Waarom een overzicht van de beste documentaires en short movies over witwassen?
Het bekijken van documentaires en short movies over witwassen en andere financiële misdrijven zoals fraude en omkoping kan zeer leerzaam zijn voor specialisten in Financial Economic Crime (FEC). Hier zijn enkele redenen waarom:
Realistische Scenario’s: Deze media bieden vaak gedetailleerde reconstructies van echte gevallen, waardoor specialisten inzicht krijgen in hoe dergelijke misdrijven in de praktijk worden gepleegd.
Bewustwording van Methoden: Ze onthullen de methoden en technieken die criminelen gebruiken, wat professionals kan helpen bij het herkennen van waarschuwingssignalen en het ontwikkelen van preventieve maatregelen.
Impact op de Maatschappij: Ze tonen de impact van financiële misdrijven op individuen, bedrijven en de economie, wat het belang van FEC-werk benadrukt.
Lessen in Ethiek en Governance: Door te kijken naar de fouten en misstappen die in het verleden zijn gemaakt, kunnen FEC-specialisten leren over het belang van ethiek en goed bestuur binnen organisaties.
Inspiratie voor Innovatie: Het zien van de complexiteit van financiële misdrijven kan FEC-specialisten inspireren om innovatieve oplossingen en strategieën te ontwikkelen voor het bestrijden van deze misdrijven.
Kortom, deze documentaires en short movies uit binnen- en buitenland kunnen dienen als krachtige educatieve hulpmiddelen die zowel informatief als inspirerend zijn voor FEC-specialisten.
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Het overzicht met de beste documentaires en short movies over witwassen
— 2024 —
Operation Destabilise: the methodology of $multi-billion Russian money laundering networks cracked by the NCA & Partners
Operation Destabilise, an international investigation led by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), has dismantled $multi-billion Russian money laundering networks supporting global organized crime. These networks, spanning the UK, Middle East, Russia, and South America, were spearheaded by two Russian-speaking groups, Smart and TGR.
In light of the arrests, the US Department of the Treasury’s OFAC announced sanctions against the leaders of these networks and four businesses linked to TGR. Additionally, a global money laundering facilitator connected to these networks has been arrested.
Smart and TGR not only aided UK-based criminals but also laundered money for transnational crime groups like the Kinahans and helped Russian clients bypass financial restrictions. From late 2022 to summer 2023, the Smart network funded Russian espionage operations.
The NCA’s efforts have resulted in 84 arrests and the seizure of over £20 million in cash and cryptocurrency. Operation Destabilise revealed a sophisticated scheme where funds were collected in one country and made available in another, often by swapping cryptocurrency for cash, benefiting both Western crime groups and Russian elites. The NCA said the money laundering bust was its “biggest in a decade”!
Het cannabisbedrog, de fraude — Zembla (New)
24-10-2024 | “Grote groepen beleggers raken begin 2020 in de ban van het online platform JuicyFields. Dat biedt investeringen aan in een ongewoon product: medicinale cannabis. Aangezien steeds meer landen over gaan tot legalisering, is de cannabismarkt booming en lonken hoge winsten, zo is de belofte. Vanachter hun computer kunnen ‘e-growers’ cannabisplanten kopen. Als die planten drie maanden later worden geoogst, delen de beleggers mee in de winst.
Met gelikte videoclips, extravagante feesten en dure sportauto’s trekt het bedrijf volop de aandacht en raken steeds meer investeerders enthousiast. Tot de zomer van 2022. Onder beleggers ontstaat paniek; van het ene op het andere moment is het platform onbereikbaar. Niemand kan meer bij zijn geld. JuicyFields blijkt een luchtkasteel dat volgens Europese politiediensten meer dan 180.000 slachtoffers maakt. Samen verliezen ze maar liefst 645 miljoen euro.
Zembla doet samen met journalisten uit onder meer Denemarken, Zweden en Duitsland maandenlang onderzoek en ontdekt dat Nederland een prominente rol speelde in het bedrog. Hoe konden de fraudeurs vanuit hartje Amsterdam ongestoord hun gang gaan? En waar is de enorme buit gebleven? Zembla duikt in een uniek tweeluik in een online zwendel van ongekende omvang.” Bron: Zembla
Klik op de link en je wordt doorgeleid naar de Zembla website om de aflevering te bekijken! De aflevering duurt ongeveer 42 minuten.
