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FIFA Raid Revives Corruption Allegations
| Financial Times |Fifa corruption allegations have been highlighted again by the arrests of top officials as part of a probe into more than $150m in bribes and kickbacks. Gideon Rachman and Hugh Carnegy discuss what it means for Fifa…
- 2017
- Bribery, Corruption
Latvia – where corruption never seems to have left
| Financial Times | The scandals shaking Latvia’s banking system are the latest in a series of crises over more than a decade in a country that has styled itself as a financial “bridge” between Europe’s east and west.
1MDB scandal: the Malaysian fraud explained
| Financial Times | The FT’s Stefania Palma explains the corruption and money-laundering inquiry at the state development and investment fund in which charges have been filed against two former Goldman Sachs bankers, local financier Jho Low and ex-1MDB employee…
- 2018
- Corruption, Money Laundering
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
How the pandemic has fuelled money laundering
| Financial Times | Over the past 12 months Covid-19 has curtailed countless business activities, but not money laundering. The UN estimates some $1.6tn is laundered every year, and authorities say lockdown measures have presented criminals with even greater opportunities…
- 2021
- Money Laundering
Fraud: how I was scammed and you could be too
| Financial Times | Authorised push payment frauds, where people are tricked into transferring money into criminal-controlled accounts, are growing fast, with £354mn stolen last year. FT journalist and fraud victim Joe Sinclair talks to readers about how they’ve been…
- 2019
- Financial fraud
Greensill, Gupta and Cameron: what went wrong
| Financial Times | The story of Greensill Capital’s rise and fall has everything: investment banks, opaque finance, private jets, trophy mansions and the biggest British lobbying scandal in a generation, involving former prime minister David Cameron. The Financial Times…
Big Game, Big Money: Inside the illegal wildlife trade
| Financial Times | Filmed in Vietnam and South Africa, the FT’s Alec Russell investigates the multi-billion dollar illegal trade in rare animal parts and reports on the latest efforts to crack the criminal networks that are driving endangered animals…
- 2015
- Wildlife trafficking
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…
- 2016
- Terrorism financing
How to spot a pyramid scheme
| TED-Ed |Learn the techniques and tricks that pyramid schemes use to recruit new members and how to avoid being fooled yourself. In 2004, a nutrition company offered a life-changing opportunity to earn a full-time income for part-time work. There…
- 2019
- Pyramid scheme