. Kleptopia by Tom Burgis. This is nonfiction, about the global money go round, and power. Who has it, how do they get it (and hold onto it); what does it take, and how do they get away with corruption on such a blatant and breathtaking scale? Like other books of this type, it's clear that a ruthless obsession with power, political dominance and unimaginable wealth is a male undertaking. It both fascinated and enraged me. Unbelievable that people manage to get away.LISTEN ABOVE

It's our 200th episode! To celebrate we've invited back one of our very first guests to the podcast, Brian Egan. This week we're discussing illicit finance, sanctions, and whether our methods of detecting and penalizing kleptocracy are up to par. How do kleptocrats hide their assets? What national security tools are currently at play? And how can sanctions be helpful or harmful in this process? Brian Egan is a partner at Skadden: https://www.skadden.com/en/Professionals/E/Egan-Brian NSLT Ep. 158, “Kleptocracy and National Security with Tom Burgis”: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20210121-kleptocracy1/ United States v. Miller: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/307/174 H.R. 5525 ENABLERS Act (Introduced version): https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr5525/text H.R. 402 CROOK Act: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr402/text ABA Afghanistan Response Project: https://www.americanbar.org/advocacy/rule_of_law/afghanistan-response/

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Award-winning investigative journalist and author Tom Burgis discusses the opportunities that the pandemic has provided for kleptocracy to flourish. Across the world, we've seen dramatic increases in government spending, logistical obstacles for watchdogs monitoring kleptocratic financial flows, and a ready-made excuse for restrictions on freedom of movement... and political protest. In our conversation, Tom shared his wealth of experience on the topic (nodding to his recently published second book, 'Kleptopia: How dirty money is conquering the world"), on how the crisis has helped to break down defences against kleptocracy. What can we learn about the response to the pandemic and the structures that allow the transnational kleptocracy to thrive, what are our strategies to hold power to account and could the post-pandemic future look brighter?

Tom Burgis, investigations correspondent at the Financial Times and author of "Kleptopia", discusses the increasingly disturbing influence that kleptocrats exert internationally, who enables them and the flaws in our efforts to contain them.

Oliver Bullough, Tom Burgis and Sarah Chayes, authors of three of the best books on global corruption, gather for a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival for a fascinating discussion about how the corrupt operate, often with impunity, and what can be done to slow the pace of looting.

Malaysia is no stranger to the complexities and the perils of “dirty money”, but we are far from the only country implicated in what investigations reporter and author Tom Burgis calls a "global kleptocracy." In his latest book, Burgis highlights the interconnectivity of global corruption and what it means for economies and democracies around the world. Image credit: graja / Shutterstock.com

Vincent is joined by Jacob Goldstein, the co-host of the podcast Planet Money from NPR and author of Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing and Tom Burgis, Investigations Correspondent with the Financial Times and Author of Kleptopia: How dirty money is conquering the world. Taking Stock with Vincent Wall on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

In this episode of the Portico Podcast I speak with Viktor Shvets, a global strategist at Macquarie, and the author of the deeply thought-provoking book The Great Rupture, which investigates the past and interrogates current trends to probe the question: do we need to be free to be innovative, prosperous, or even happy?You know, when I started this company, I laid out three philosophical principles for its ethos: intergenerational equity; value creation > value extraction; and intellectual curiosity — particularly a belief in the importance of contextual and interdisciplinary thinking and open exchange. As you'll hear, Viktor's comments deftly navigate these three principles.You may want to grab a pen and some paper to take notes for this episode because Viktor is a polymath who will engage your brain in some important — and at times, unsettling — thought experiments.In today's conversation, Viktor and I discuss:Why he wrote a book that looks for lessons in the 12th to 15th Centuries to guide us through the next two decades;Whether the ‘operating system' of open markets, property rights, and open minds that generated prosperity in the past is in retreat — and even if it were, would it matter;The confluence of the information revolution and financial revolution, and how these two forces are hollowing out the core frameworks of society;The state's usurpation of the free market and what it means for capitalism and commercial banking;The prospects for emerging markets in an era of de-globalization and the importance of non-tradable sectors across EM; We even talk about Andrew Yang and the possibility that universal basic income might liberate people from scarcity, and empower them to live lives of their choosing.But there is so, so much more.This is a good companion to my interview with Tom Burgis in Episode 4 on The Rise of Kleptocracy, and the topic of corruption comes up a couple times in this episode, so you should check out Episode 4 if you haven't already. And I've also included links in the show notes that will point you to a few additional readings that Viktor and I discuss, including some of my own writings over the last decade that have marinated over some similar themes.I hope you enjoy the conversation.This podcast was recorded in February 2021.Learn more about Viktor and the book.Buy The Great Rupture at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Waterstones.

