
A charming young Czech promises staggering returns. An entire country’s oil industry is up for grabs. America’s top investors want in. Sounds too good to be true? Damn right it is.
This is a story of private jets, $20,000 dinners, and suitcases stuffed with cash. It’s also a tale about the collapse of communism, the free-for-all that followed, and the birth of the oligarchs. And it’s a story of p... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 9 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Categories | True CrimeSociety & Culture | ||||

After 18 months in a notorious Bahamian prison, Viktor walks free. But he’s still being hunted. The Czechs put him on trial in absentia. Trapped in the Bahamas, Viktor is shunned. For so long a self-promoting, globetrotting high roller, he seems to h... more
Still reeling from the failed deal, investors begin to believe that Viktor may have double-crossed them. US Law enforcement also sets its sights on Viktor, investigating criminal allegations of a bribery scheme. Viktor is banged up in the Bahamas, fi... more
Viktor and his investors await the Azeris’ approval of the oil deal they hope will trigger the ultimate payday. They bend over backwards to keep key officials onside.
The Pirate of Prague is an Apple Original podcast, produced by Blanchard House. Fo... more
Just days after his swanky Christmas party in Aspen, Viktor starts recruiting his high-flying guests for his next grand plan: getting control of the state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan. With promises of eye-watering returns, Viktor sweet-talks a gr... more
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in episode 7, the narrator Nocera says “Like, isn’t capitalism built on greed? Isn’t that the impulse, the motor that powers the whole system? People wanna make money, right?”
No, capitalism is not simply built on greed. Sometimes people just want to create something that they also make a living at but you are a journalist Mr Nocerna (are you making $$ off this show?and maybe you don’t understand the power of words.
Well done show on an interesting guy. I had previously never heard of Victor.
loved it
I couldn’t listen past the second episode as the hosts’ frequent interjections and commentary threw me off. Need a better podcaster for crime stories.. Someone who can keep the audiences mind focussed on the story.
I listened to this after it came up as a recommended podcast—presumably because it’s produced by Apple. The story itself is genuinely dramatic and intriguing, but much of its impact is lost in the show’s overly stylised and overproduced delivery. It pads out episodes with self-indulgent repetition—most notably the repeated references to the expensive wine Victor drank, which, at best, was a minor detail in the overall story.
It feels very much tailored for a US audience, but I’d have preferred ... more
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