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Terrorism and finance: connecting the dots

Terrorism and finance: connecting the dots

| TEDx Talks | With terrorism at the heart of global discourse, there is an increased sense of urgency in tackling the problem. However, a number of questions remain unanswered and an array of ideas untested. Edidiong’s talk questions some…

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When Greed Goes Too Far – The Worldcom Fraud

When Greed Goes Too Far – The Worldcom Fraud

| ColdFusion | WorldCom was a telecommunications company that went bankrupt in 2002 following a massive accounting fraud. WorldCom remains the biggest accounting scandal in U.S. history as well as one of the largest bankruptcies.

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The Wirecard Fraud – How One Man Fooled all of Germany

The Wirecard Fraud – How One Man Fooled all of Germany

| ColdFusion | The heavily requested video on the wirecard scandal. How can $2 billion just go missing? This story raises many questions about the regulatory bodies we all trust to keep the business financial system in line.

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WeWork Part II – Burning Cash and Legal Fires

WeWork Part II – Burning Cash and Legal Fires

| ColdFusion | The WeWork saga continues..

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WeWork – The $47 Billion Disaster

WeWork – The $47 Billion Disaster

| ColdFusion | From $47 Billion, to the verge of bankruptcy in just a matter of weeks. The WeWork disaster is a real roller coaster and it would seem that their erratic CEO Adam Neumann is mostly to blame.

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How Steve Cohen walked away from the biggest insider trading scandal

How Steve Cohen walked away from the biggest insider trading scandal

| Business Insider | In her new book “Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street,” author Sheelah Kolhatkar chronicles the incredible story of the biggest insider trading scandal…

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Analyze This! Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing

Analyze This! Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing

| IMF | Money laundering and terrorism financing thrive when countries have vulnerabilities in their financial system. The IMF combats this by providing countries financial and technical assistance to help fix these vulnerabilities.

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Financing terrorism: How ISIS pays for its battlefield victories

Financing terrorism: How ISIS pays for its battlefield victories

| CBS | ISIS is described as the wealtheist terror group in history, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Sources say that ISIS is now bringing in $1 million a day in oil from a single Syrian province. Wyatt Andrews…

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Bernie Madoff – His Life And Crimes – part II

Bernie Madoff – His Life And Crimes – part II

| CNBC | At the height of the Great Recession, Bernie Madoff confessed to running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history – a $65 billion fraud that left thousands of victims financially shattered. Madoff’s crimes went undetected for years, raising…

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Bernie Madoff – His Life And Crimes – part I

Bernie Madoff – His Life And Crimes – part I

| CNBC | At the height of the Great Recession, Bernie Madoff confessed to running the biggest Ponzi scheme in history – a $65 billion fraud that left thousands of victims financially shattered. Madoff’s crimes went undetected for years, raising…

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