On today’s podcast, Tom Burgis discusses his latest book: “Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World.” Tom joins me for a webinar hosted by Tom Keating of RUSI, in London.

This episode references: Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World https://www.harpercollins.com/products/kleptopia-tom-burgis?variant=32121952829474 National Security Law Today “Politics of Putin: Why he's attacking NATO, the EU, and America's free and fair elections” September 3, 2020 https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_national_security/nslt/20200903-politics-of-putin-1/ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Overview https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/foreign-corrupt-practices-act 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (Alien Tort Statute) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1350 2021 National Defense Authorization Act https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6395/text Beneficial Ownership in the NDAA https://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2020/12/14/congress-to-include-significant-expansion-of-beneficial-ownership-disclosure-requirements-for-u-s-companies-and-non-u-s-companies-registered-to-do-business-in-the-united-states-as-a-part-of-the-2021/ “IRS: Sorry, but It’s Just Easier and Cheaper to Audit the Poor” ProPublica, October 2, 2019 https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-easier-and-cheaper-to-audit-the-poor Tom Burgis is an is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times and an author https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/tom-burgis

This episode references: Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World https://www.harpercollins.com/products/kleptopia-tom-burgis?variant=32121952829474 Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) https://www.occ.treas.gov/topics/supervision-and-examination/bank-operations/financial-crime/suspicious-activity-reports/index-suspicious-activity-reports.html FINCen Geographic Targeting Order (GTO), Reissued November 4, 2020 https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/shared/508_Real%20Estate%20GTO%20Order%20FINAL%20GENERIC%2011.4.2020.pdf “Tower of Secrets: The Russian Money Behind a Donald Trump Skyscraper” Financial Times, July 11, 2018 https://www.ft.com/trumptoronto 2021 National Defense Authorization Act https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6395/text Tom Burgis is an is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times and an author https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/tom-burgis

As a Brexit deal comes into view at the very last minute, who has finally blinked? And how will it change the U.K. trading environment in 2021? It's a compromise on both sides, David Henig, Director of the U.K. Trade Policy Project at ECIPE - the European Centre for International Political Economy - tells Bloomberg Westminster's Roger Hearing, with the big questions on financial services equivalence still to be clarified. And is corruption the driving force in much of the world's politics? Tom Burgis, investigations correspondent at the Financial Times, joins to talk about his book "Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering The World".

A Look Back at Corruption in 2020 - Have We Become a Family-Run Banana Republic? | We Should Blame Politicians Who Accept Dirty Money More Than the Kleptocrats Who Bribe Them | An FT Investigative Journalist on His New Book, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

The rise of authoritarian kleptocrats around the world may be the main geopolitical issue of our time, and the threat to liberal democracy can't be overstated. But although the assault on democratic institutions in the United States, Europe and elsewhere is on public display, most of us see only the tip of the iceberg. Tom Burgis, Luke Harding and Tom Firestone join Susan and Greg to explain the massive scale of corruption and vast flows of illegal money around the globe they are helping expose, which normally surface only occasionally thanks to diligent investigations or leaks such as the Panama Papers.

Financial Times investigative journalist Tom Burgis, author of the recently released book, Kleptopia, and one of the brightest minds in global corruption, is the guest on the latest edition of the Democracy That Delivers podcast from the Anti-Corruption and Governance Center with CIPE hosts Ken Jaques and Frank Brown. Listen now to hear more about how Burgis' "nonfiction thriller" breaks down the technical complexity of foreign corruption and money laundering into the human stories of four individuals at the nexus of foreign kleptocracy, as well as a discussion about the damage corrupt foreign money inflicts on democratic institutions.