Chinese brokers launder hundreds of millions for global crime groups | Financial Times Film
Chinese brokers launder hundreds of millions for global crime groups | Financial Times Film | 21 Jun 2024 | 39:03 | Chinese money launderers are facilitating the fentanyl epidemic and helping international drug traffickers, like Mexican cartels and the Italian mafia, launder the proceeds of crime. The FT investigates the connection between capital flight from China and global organised crime.
Meer nieuws over deze witwas problematiek en andere integriteitsrisico’s op deze corridor (China) kun je hier vinden.
The Missing OneCoin Cryptoqueen who defrauded investors of $4.5 billion and then vanished : Dead or Alive? – BBC World Service Documentaries
The Missing Cryptoqueen: Dead or Alive? | BBC World Service Documentaries | 3 Jun 2024 | 53:53 | A BBC investigation into the fate of Ruja Ignatova, the flamboyant founder of fake cryptocurrency OneCoin...and the world’s most wanted woman. Dubbed the “Missing Cryptoqueen”, Ruja Ignatova is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list after defrauding investors of $4.5 billion and then vanishing. Now, #BBCEye and #BBCPanorama investigate her close ties to a suspected Bulgarian organised crime boss and allegations that she was brutally assassinated. This #BBCWorldService documentary has exclusive access to the US special agent in charge of tracking Ignatova down and follows a brave Bulgarian journalist who’s faced grave threats trying to get to the truth. Did the missing Cryptoqueen run with the money, or was she fatally targeted by the very people that were supposed to protect her?
De ATM-route — Zembla
24-05-2024 | “Eind 2023 krijgt Zembla een tip. In een drugswijk in Kopenhagen waar een bendeoorlog woedt, is een geldautomaat gesignaleerd met een Nederlandse link. In Denemarken bestaan zorgen dat de ATM gebruikt kan worden voor witwassen. Internationale opsporingsdiensten blijken hier al langer voor te waarschuwen.
ATM’s die niet van banken zijn, kunnen gevuld worden met zwart geld. Dat verdwijnt zo uit het zicht van autoriteiten. In Canada zouden veel ATM’s in handen zijn van criminelen. De tip is de start van maandenlang onderzoek. Kun je in Nederland met een geldautomaat witwassen? En wie controleert de herkomst van het geld in de ATM’s?” Bron: Zembla
Klik op de link en je wordt doorgeleid naar de Zembla website om de aflevering te bekijken! De aflevering duurt ongeveer 44 minuten.
How a fentanyl crime ring used a Canadian bank to do business — CBC News
How a fentanyl crime ring used a Canadian bank to do business | About That | CBC News | 21 May 2024 | 10:56 | TD Bank is at the centre of a U.S. Department of Justice probe into a massive global money laundering scheme. Andrew Chang breaks down what we know from court documents and inside sources to explain how the scheme unfolded and the red flags analysts say should have been caught.
How Dubai became a haven for criminals from around the world – 60 Minutes Australia
How Dubai became a haven for criminals from around the world | 60 Minutes Australia | 19 May 2024 | 17:30 | Aussie criminals are living like kings in the gangsters’ paradise of Dubai. It might sound strange, but the crime capital of Australia is currently Dubai. That’s because this glitzy mega city in the Persian Gulf has become home to nearly all of our biggest organised crime bosses. Their thinking in moving offshore is that they’re out of reach of federal and state policing authorities, but they might want to think again. As Nick McKenzie reports, an enormous leak of Dubai property records has revealed not only their residential addresses, but also how the city has become the perfect destination for crooks, and suspected criminals, from all around the world to do their dirty business.
Why a Vietnamese billionaire has been sentenced to death – 12,5 Billion USD Bank Scam — CBC News
Why a Vietnamese billionaire has been sentenced to death | CBC News | 12 Apr 2024 | 10:36 | Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has been sentenced to death in what local media have called the largest case of financial fraud in the country’s history. Andrew Chang explains how white collar crime is threatening one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.
