Latest Bribe Podcast Episodes
A Glimpse Inside Bhutan
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - May 01, 2024 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsThis week’s podcast is a bit off the beaten track. We speak with Sherub Tharchen in Paro in Bhutan about his country. We cover some of the basics, including the country’s location between two neighbors with high levels of corruption, and then discuss how the current King of Bhutan tackled corr...
Former Enforcement Officials Reflect on the Last Decade of Anti-Bribery Enforcement and its Future
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - April 17, 2024 06:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsThis week on Bribe, Swindle, or Steal, we listen in on the lively presentation at the 2024 TRACE Forum featuring former enforcement officials, Charles Duross, Partner, Morrison Foerster, David Last, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb, and Mark Mendelsohn, Partner, Paul Weiss. Speaking with TRACE President...
Self-Reporting and Cooperation: The DOJ’s New Incentives and Expectations
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - March 27, 2024 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsFor this week’s podcast, we listen in on the excellent presentation—dense with practical information—by John Davis, member, Miller & Chevalier, at the TRACE Forum in Annapolis.
FinCEN Proposes Significant Expansion of AML/CFT Obligations to RIAs and ERAs
RiskWatch - March 26, 2024 14:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAmy Caizza, a Partner at Wilson Sonsini, discusses new proposed rules by FinCEN that would see a significant expansion of AML / CFT obligations for Registered Investment Advisers, Venture Capital Advisers, and Private Fund Advisers. This could mean a significant addition to advisers’ obligations...
News from the European Union, including the CSDDD
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - March 20, 2024 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsThis week on Bribe, Swindle, or Steal, we listen in on the presentation of Nicola Bonucci, International Lawyer and former Director for Legal Affairs OECD, at the TRACE Forum in Annapolis. Nicola provides context for recent compliance news from the EU and discusses the adoption of the Corporate ...
Russian Sanctions: Impact and Due Diligence
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - March 06, 2024 07:18 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsPavel Verkhniatsky joins the podcast from Kyiv where he is the Managing Partner of COSA Solutions with particular expertise in sophisticated due diligence and cross-border investigations. We range from the very broad and geopolitical to the very specific as Pavel discusses the impact of sanction...
Understanding The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
RiskWatch - February 28, 2024 17:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDaniel Wendt, a member at Miller & Chevalier, discusses the new Foreign Extortion Prevention Act that was signed into law by President Biden in December 2023. FEPA was designed to prevent extortion by foreign officials and criminalizes the act of foreign officials demanding bribes addressing a ...
"Spin Dictators"
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - February 28, 2024 14:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsDaniel Treisman, co-author of Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century, discusses the new generation of dictators and how they weaponize information, bully with legal action and mobilize enablers to stay in power. Originally posted on May 24, 2023
Enablers and the Dark Fleet of Oil Tankers
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - February 21, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsZeke Faux joins the podcast to talk about the support and credibility provided to oil tankers violating sanctions by the companies that insure them. Zeke, together with Zachary Mider, wrote an excellent Bloomberg article earlier this month about one New York insurance company that insures a dis...
Leonid Volkov, Alexei Navalny's Chief of Staff
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - February 16, 2024 15:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsIn honor of the extraordinarily courageous and principled life of Alexei Navalny, first poisoned with Novichuk and killed today in Polar Wolf prison, we are reposting our 2021 conversation with his chief of staff, Leonid Volkov. Leonid Volkov joins the podcast to talk about Putin's obsessive c...
Launching Today: Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - February 14, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsAuthor, academic and former compliance professional, Alison Taylor joins the podcast to talk about her compelling new book. She describes the contradictions inherent in companies that talk about “doing well by doing good” and explains why corporate reputation management can’t be an end in itsel...
Buying Fakes: Valerie Salembier
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - February 07, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsValerie Salembier, former publisher of Harper’s Bazaar and founder of The Authentics Foundation, discusses the true cost of counterfeit luxury items: child labor, trafficked labor and organized crime. This episode originally aired on July 3, 2018.
Addressing the Demand-Side of Bribery at Last: FEPA
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - January 24, 2024 13:45 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsTom Firestone, a partner with Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, discusses the new US Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA). Tom’s perspective is especially interesting as he previously served as the Legal Adviser at the US Embassy in Moscow dealing with financial crime there and, in 2018, he...
Transparency International's New Chair: François Valérian
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - January 17, 2024 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsFrançois Valérian joins the podcast to discuss the platform on which he ran in TI's recent election, his priorities and his thoughts on the state of global anti-corruption efforts.
FinCEN's Proposed Rule Targeting Digital Asset Mixers
RiskWatch - January 11, 2024 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEvan Abrams is an Associate at Steptoe & Johnson and advises clients on issues related to anti-money laundering and anti-corruption, among others. He came on the show to discuss FinCEN’s recent proposed rule targeting digital asset mixers. The proposed rule is part of an effort by the Department...