Matt Taibbi is an award-winning investigative reporter and one of America’s more recognizable literary voices. The son of a television reporter and a lawyer, Matt grew up admiring Russian writers, which led him to spend most of his early adult life in the former Soviet Union, where he focused on participatory journalism. On his return to the US in 2002, Matt began work as a contributing editor for Rolling Stone magazine, where he won the National Magazine Award for commentary. He is best known for his coverage of four presidential campaigns, of the 2008 financial crisis, and the criminal justice system; and his many books include "Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America" (2010), and "I Can't Breathe" (2017). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kieran Beer interviews the award-winning Financial Times Investigations Correspondent, Tom Burgis about his new book, ‘Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World’. In this episode, Tom reveals how private bankers, law firms and intelligence groups help dictators, oligarchs and organised crime penetrate democracies, and flood the global economy with dirty money. During his career, Tom has exposed major corruption scandals, covered terrorist attacks, coups and forgotten conflicts, and traced illicit money flows from the Kremlin to Washington. Read Tom’s bio: https://tomburgis.com

Join TC and Georgia for a riveting and all-too-short conversation with Tom Burgis, Financial Times investigative reporter and author of the recently-released Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World.The Chartcast is listener-supported! Your support for The Chartcast is a vote for deep, intellectual discussion that shines a disinfecting light on the the topics of the day. Thank you!https://www.patreon.com/thechartcast* * * * *The Chartcast is a long-form interview show presented by TC & Georgia, two anonymous Twitter personalities born out of a skepticism of Tesla and Elon Musk. The show highlights the important work of analysts, subject-matter experts, journalists and whistle blowers who have an important story to tell about corruption, fraud and bad actors in the world of business and finance.

What are kleptocracies and how do they operate? How is dirty money laundered and why is it increasingly a global problem? These are the questions, my guest on this episode, Tom Burgis, sets out to answer in his book Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering The World.Tom is an investigative journalist who writes for the Financial Times. In Kleptopia, he follows the trail left by a Compliance Officer, later turned regulator. What he discovers is an extraordinary tale of Human Risk, that impacts all of us. In our discussion, we explore how he came to explore the story and what lessons we can learn from it. If you work in Compliance, Regulation, Auditing or Law, you'll recognise some of the dynamics Tom is describing. Even if you don't, the impact of kleptocracy is significant for all of us.To see all the books recommended in this episode, including both of Tom's book, use these links to go to Bookshop.org. By buying from them, UK and US listeners can support their local independent bookshopUK Link - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/kleptopia-podcast-recommendationsUS Link - https://bookshop.org/lists/kleptopia-podcast

In today's episode I speak with Tom Burgis, an investigations correspondent with the Financial Times, and author of two courageous books: The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa's Wealth and the recently released Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World.I strongly encourage you to buy copies of Tom's books, read them, and share them with others.Why?Because as you'll hear in this podcast, the themes his books cover constitute an existential threat to democratic institutions and governance — and the rule of law — globally.They're absolutely riveting yarns, full of intrigue and consequences.And my hope is that if more people read Tom's work, then we'll stand a better chance of resisting the precipitous slide into kleptocracy that endangers us all.Courage is contagious.My discussion with Tom covers:The dots connecting The Looting Machine and Kleptopia.The story of Mukhtar Ablyazov — a Kazakh billionaire whom some say is a freedom fighter, some say is a fraudster, and some say maybe he's both.The complicity of U.S. and UK professional services firms in facilitating the activities and laundering the funds and reputations of kleptocrats.Some mistaken assumptions behind the ‘convergence' thesis.How citizens can keep Kleptopia in check and revivify democracy.John Kenneth Galbraith's notion of ‘the bezzle' and where ‘the bezzle' is biggest now.And, what the rise of Substack and the proliferation of journalists going solo or direct-to-consumer imports for the future of investigative journalism.I'm fired up about this episode, and I hope you will be, too.If you enjoy the Portico Podcast, please share it with friends, colleagues, and / or your connections on social media. Thanks!This podcast was recorded in November 2020.

Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed first book, "The Looting Machine", about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award, and he has just published the highly regarded "Kleptopia, How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed first book, "The Looting Machine", about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award, and he has just published the highly regarded "Kleptopia, How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed first book, "The Looting Machine", about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award, and he has just published the highly regarded "Kleptopia, How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 160 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Tom Burgis, an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times who is also the author of Kletopia, a book that chronicles the world of dirty money, with its complex web of criminals, money launderers, and politicians who enable it.   In recent decades, we have witnessed in the west the rise of a new kleptocracy that knows no boundaries, obeys few laws, and which is enabled by a sort of political consensus to loot. This looting has become so pervasive that the money extracted by members of this cabal is enough to buy the political power, to change the laws, to loot some more, in a self-perpetuating cycle of fraud, criminality, and wide-spread corruption of the system of liberal, democratic capitalism upon which these same kleptocrats depend for their own survival.   Unfortunately, the conduits through which we learn about this phenomenon are themselves often held captive, to one degree or another, by these same forces. The more obvious their looting becomes and the more our elected officials choose to ignore it or divert our attention away from it, the more radicalized and susceptible the electorate becomes to the promises of candidates who seek to fill the vacuum of trust left by our politicians with power.   In their conversation today, Demetri and Tom discuss the nature of this problem and why it poses such a serious threat to the very systems that it seeks to exploit. You can access the episode overtime, as well as the transcript and rundown to this week’s episode through the Hidden Forces Patreon Page. All subscribers gain access to our overtime feed, which can be easily added to your favorite podcast application. If you enjoyed listening to today’s episode of Hidden Forces you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | CastBox | RSS Feed Write us a review on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to our mailing list through the Hidden Forces Website Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe & Support the Podcast at http://patreon.com/hiddenforces Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Episode Recorded on 10/19/2020

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Russia has long considered the so-called 'Near Abroad' of post-Soviet states to be its sphere of influence. But does it really have the will to assert hegemony? I'd suggest that it does not, in a whistle-stop tour from Belarus to Central Asia.In the second part, I look at some books that are new, or new to me, and think are worth highlighting:Tom Burgis, Kleptopia (William Collins, 2020)Gordon Corera, Spies Among Us (William Collins, 2020)Martyn Whittock, The Secret History of Soviet Russia's Police State (Robinson, 2020)James Pearce, The Use of History in Putin's Russia (Vernon Press, 2021*)Donald Ostrowski & Marshall Poe (eds), Portraits of Old Russia (ME Sharpe, 2011)* No, not a typo. Don't ask me, but trust me, I have no time machine)You can also follow my blog, In Moscow's Shadows, and become one of the podcast's supporting Patrons and gain question-asking rights and access to exclusive extra materials right here. 

If you think the UK isn't corrupt, you haven't looked hard enough ... A new and terrifying book, Kleptopia follows a global current of dirty money, and the murders and kidnappings required to sustain it' George Monbiot, Guardian ‘When you pick this book up, you won't be able to put it down' Misha Glenny, author of McMafia ‘The architects of our national security would do well to bring to their meetings a well-thumbed copy of Kleptopia ... Incendiary' Edward Lucas, The Times In this real-life thriller packed with jaw-dropping revelations, award-winning investigative journalist Tom Burgis reveals a terrifying global web of corruption. Kleptopia follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators and poisoning democracies. From the Kremlin to Beijing, Harare to Riyadh, Paris to the Trump White House, it shows how the thieves are uniting – and the terrible human cost. A body in a burned-out Audi. Workers riddled with bullets in the Kazakh desert. A rigged election in Zimbabwe. A British banker silenced and humiliated for trying to expose the truth about the City of London – the world's piggy bank for blood money. Riveting, horrifying and written like fiction, this book shows that while we are looking the other way, all that we hold most dear is being stolen. PUBLISHER: C Hurst & Company Publishers Limited, 2020 America is corrupted, and everybody knows it. Vested interests have bent government powers to serve themselves, not the citizens, with dizzying results -- egregious Supreme Court rulings, revolving doors and cozy deals between the state and the private sector, and forty years of financial meltdowns. In this blistering book, Sarah Chayes shows that today's corruption -- even the venality of the Trump administration -- is part of global history, going back to the invention of money itself. We're not dealing with 'bad apples' lining individual pockets, but the widespread standard practice of sophisticated networks spanning political and national boundaries. But we can change this, individually, collectively and politically. Searching and unflinching, 'Everybody Knows' exposes a rigged system that strangles democracy, calling on readers everywhere to challenge it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