— 2023 —
Billion dollar fraud on the Internet | DW Documentary
Billion dollar fraud on the Internet | DW Documentary | 24 Nov 2023 | 42:25 min. | Interest-based investment portals on the Internet are one of the biggest scams of our time. People sign up, hoping to invest. Instead, they are cheated out of billions. In Germany alone, thousands of victims have fallen victim to their own gullibility. Filmmakers Niklas Resch and Caroline Uhl meet with victims and investigators, then track down some of the perpetrators behind the scams. They discover that trying to put a stop to this kind of fraud is like tilting at windmills. The documentary contrasts the views and motives of victims, perpetrators and investigators – and shows the psychological mechanisms at work in both the deceived and the deceivers.
Singapore’s billion-dollar money laundering case | CNA Explains
Singapore’s billion-dollar money laundering case | CNA Explains | 23 Sept 2023 | 4:05 min. | More than S$2.4 billion (US$1.8 billion) in cash and assets have now been seized or frozen in Singapore’s largest money laundering case to date, with at least two of the suspects said to be wanted by police in China as well. The subjects are suspected to be involved in laundering proceeds from organized crime activities overseas including scams and online gambling. CNA’s Glenda Chong takes stock of what we know.
Iraq, the biggest bank heist in history (and why you’ve never heard of it) | The Economist
The biggest bank heist in history (and why you’ve never heard of it) | The Economist | 28 Jul 2023 | 18:16 Min. | In 2022 news broke that $2.5bn had been stolen in Iraq, the biggest bank heist ever. Nicolas Pelham, The Economist’s Middle East correspondent, follows the money.
Captagon, de drug die het Midden-Oosten overspoelt
Captagon, de drug die het Midden-Oosten overspoelt | RTL Nieuws | 26 May 2023 | 5:17 | Ze zitten verstopt in partijen meloenen, of onderin vrachtwagens of schepen. Captagon-pillen, of eigenlijk amfetamine. De drug is zeer populair in het Midden-Oosten. Met de productie, handel en smokkel zijn miljarden euro’s gemoeid. Opvallend: vooral het regime van de Syrische president Assad haalt er heel veel geld mee binnen. De buurlanden willen dat de Captagonsmokkel stopt, maar dat lukt in de verste verte niet.
The Billion Dollar Scam through online trading platforms – BBC World Service Documentaries
The Billion Dollar Scam | BBC World Service Documentaries | 13 Apr 2023 | 47:10 min. | Investigative reporter Simona Weinglass leads a #BBCEye investigation into a criminal network, believed to have scammed more than a billion dollars from victims across the globe. The organisation sponsored a top-tier football club to promote its online trading platform, promising investors the chance of astonishing returns. But what lies behind the claims? The search – from a mansion in London, to a forest in Scandinavia and a call centre in Georgia – reveals a web of deceit. We hear from victims, undercover agents and police, in a bid to track down who’s in charge.
The video has been removed from YouTube by the BBC. You may be able to find copies on Youtube. The DW Documentary “Billion Dollar Fraud On The Internet” above depicts a similar case.
Gold Mafia – Episode 1 – The Laundry Service I Al Jazeera Investigations
Gold Mafia – Episode 1 – The Laundry Service I Al Jazeera Investigations | 23 Mar 2023 | 51:32 | “Undercover reporters pose as gangsters with up to a billion dollars of black money that need to be cleaned. They gain remarkable access to members of Africa’s Gold Mafia and film closed door meetings with crime bosses. A senior African ambassador offers to launder $1.2 million using the cover of his diplomatic bag. Criminals offer lucrative deals to clean over $100 million through government gold export schemes. At the centre of it their operations is southern Africa’s biggest laundromat, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. Gold Mafia, a four-part series by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit looks at how society’s obsession with gold underwrites a global shadow economy. The undercover team infiltrates the rival gangs that turn dirty cash into gold, which is then sold around the world. Through thousands of confidential documents and exclusive interviews with whistleblowers from within the criminal organisations, investigators obtain the blueprints of billion-dollar money laundering operations that service the political elite. And the investigation leads to the highest offices of southern Africa.” Source; Al Jazeera Investigations on Youtube.
