Blogs and reviews

Filmtip: Gold at any cost: Illigal mining in Peru

Fraudstorytelling | Weekly filmtips | November 9, 2021 Title: Gold at any cost: Illigal mining in Peru Duration: 24 minutes Year: 2016 Producer: Al Jazeera Link: https://www.fraudstorytelling.com/movies/gold-at-any-cost-illegal-mining-in-peru-techknow/ Tagging: #environmentalcrime, #miningindustry For more than 50 million years, the Amazon rainforest has been a cradle of life. Its pristine forests, however, are increasingly under threat due to illegal gold mining. TechKnow’s Phil…

Filmtip: Analyze This! Corruption

Fraudstorytelling | Weekly filmtips | October 28, 2021 Title: Analyze this! Corruption Duration: 2 minutes Year: 2017 Producer: IMF Link: https://www.fraudstorytelling.com/movies/analyze-this-corruption/ Tagging: #corruption, #internationalandsupranationalorganizations Corruption can have devastating social and economic consequences. Although integrity is increasingly high on the agenda in many organizations, the corruption scandals do not seem to be diminishing. It is a problem that reoccurs time and…

Filmtip: Take Five’s Scam Academy

Fraudstorytelling | Weekly filmtips | 22 october 2021 Title: Take Five’s Scam Academy Duration: 10 minutes Year: 2017 Producer: Take Five Link: https://www.fraudstorytelling.com/movies/take-fives-scam-academy-module-1-email-scam/ Tagging: #financialfraud, #ITindustry Module 1: email scams In just one year, hundreds of thousands of people will receive a scam email. If one of those people was you, would you spot something wasn’t quite right? Click below…

Filmtip: The Oligarchs

Fraudstorytelling | Weekly filmtips | 14 October 2021 Title: The Oligarchs Duration: 50 minutes Year: 2018 Producer: Al Jazeera Link: https://www.fraudstorytelling.com/movies/the-oligarchs/ Tagging: #financialfraud, #financialmarkets, #energyindustry Al Jazeera’s investigative unit unravels a high-stakes international plot by powerful Eastern European oligarchs to make millions of dollars off a crooked deal. According to a Ukrainian analyst, “It sounds like an agreement between criminal…

Filmtip: The Pandora Papers: How the world of offshore is still flourishing

Fraudstorytelling | Weekly filmtips | 5 October 2021 Title: The Pandora Papers: How the world of offshore is still flourishing Duration: 42 minutes Year: 2021 Producer: ABC – Four Corners Link: https://www.fraudstorytelling.com/movies/the-pandora-papers-how-the-world-of-offshore-finance-is-still-flourishing-four-corners/ Tagging: #financialfraud, #taxevasion, #government, #investigativejournalism In a major international investigation, Four Corners reveals the secrets of the Pandora Papers. For months, more than 600 journalists from around the world, including the ABC,…

Filmtip: Credit Card Scammers on the Dark Web

Fraudstorytelling | Weekly filmtips | 24 September 2021 Title: Credit Card Scammers on the Dark Web Duration: 13 minutes Year: 2018 Producer: VICE Link: https://www.fraudstorytelling.com/movies/credit-card-scammers-on-the-dark-web/  Tagging: #financialfraud, #internetindustry Credit card fraud has been on the rise for about a decade. In 2016 alone, losses topped $24 billion worldwide, half of which affected cardholders in the US. With a virtually unlimited amount…