On today's episode, Tom Burger, author of Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World, discusses the New York Times' recent revelations about Donald Trump and his taxes. Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed book The Looting Machine, about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How some of the world's biggest banks are helping criminals launder money through the UK capital. The BBC's Andy Verity describes what a major new leak of documents tells us about the flows of dirty money through financial centres. Dr Susan Hawley from the charity Spotlight on Corruption tells us why banks and regulators aren't doing enough to stop it, and Tom Burgis, author of a new book Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World, explains why money laundering is a threat to democracy and freedom. (Photo: London's financial district, Credit: Getty Images)

In our first episode in this new season of Talking Africa, we delve right into a juicy discussion about humanity's obsession with greed, looting and corruption, and if there's hope for a better future.How can African nations stop the looting of their natural wealth by rogue politicians and an international band of financial predators? How do you join the dots between illegal gold-mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, smuggling trips to Dubai and a financial laundromat based in the City of London? Most of all what does it take to track down these shadowy operations and bring the culprits to justice?To help our quest, we have an in-depth conversation with Tom Burgis, author of the non-fiction thriller 'Kleptopia: How dirty money is conquering the world'. It traces the evolution of an international but virtual republic based on stolen money.Join us at www.theafricareport.com, @theafricareport, and on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/theafricareport/

On today's episode, Tom Burgis, Financial Times investigations correspondent and author of Kleptopia, discusses breaking the code of secrecy of money. Tom Burgis is an investigations correspondent at the Financial Times. He has reported from more than forty countries, won major journalism awards in the US and Asia and been shortlisted for eight others, including twice at the British Press Awards. His critically acclaimed book The Looting Machine, about the modern plundering of Africa, won an Overseas Press Club of America award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I have a few sleepless nights but the people who are far braver are my sources," says journalist Tom Burgis.He says his sources, including those in places like Washington D.C. and Kazakhstan, put themselves in danger by speaking out against corruption.Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and subscribe to this podcast. Have questions? Find us on Twitter @1A.

