Latest Ribar Podcast Episodes
Trust Us - Episode 2: Inside the Jersey Offshore Investigation
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - September 20, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsToday’s podcast is the second 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...
Trust Us: Inside the Jersey Offshore Investigation
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - September 13, 2023 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsToday’s podcast is the first 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 ...
Preserving Ukraine’s Heritage and Thwarting Money Laundering through Art
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - September 06, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsYuliia Hnat, Co-Founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art NGO and Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund, and Irina Tarsis, Founder and Managing Director at the Center for Art Law, join the podcast to talk about all that is being done to preserve Ukraine’s tangible heritage during the Russian invasion and...
"Very Bad People"
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - August 30, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsPatrick Alley, co-founder of Global Witness and author of Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption, joins the podcast to discuss the early days of his Global Witness investigations, how their efforts gained momentum and where we should be focusing...
Enabling the Enablers
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - August 23, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsScott Greytak of Transparency International U.S. joins the podcast to talk about the many loopholes that permit U.S. lawyers to work for criminal actors as they exploit the U.S. financial system. He brings us up-to-date on the ABA’s recent change to its Model Rules of Professional Conduct and wh...
"Inside the Iraqi Kleptocracy"
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - August 16, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsRobert Worth, a journalist previously based in Baghdad with the New York Times and author of A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil from Tahrir Square to ISIS, describes the deadly and intractable problem of corruption in Iraq. He discusses the role the United States and its pallets of cas...
“Fool Me Once”
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - August 02, 2023 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsKelly Richmond Pope, Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University, joins the podcast to talk about her new book: Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry. She describes the three types of fraud perpetrators and why we blame the victims of fraud fo...
Carlos Ghosn’s “Collision Course”
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - July 19, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsHans Greimel and William Sposato, journalists and authors, join the podcast to discuss their book: Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire. They cover Ghosn’s rise to hero status in Japan, his ultimate fall—arrest, detention and escape from the country—and...
Pegasus and Compliance in the Age of Cyber Intelligence
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - July 05, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsThe first episode of a two-part series, Chaim Gelfand, Vice President, Compliance, at NSO Group talks about managing compliance for a product that has, baked into its design, complex privacy, corruption and human rights implications. Because of the controversial nature of spyware, we hear from j...
Canada’s First Bribery Acquittal
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - June 21, 2023 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsJessica Warwick in Norton Rose’s Ottawa office joins the podcast to talk about the Arapakota decision and what it means for anti-bribery enforcement in Canada.
“The Power of One”: Frances Haugen’s Decision to Blow the Whistle on Facebook
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - June 13, 2023 15:35 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsData scientist, whistleblower and now author, Frances Haugen, joins the podcast to discuss her book, which comes out today. Frances describes her journey through tech as an algorithmic product manager, her growing understanding of the risk of radicalization and political violence that Facebook p...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - June 07, 2023 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsJesse Eisinger of ProPublica joins the podcast to discuss their investigation into the gifts, travel, tuition, rent and other benefits lavished on Justice Thomas directly—or indirectly for the benefit of family members—by right-wing billionaire, Harlan Crow. Jesse discusses the initial article, ...
“Spin Dictators”
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - May 24, 2023 06:00 - 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.
Nicolas Niarchos at the TRACE Forum
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - May 17, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsJournalist and author Nicolas Niarchos discusses the current state of compliance in battery metal mining, political and regional challenges in the industry, and his forthcoming book on the topic.
Compliance Challenges Surrounding Messaging Apps
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - May 10, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsChuck Duross, former head of the DOJ’s FCPA unit and now a partner with Morrison & Forester, walks us through the many compliance challenges associated with employee use of messaging apps, together with a few suggestions on how best to manage the risk.
“The Art of the Bribe” under Stalin
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - May 03, 2023 04:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsJames Heinzen joins the podcast to talk about his book, The Art of the Bribe: Corruption Under Stalin 1943-1953 and how bribery, extortion and embezzlement in Russia have changed—or not—over the last 70 years.
The Panama Papers: Six Years Later
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - April 26, 2023 13:08 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsKevin G. Hall, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project’s North America editor, reflects on how the Panama Papers have shaped investigative journalism over the past six years and the biggest challenges journalists face today.
Paul Massaro at the TRACE Forum
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - April 19, 2023 14:13 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsPaul Massaro of the U.S. Helsinki Commission provides an animated overview of current policy initiatives, U.S. support for Ukraine and what’s next in the fight against global kleptocracy.
“Iceland’s Secret: The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Con”
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - April 12, 2023 06:00 - 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 ...
“Wilful Blindness: How a Network of Narcos, Tycoons, and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West”
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - April 05, 2023 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsInvestigative reporter Sam Cooper describes the waves of drugs and laundered money from China crashing on Canada’s shores. Sam's book is “Wilful Blindness: How a Network of Narcos, Tycoons, and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West.” (This episode was originally published in 2021.)
Sam Bankman-Fried: Crypto’s Madoff?
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - March 29, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsWith new foreign bribery charges announced against Sam Bankman-Fried this week, we’re revisiting our discussion with Jim Campbell, author of “Madoff Talks.” Having studied both men, he compares what we know about Bankman-Fried and Madoff.
Wildlife Crime
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - March 22, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsOlivia Swaak-Goldman, Executive Director of the Wildlife Justice Commission, joins the podcast to discuss the impact of corruption and the role of organized crime in the illicit trade in wildlife.
What Spyware Means for Journalists and Civil Society
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - March 15, 2023 06:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsToday’s podcast is the second episode in a two-part discussion of the compliance and human rights implications of spyware. After hearing from Chaim Gelfand at NSO Group last week, we asked Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist in Azerbaijan who is alleged to have been monitored for fou...
What Spyware Means for Journalists and Civil Society
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - March 15, 2023 06:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsToday’s podcast is the second episode in a two-part discussion of the compliance and human rights implications of spyware. After hearing from Chaim Gelfand at NSO Group last week, we asked Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist in Azerbaijan who is alleged to have been monitored for fou...
Pegasus and Compliance in the Age of Cyber Intelligence
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - March 08, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsChaim Gelfand, Vice President, Compliance, at NSO Group joins the podcast to talk about managing compliance for a product that has, baked into its design, complex privacy, corruption and human rights implications. Because of the controversial nature of spyware, we will hear from journalist Khadi...
Maria Ressa on Holding the Line
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - February 22, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsNobel Peace Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa joins the podcast to talk about corruption, disinformation and how to stand up to a dictator.
Doping in International Sports
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - February 15, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsRob Koehler, WADA veteran and current Director General of Global Athlete, joins the podcast to discuss the epidemic of doping in sports, the imbalance of power between athletes and administrators and the IOC's startling decision to allow Russia to compete in the Paris Games in spite of its invas...
China’s Clandestine Police Stations
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - February 08, 2023 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...
Sam Bankman-Fried: Crypto’s Madoff?
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - January 25, 2023 15:37 - 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.
“When McKinsey Comes to Town”
Bribe, Swindle or Steal - January 18, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 357 ratingsMichael Forsythe, co-author with Walt Bogdanich of “When McKinsey Comes to Town”, joins the podcast to talk about McKinsey’s work in support of autocratic regimes, its rampant conflicts of interest and the distance between its stated values and its work on the ground.
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