2023 FCPA Year in Review
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - January 10, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsDan Kahn, former Chief of the DOJ’s FCPA unit and current partner with Davis Polk, talks us through the anti-corruption enforcement actions, trends and highlights of 2023.
Sam Bankman-Fried: Crypto's Madoff?
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - January 03, 2024 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsJim Campbell, author of "Madoff Talks" and featured in the recently released Netflix documentary, "Madoff: Monster of Wall Street", joins the podcast to talk about FTX. Having studied both men, he compares what we know about Bankman-Fried and Madoff. This podcast originally aired onJanuary 25,...
"Iceland's Secret: The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Con"
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - January 03, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsJared Bibler joins the podcast to discuss his lively book about the complete meltdown of Iceland's banking sector and, as a result, its economy. It was a brazen scheme equal in size to three Enrons and, although it happened in 2008, it remains a timely cautionary tale for the banking sector and ...
China's Clandestine Police Stations
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - January 03, 2024 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsLaura Harth with Safeguard Defenders joins the podcast to talk about the more than 50 illegal Chinese police stations operating around the world, including in the United States and Canada. These violate both the sovereignty of the inadvertent ‘host’ countries and the rights of the Chinese citize...
“White Collar Crime Explained”
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - December 20, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsRandall Eliason talks about extortion, conspiracy, cover-up crimes and plea bargains – topics covered in his excellent new 24 lecture course available through Great Courses. He also takes us through some examples from recent headlines. This episode originally aired on September 29, 2020.
The New Safe Harbor Policy For M&A
RiskWatch - November 20, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDavid Rybicki and Neil Smith of the law firm K&L Gates discuss the new Department of Justice Safe Harbor Policy for voluntary self-disclosure made in connection with M&A. The discussion covers several different focus points, including concerns that need to be top of mind for acquirers, key indus...
A Review of the Global Anti-Corruption News
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - November 15, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsFor today’s podcast, we’re listening in on Pascale Dubois’ excellent and fast-paced review of the international anti-bribery landscape at the recent TRACE Forum in London. Pascale is a leading international executive advisor and independent expert who has been involved with anti-corruption effo...
Menendez Corruption Allegations – Round Two
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - November 08, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsJessica Tillipman, Associate Dean for Government Procurement Law at George Washington Law School, joins the podcast to give a fantastic, detailed and fast-paced overview of the latest Menendez corruption allegations, interspersed with gold bars, bundles of cash and a Mercedes convertible. In the...
The Death of Sergei Magnitsky: Bill Browder
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - November 01, 2023 11:52 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsAs Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, we revisit Russian corruption and its weaponization of financial crime in our 2017 interview with Bill Browder. He describes the brazen fraud and violence of Putin’s Russia, the death of Sergei Magnitsky, and the passage of the Magnitsky Act. You can also lis...
The DOJ’s Revised Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - October 25, 2023 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsThis week, we’re listening in on Jeff Clark’s excellent presentation at the recent TRACE Forum in London. Jeff is a partner in Cadwalader’s Washington office and discusses the DOJ’s revised ECCP, with an emphasis on corporate communications and compensation policies.
The State of Anti-Corruption Enforcement in the UK
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - October 18, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsThis week, we listen in on the presentation of the inimitable Michelle de Kluyver of Addleshaw Goddard at the recent TRACE Forum in London.
Looking Back: The Siemens Scandal
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - October 11, 2023 06:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsJessica Tillipman of George Washington Law School covers the highlights and key points from the Siemens bribery case of 2008. It was a startling case at the time and divided the international enforcement landscape into the world before and after Siemens. (This episode was originally published in...
Trust Us - Episode 4: Inside the Jersey Offshore Investigation
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - October 04, 2023 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsToday’s podcast is the fourth and final episode in a four-part guest series produced by the Global Reporting Centre and European Investigative Collaborations. The series tells the fascinating and little-known story about a trove of leaked documents exposing the machinations of a trust company in...
Trust Us - Episode 3: Inside the Jersey Offshore Investigation
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - September 27, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsToday’s podcast is the third in a four-part guest series produced by the Global Reporting Centre and European Investigative Collaborations. The series tells the fascinating and little-known story about a trove of leaked documents exposing the machinations of a trust company in Jersey, Britain’s ...
FCPA Enforcement Trends & Developments
RiskWatch - September 27, 2023 06:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAnn Sultan and Alexandra Beaulieu of the law firm Miller & Chevalier came on the show to discuss recent enforcement developments and trends concerning the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Ann is a Partner and Vice Chair of the International Department at the firm and provides public companies and ...
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