Filthy Lucre
By Richard Brooks
Journalist Richard Brooks exposes the grubbier side of big money with investigators and writers who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty.
Latest episode
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Episode 4 - The Greensill Affair
Financial Times investigator Cynthia O’Murchu and Oxford University business historian Chris McKenna join Richard to tell the story of Greensill Capital - a financial scandal that turned political and battered the reputation of a former British prime… -
Episode 3 - The Whistleblower
Anti-money laundering specialist and former police officer Martin Woods talks to Richard about the front line of the war on dirty cash. Martin became the first whistleblower to expose the role of British banks and shell companies in laundering money … -
Episode 2 - The Sanctions Game
Are sanctions worth it? In our second episode, Richard welcomes leading economic crime specialist Tom Keatinge to Filthy Lucre. They explore whether state-imposed penalties offer a hope of stemming the flow of dirty money from Russia and elsewhere or… -
Episode 1 - Britain’s Dirty Money Secret
The opening episode of Filthy Lucre asks the question "how corrupt is the UK?". Focusing on Britain’s role in the corruption that has kept Vladmir Putin in the Kremlin for more than two decades, with best-selling author Oliver Bullough (Moneyland and…