Judiciary
The Multilevel Marketing Cults: Lies, Pyramid Schemes, and the Pursuit of Financial Freedom
| James Jani | These companies follow a Multi-Level Marketing model, that means they often do not sell their products/services via retailers, but through a workforce of people sometimes called their “distributors”. This strategy is also often labelled as Network…
From spy to president: The rise of Vladimir Putin
| VOX | In this 2017 documentary Vox presents Vladimir Putin. He has been in power in Russia since the late 90s, after taking over from Boris Yeltsin. During this time, he made Russia an authoritarian and militaristic society. Before…
Temer indicted for corruption
| Financial Times | Brazil’s president Michel Temer has been indicted for corruption, marking the first time since the return of democracy in the 1980s that a leader of Latin America’s largest country has faced criminal charges.
- 2017
- Corruption
How Danske Bank’s Estonia branch became a pipeline for dirty money
| Financial Times | The Danish lender faces a criminal investigation from the US Department of Justice after being caught up in one of the world’s biggest money laundering scandals, with clients linked to organized crime, drugs and tax evasion.
- 2018
- Money Laundering
The World’s Greatest Counterfeiter | The Art of Making Money
| Topic | The self-declared “world’s greatest counterfeiter,” Frank Bourassa, printed $250 million in fake US currency until he was caught by an undercover cop in 2012. And yet he hardly served any jail time. In this episode, Bourassa reveals…
- 2019
- Counterfeit
Brandpunt – Een lesje faillissementsfraude
| KRO NCRV | Fraude-expert en voormalig hoogleraar Cees Schaap legt aan Sven Kockelmann uit hoe faillissementsfraude vaak gepleegd wordt. Buitenlandse rechtspersonen spelen vaak een hoofdrol. De curator en schuldeisers hebben het nakijken.
- 2013
- Financial fraud, Tax evasion
Zakendoen met Justitie
| BNN VARA | De penningmeester die in de kas van de sportclub heeft gegraaid, moet voor de rechter verschijnen. Terwijl bedrijven die voor miljoenen frauderen, strafvervolging kunnen afkopen bij het Openbaar Ministerie. De Rabobank maakte zich schuldig aan het…
- 2018
- Bribery, Sanctions regulation
Officieren van justitie in de fout
| BNN VARA | Het Openbaar Ministerie heeft een belangrijke taak in de maatschappij: het brengt verdachten van strafbare feiten voor de rechter. Maar als het Openbaar Ministerie zélf fouten maakt, kan dat grote gevolgen hebben, want mensen kunnen onschuldig…
- 2019
- Corruption
Inside the Meltdown
| Frontline | FRONTLINE investigates the causes of the worst economic crisis in 70 years and how the government responded. The film chronicles the inside stories of the Bear Stearns deal, Lehman Brothers’ collapse, the propping up of insurance giant…
The Untouchables
| Frontline | FRONTLINE investigates why Wall Street’s leaders have escaped prosecution for any fraud related to the sale of bad mortgages.