Bribe, Swindle or Steal
Summary: Alexandra Wrage, president of TRACE, interviews luminaries in the field of financial crime, including bribery, fraud, money-laundering, insider trading and sanctions. Each week, Alexandra and her guests will discuss who commits “white collar crime”, how it works and what is being done to stop it.
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- Artist: Alexandra Wrage
- Copyright: Trace International
Podcasts:
Walt Pavlo describes how his organization helps offenders prepare for their incarceration and discusses challenges—and a few surprises--within the prison system.
Walt Pavlo discusses the accounting fraud at MCI that led to his two-year prison sentence, his book “Stolen Without a Gun: Confessions from inside history’s biggest accounting fraud,”and his second career with Prisonology
New York Times reporter Ian Urbina discusses his excellent but grim series about crime and impunity on the high seas.
Bradley Hope of the Wall Street Journal describes his team’s in-depth and on-going research into Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal- and where Leonardo DiCaprio fits in.
Martina Vandenberg discusses the misery caused by trafficking and slavery, including in our own neighborhoods, and describes the work her organization is doing to support those able to break free.
Peter Humphrey and his wife were well-respected compliance professionals active in China when they were arrested, tried and imprisoned for two years.
Diana Henriques drew on her years of financial journalism and extraordinary access to the title character to write the definitive book about Bernie Madoff. It was turned into an HBO movie earlier this year starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Diana, playing herself.
Before becoming chairman of Transparency International, Jose Ugaz was the “ad hoc state attorney” (special prosecutor) who brought down Peruvian President Fujimori and his head of intelligence, Vladimiro Montesinos.
Hui Chen describes her role as the DOJ’s Compliance Consultant, what companies should focus on and why she resigned. @HuiChenEthics
Rob Leventhal of the US State Department discusses the tools available to the US Government to make the lives of kleptocrats more difficult.
Eugene Soltes describes his fascinating research into what motivates white collar criminals and how distance from their victims makes it easier.
Peter Elkind tells the story of the Enron financial scandal; it’s a timely refresher on that corporate disaster as the Trump Administration rolls back financial regulations.
Listen to the riveting first-hand story of a Unaoil executive who found himself at the center of a bribery scheme.
Join two legal experts for a conversation about compliance challenges in China.
Declan Hill discusses the pervasive and sinister nature of match-fixing and how we can prevent sport from being turned into theater.