Ep. 24: Inside the Pandora Papers with Miranda Patrucic
Miranda Patrucic, a senior Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project journalist who worked on the Pandora Papers, explains how she followed the money as part of the biggest journalism investiga...
7 Okt 202147min
Ep. 23: Hunter Biden’s Anonymous Art Problem and China’s Hostage Diplomacy
Casey, Paul and Nate discuss why Hunter Biden’s plan to auction his artwork to anonymous bidders engages serious money laundering risks, what Meng Wanzhou’s release tells us about China’s globalized k...
30 Sep 202138min
Ep. 22: Kleptocracy With Chinese Characteristics
Matt Schrader and Paul Massaro discuss the nature of corruption in the Chinese Communist Party and how that corruption underpins its rule in the country. They also discuss how the CCP's corrupt practi...
23 Sep 202145min
Ep. 21: Germany’s Dirty Money Addiction and Canada’s Real Estate Scandal
Paul, Casey and Nate discuss Germany’s problematic relationship with authoritarian capital, how money laundering gutted Vancouver’s real estate market, US missteps in Afghanistan, and major legislatio...
16 Sep 202140min
Ep. 20: David Asher on 9/11 and US Economic Statecraft
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the US transformed its capacity to wage financial warfare against terrorists, kleptocrats and other dangerous adversaries. Hudson senior fellow Davi...
9 Sep 202152min
Ep. 19: Jonathan Hillman on China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Beijing has poured trillions of dollars into infrastructure development throughout the world since launching the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013. But as CSIS scholar Jonathan Hillman tells Nate Sible...
2 Sep 202127min
Ep. 18: Afghanistan, Part 2: Jodi Vittori on Corruption Failures in Security Assistance
Jodi Vittori, a military veteran and leading expert on corruption and national security, joins Paul, Casey and Nate to discuss how failure to tackle pervasive graft fatally undermined the US mission o...
26 Aug 202148min
Ep. 17: Afghanistan, Part 1: Marshall Billingslea on the Taliban’s Illicit Financial Networks
Amid the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, former US Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Marshall Billingslea joins Nate Sibley to discuss how the Taliban funded its 20-year campaign, wh...
19 Aug 202129min