— 2022 —
VAT carousel fraud, or Missing Trader Intra-Community (MTIC) fraud – European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)
BTW Fraude | VAT carousel fraud, or Missing Trader Intra-Community (MTIC) fraud, is the most profitable crime in the EU. But how does it work? | European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) | 29 Nov 2022 | 1:02 | The short movie below gives you a better understanding about this type of fraud.
Dit is waarom witwassen belangrijk is voor criminelen – Brabant onder de radar
Dit is waarom witwassen belangrijk is voor criminelen | Brabant onder de radar | 1 Jun 2022 | 12:12 | Brabant onder de radar is een serie waarin we een inkijkje krijgen in de strijd tegen ondermijning van de Brabantse samenleving door criminelen. Wat speelt er in Brabant? Deze aflevering gaat over witwassen.
How London became the dirty money capital of the world – Financial Times Film
How London became the dirty money capital of the world | FT Film | 21:36 | Russische oligarchen en bedrijven investeren al twee decennia in Londen, aangemoedigd door Britse politici van allerlei politieke richtingen, maar critici stellen dat de ‘Londense Laundromat’ vuil geld uit Rusland en de rest van de wereld witwast. De Financial Times onderzoekt waarom de invasie van Oekraïne door Rusland nodig was om dit probleem onder de aandacht te brengen en of de nieuwe sancties en maatregelen voldoende zijn om het probleem aan te pakken. Lees meer op https://on.ft.com/3OtRKpp
De Magnitsky-fraude: bloedgeld uit Rusland – Zembla
De Magnitsky-fraude: bloedgeld uit Rusland | Zembla | 2 Mar 2022 | 16:23 | Het is de grootste Russische belastingfraude in de geschiedenis: politieagenten en medewerkers van de Russische belastingdienst werkten samen met een criminele bende om 230 miljoen dollar te stelen van de Russische belastingbetalers. Sergei Magnitsky, een Russische advocaat, ontdekte de fraude en werd vervolgens door corrupte agenten opgepakt, vastgezet en gemarteld. Hij stierf in de gevangenis en werd een symbool voor Russische wreedheden op het gebied van mensenrechten. Verschillende landen legden naar aanleiding van Magnitsky’s dood sancties op die leidden tot een furieuze reactie van het Kremlin. Andere landen, waaronder Nederland, weigerden echter hard op te treden tegen de zelfverrijkende regering van de Russische president Vladimir Poetin. Dit is een samenvatting van de Zembla-uitzending ‘Geld en gif uit Moskou’ uit 2018. Lees meer: https://www.bnnvara.nl/zembla/artikel…
— 2021 —
The downfall of Wirecard and its 2 Billion USD of missing funds – Bloomberg
The Double Life of Wirecard’s Fugitive Executive | Bloomberg Originals | 3 Feb 2021 | 13:01 | German payments company Wirecard was the darling of the nation’s fintech industry. Then came the admission that almost $2 billion of the company’s funds had gone missing. The scandal led to the sudden disappearance of its chief operating officer, Jan Marsalek. With his mysterious links to the Austrian secret service and Russian mercenaries, Bloomberg investigates the role Marsalek allegedly played in one of Germany’s biggest accounting scandals.
— 2020 —
FINCEN FILES | How money is laundered through New York banks – ICIJ
How money is laundered through New York banks | The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) | 20 Sept 2020 | 2:08 | By filing suspicious activity reports to regulators, big banks in the U.S. can collect transfer fees on suspicious transactions. Failure to file a SAR can expose banks to fines or penalties.
Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) – BAFT
An Overview of Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) | BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade) | 16 May 2020 | 2:08 | Together we can turn the tide against illicit trade. Learn more about trade-based money laundering from BAFT, The Wolfsberg Group and The International Chamber of Commerce.
— 2019 —
How money laundering works – BBC Stories
How money laundering works | BBC Stories | 28 Oct 2019 | 3:32 | Following criminal cash from the streets of London to the gold markets of Dubai, BBC Panorama and the French media company Premieres Lignes reveal how an international crime gang laundered millions in drug money.