Jacob Weisberg talks to Tom Burgis of the Financial Times about his story "Tower of Secrets: The Russian Money Behind a Donald Trump Skyscraper." The two discuss a deal in Toronto, why western real estate is sought after to clean money, and what more this says about the rise of kleptocracy around the world. Alex Shnaider has responded to Tom's story and can be read here in full: "An Article Littered With 'Ifs' and 'Possibilities.'" This episode is brought to you by House of Trump, House of Putin by Craig Unger, chronicling a decades-long relationship between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian mafia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Weisberg talks to Tom Burgis of the Financial Times about his story "Tower of Secrets: The Russian Money Behind a Donald Trump Skyscraper." The two discuss a deal in Toronto, why western real estate is sought after to clean money, and what more this says about the rise of kleptocracy around the world. Alex Shnaider has responded to Tom's story and can be read here in full: "An Article Littered With 'Ifs' and 'Possibilities.'" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FT investigative reporter Tom Burgis talks to Esther Bintliff about the links he uncovered between a shadowy world of post-Soviet money and the future president of the United States. Image credit: HellovonRead Tom's report here See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello! What links some of the highest cost house prices, criminals and islands thousands of miles away? Dirty money and tax havens. We speak to Luke Harding, Tom Burgis and Naomi Hirst about the damage being done and how the UK can stop being a home for laundered money.ANDComedian Pippa Evans talks to a witch on a bus, shares sandwiches and takes a peek at what you're listening to. CONTACT USreasons@cheerfulpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/reasonstobecheerfulpodcasthttps://twitter.com/cheerfulpodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/cheerfulpodcast/ MERCHhttps://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/cheerfulpodcast/ CONTACT OUR GUESTSLuke Harding - https://twitter.com/lukeharding1968Tom Burgis - https://twitter.com/tomburgisNaomi Hirst - https://twitter.com/nfhirstPippa Evans - https://twitter.com/IAmPippaEvans See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Burgis looks at the case of Thomas Mair, a white supremacist who on November 23 was given a whole life sentence for the murder of his local Labour MP Jo Cox. What drove the loner from Birstall in West Yorkshire to strike just days before the EU referendum? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of the many simple, widely-believed narratives about the Chinese in Africa is that PRC businesses fuel corruption across the continent. That caricature, although overly-simplistic, is amplified by China's insistence there be no transparency in most of its government and corporate dealings in Africa. So the combination of a Chinese veil over its business dealings with the prevalence of corruption that already exists in African societies createas a potentially toxic mix. Chinese corporate corruption in Africa is well documented. From allegations of paying off corrupt officials in the Republic of the Congo to illegally log protected rain forests to reportedly paying officials in the DR Congo a staggering $350 million as part of off-book fees to facilitate the multi-billion dollars mega-mining deal known as Sicomines. Then there is the man known as "Sam Pa." Although few people know his actual identity, what is known, according to Financial Times correspondent Tom Burgis who documented much of this man's notorious history in Africa in the 2015 book "The Looting Machine," is that billions of dollars flowed through his network as part of shady operations throughout Africa to secure oil drilling rights, mining deals and countless other Sino-African business arrangements.  Pa was notorious for fueling corruption, so much so, that the scope and scale of his allegedly-illegal dealings in Africa went too far. Pa is now sitting in a Chinese jail on corruption charges, swept up as part of Xi Jinping's vast anti-corruption campaign. The case of Sam Pa and the billions allegedly doled out by Chinese corporations in places like the DR Congo exemplify the kind of corruption that many people associate with the Chinese presence in Africa. However that is only part of the story. While some major Chinese corporations have been linked to these kinds of illegal activities, smaller Chinese businesses throughout the continent often operate on the other end of the spectrum: as the victims of corruption. Zander Rounds, Research Manager at China House Kenya in Nairobi, recently published a paper on the role that small-to-medium sized Chinese enterprises play in Kenyan corruption. Rounds conducted interviews with 25 Chinese business leaders in Kenya over a 10 month period, and what he learned over the course of his research is that as new immigrants in a country where they are forced to operate in an unfamiliar culture, language and legal system, Chinese business owners are easy targets for bribes. Rounds' research complicates the narrative that Chinese businesses are typically the instigators of corruption in Africa. He joins Eric & Cobus to discuss his findings and also to explore what, if anything, can be done to help correct the problem in Kenya. Join the discussion. What do you think can be done to reign in corruption in Africa and what role do you think Chinese businesses can play? Share your thoughts and ideas with us: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twitter: @eolander | @stadenesque

Was Omar Mateen persuaded by Islamist propaganda to carry out his attack on the Orlando nightclub? How can western security agencies fight back against jihadi websites or predict those most likely to be influenced by them? Tom Burgis puts these questions to Kara Scannell, FT investigations correspondent, and Erika Solomon, Middle East correspondent. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Through his investigation into the London operations of Swiss bank BSI, Tom Burgis has looked into the nuts and bolts of how some banks help clients hide their money from tax authorities. He talks to Christine Spolar and Ralph Atkins about what he found. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The leaked “Panama Papers” show how a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, secretly shepherded a web of offshore accounts that resulted in billions of dollars in transactions passing through its doors. Its client list includes some of the world’s wealthiest people, from members of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s inner circle to the prime minister of Iceland. Tom Burgis talks to Vanessa Houlder, FT tax correspondent and Alex Cobham, head of research at the Tax Justice Network, about the significance of the revelations. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Britain's nuclear plans are in trouble after the French company building and designing a new facility at Hinkley Point said it needed more funds to proceed. Tom Burgis discusses what's behind the delays and cost overruns with French nuclear scientist Bertrand Barré, and FT energy correspondent Kiran Stacey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Global market forces are coming into conflict with local populations as the commercial value of land increases. Tom Burgis, Michael Peel and Pilita Clark travelled to Ethiopia, Myanmar and Indonesia to look at some of the disputes that have arisen over the sale and use of land. They discuss their findings. Read more at: FT.com/FT-Investigations See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Burgis reviews a week when towering figures of recent years came under pressure, and when scientists from Nasa revealed evidence of briny water on the Red Planet. He is joined by FT science editor Clive Cookson. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Burgis takes a tour of the FT's podcasts and videos in a week when events in China shook the world, Corbynmania made headlines and a single email from Apple's chief executive saved his company $80bn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Three authors with recent books on Africa discuss the future of the continent and answer questions from the audience under the watchful eye of the director of the Oxford Martin School, Professor Ian Goldin. Martin Meredith, Jonny Steinberg and Tom Burgis will discuss what the future holds for African states. How can the continent deal with failing government and corruption and with war and a constant flow of refugees? How far is Africa a victim of its past, and is there a new financial colonialism holding it back? What can the rest of the world do to help Africa to grow and prosper in peace?

