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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
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
Modern slavery, hidden in plain sight
| TEDX Talks |If you think slavery is a thing of the past, think again. Millions of people around the world are trapped in modern slavery – and they could be working for you. In this powerful talk Kate Garbers…
- 2018
- Modern slavery
WeWork Part II – Burning Cash and Legal Fires
| ColdFusion | The WeWork saga continues..
- 2020
- Ponzi scheme
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
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…
- 2017
- Insider trading