How to spot a pyramid scheme – TED-Ed
How to spot a pyramid scheme – Stacie Bosley | TED-Ed | 2 Apr 2019 | 5:01 | In 2004, a nutrition company offered a life-changing opportunity to earn a full-time income for part-time work. There were only two steps to get started: purchase a $500 kit and recruit two more members. By 2013, the company was making $200 million. There was just one problem — the vast majority of members earned less than they paid in. Stacie Bosley explains what a pyramid scheme is and how to spot one.
The Troika Laundromat – OCCRP
The Troika Laundromat Explained | OCCRP | 11 Mar 2019 | 3:49 | From 2006 through early 2013, billions of dollars moved out of Russia through an elaborate scheme orchestrated by Russia’s largest private investment bank, Troika Dialog. The money was used to pay for luxury goods, make secret investments in state-owned companies, and even pay school tuitions. The system also links some of the most notorious figures in previous financial scandals: people like Sergei Roldugin and companies exposed by now-deceased lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.
— 2018 —
1MDB scandal: the Malaysian fraud explained – Financial Times
1MDB scandal: the Malaysian fraud explained | Financial Times | 18 Dec 2018 | 3:28 | 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 Jasmine Loo Ai Swan.
Danske Bank’s Estonia branch and the 200 Billion Euro Laundromat – Financial Times
How Danske Bank’s Estonia branch became a pipeline for dirty money | Financial Times | 1 Nov 2018 | 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 organised crime, drugs and tax evasion.
The one billion USD Bangladesh Central Bank Heist – Kento Bento
The Bangladesh Central Bank | Kento Bento | 6 Aug 2018 | The Bangladesh Central Bank heist, also known as the Bangladesh Bank cyber heist, was a major theft that occurred in February 2016. Hackers issued 35 fraudulent instructions via the SWIFT network to transfer nearly $1 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account belonging to Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh. Out of these, five instructions were successful in transferring $101 million—with $81 million traced to the Philippines and $20 million to Sri Lanka. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York blocked the remaining transactions, amounting to $850 million, due to a misspelled instruction which raised suspicions.
— 2017 —
The Azerbaijani Laundromat – Transparency International & OCCRP
The Azerbaijani Laundromat | Transparency International & OCCRP | 8 Sept 2017 | 1:45 | A series of investigations across Europe, published on 4 September and led by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), has uncovered a network of illicit financial payments that used reputable banks and secret companies to funnel payments from a US$ 2.9 billion slush fund to buy political influence and launder Azerbaijan’s international image.
How does money laundering work? | Ted-Ed
How does money laundering work? – Delena D. Spann | Ted-Ed | 23 May 2017 | 4:46 | Money laundering is the term for any process that “cleans” illegally obtained funds of their “dirty” criminal origins, allowing them to be used within the legal economy. And the practice is about as old as money itself. But how does it actually work? Delena D. Spann describes the ins and outs of money laundering.
— 2015 —
Grand Theft Moldova -OCCRP
Grand Theft Moldova | OCCRP | 30 Jul 2015 | 2:15 | The bank theft was so outsized and bold that citizens of the Republic of Moldova came out in the streets this past May by the thousands to protest: “We want our billion back!” They used the number — US$ 1 billion – that news accounts reported had gone missing from three Moldovan banks in November of 2014. Unsure who to blame, the protestors denounced the government, politicians, banks and organized crime. The theft was a serious setback for Moldova, one of Europe’s poorest countries, with a gross domestic product of only US$ 8 billion and an average wage of US$ 200 per month.
— 2009 —
The Madoff Affair, $65 billion Ponzi Scheme | FRONTLINE
The Madoff Affair (full documentary) | PBS FRONTLINE | 16 Apr 2021 | 54:18 | On Dec. 11, 2008, Bernard L. Madoff confessed that his investment business was all “one big lie,” a Ponzi scheme that cost investors $65 billion. In this 2009 documentary, FRONTLINE explored how Madoff became the new poster child for Wall Street gall, greed and corruption.
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