Three authors with recent books on Africa discuss the future of the continent and answer questions from the audience under the watchful eye of the director of the Oxford Martin School, Professor Ian Goldin. Martin Meredith, Jonny Steinberg and Tom Burgis will discuss what the future holds for African states. How can the continent deal with failing government and corruption and with war and a constant flow of refugees? How far is Africa a victim of its past, and is there a new financial colonialism holding it back? What can the rest of the world do to help Africa to grow and prosper in peace?

In the final episode of the series, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis looks at the man behind BSGR, the mining company at the heart of an intercontinental corruption probe. Find out more at ft.com/steinmetzaffair See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the third episode of the Simandou saga, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis reveals how BSG Resources lost its multi-billion dollar iron ore rights in Guinea, and its attempt to fight back. Find out more at ft.com/steinmetzaffair See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the second episode of the Steinmetz tale, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis uncovers the story of a Guinean dictator’s wife, a French intermediary and a multi-million dollar bribery scheme. Find out more at ft.com/steinmetzaffair See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the first of a four-part series, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis tells the story of the intercontinental legal battle that has broken out among big mining companies over the iron ore buried beneath Guinea's Simandou mountain range. Find out more at ft.com/steinmetzaffair See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Burgis, FT investigations correspondent, explains our new podcast, launching here on Monday, June 29. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Burgis looks at North Korea's alliance with the Queensway Group, a syndicate of Hong Kong based investors. Such ventures as a taxi fleet with the KKG brand are part of a much larger endeavour by Pyongyang to cut international business deals See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nigeria's presidential election next month is the closest contest since the end of military rule in 1999 and is taking place against a worrying backdrop of civil conflict and economic trouble. Gideon Rachman is joined by Tom Burgis and William Wallis to discuss whether the country can hold together. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Publicly China's engagement in Africa is based on "mutual benefit" or, as Chinese officials like to phrase it "win win." Behind the scenes, though, it's a little more complicated. Many of those multibillion dollar natural resource-for-infrastructure deals have been arranged by mysterious middlemen like Sam Pa and his Hong Kong-based Queensway Group. These go-betweens, according to reporting from the FT's Tom Burgis, often do not live up to Beijing's lofty ideals as common Africans see little from the fruits of these deals while politicians, brokers and other elites pocket millions in profits.

Two West African countries, Ivory Coast and Guinea have recently held presidential elections regarded as their first democratic vote since independence. Peaceful change could herald a new era of prosperity for the people of both countries, which are leading commodity exporters. Fiona Symon asks the FT's West Africa correspondent Tom Burgis what could happen if the results of the polls are disputed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom O'Sullivan talks to the FT's west Africa correspondent Tom Burgis about what the atmosphere is like in the Niger Delta as president Goodluck Jonathan gears up to revealing whether or not he will stand for re-election in January, and, whether or not Goodluck has so far kept his promise to bring peace to the area, allowing for free and fair elections. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s podcast: We look at Obama’s Oval Office address marking the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq and to his White House dinner to mark the beginning of a new round of Middle East talks. We hear from the FT’s west Africa correspondent about the preparations for the presidential elections in the Niger Delta and we look at the brutal violence unleashed in Mexico by the country’s war on drugs. Presented by Gideon Rachman with the FT's international affairs editor David Gardner, Middle East and Africa news editor, David Blair and Latin America editor John Paul Rathbone. Down the line: Tom O'Sullivan interviews the FT's west Africa correspondent Tom Burgis in Bayelsa. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Guinea is preparing for its first competitive election since 1958. Tom O'Sullivan, the FT's assistant world news editor asks Tom Burgis, the FT's West Africa correspondent, what we can expect this weekend. Produced by LJ Filotrani See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The FT's West Africa correspondent Tom Burgis reports from Lagos on ethnic killings in the central Nigerian city of Jos See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.