White Collars, Dirty Hands: A podcast by OCCRP and La No Ficción
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)It’s Madrid, March 2017. A former official in Venezuela's oil ministry, a lawyer, and three financial advisors are meeting to discuss business. They want to move corruptly-obtained cash without anyone noticing. But little do they know, one of them is wearing a hidden microphone, and records the whole conversation, laying bare the mechanics of a plot to launder millions of dollars embezzled from Ve... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 14 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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Back in Miami, journalist Laura Weffer observes the ruins of a criminal empire and reflects on the intersection of global power and financial crime, as well as what the future holds for Venezuela.
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As the country’s oil money is being “cleaned by abroad,” back home, Venezuela is in flames. Tens of thousands of protesters opposing corruption, authoritarianism, and a widespread economic crisis in 2017 are met with bloodshed and repression.
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A secret recording from a clandestine sting operation reveals the plans of financial experts enlisted to help Urdaneta bypass international banking controls to move the corrupt funds.
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With reporting from Miami to Madrid, Venezuelan journalist Laura Weffer unpacks the mechanics of the corrupt loan schemes that allowed elites to siphon off more than a billion dollars from Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA.
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- Excelente
An amazing way to discover how Venezuela was broken from the inside.
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Mexico3 months ago - MAisCorrupt
Finally, a podcast! Please please consider ramping up and doing investigations in Massachusetts. The organized crime becomes more normalized to the top every single day.
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United Statesa year ago - Brave studies in complex international corruptions
Very well studied and decoded. Sadly we need these types of studies to learn whats really going on in the international level of corruption and breave people.
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Switzerland2 years ago - The inside story
This is a great new way into the amazing archive of stories OCCRP has put together, compellingly told. Really enjoying it!
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United Kingdom2 years ago - Compelling, and necessary!
This type of investigative journalism is needed even more than now, and what is uncovered is mind boggling. Thank you, and keep up the amazing work!
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Germany3 years ago
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A rigorous investigative series unpacks a massive money-laundering scheme tied to Venezuela's state oil company, tracked across continents and exposed through a hidden recording in Madrid. Across five episodes, exiled Venezuelan journalist Laura Weffer follows Carmelo Urdaneta and a web of lawyers and financial advisors, revealing how embezzled oil funds were moved abroad and the human cost of political corruption. The narrative blends on-the-ground reporting with archival context, highlighting the global reach of the scheme and the personal journeys of those affected, including exile and economic hardship. A standout feature is the careful, somber storytelling that situates high-level financial crime within ordinary lives, making complex i... more
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