Crime & Punishment 01

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True crime about money, as complete audiobooks, free. In this volume: Pablo Escobar in Colombia; the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico; Credit Suisse in Switzerland; Purdue Pharma and Binance; Ridouan Taghi in the Netherlands; Matteo Messina Denaro and Cosa Nostra in Italy; the Yamaguchi-gumi in Japan; Mossack Fonseca in Panama; Riad Salameh in Lebanon; the Gupta brothers in South Africa; Sani Abacha in Nigeria. Fifty countries, one book each, on how criminal fortunes are made and laundered and where the law catches up. Narrated with a synthetic voice. ministryofspark.com

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    Janez Janša, Igor Bavčar and Boško Šrot - SLOVENIA - A BILLION THROUGH LJUBLJANA - Part 04

    Slovenia left Yugoslavia first, joined the euro in 2007 and became the Balkans' star pupil. Its courts and reporters found another country. A defense ministry traded arms under a UN embargo; managers bought their companies with state-bank loans the taxpayer later covered; a former prime minister was convicted over Finnish armored vehicles and freed when the verdict was annulled; one NLB account moved over a billion dollars for sanctioned Iranian banks; and two Slovene brothers, a court found at first instance, ran a Montenegrin cocaine clan's cell and had a man killed. Covers Janez Janša and Patria, Igor Bavčar and Istrabenz, Boško Šrot and Pivovarna Laško, Uroš Rotnik and the TEŠ 6 power plant, Iraj Farrokhzadeh and NLB, and Klemen and Blaž Kadivec and the Kavač clan. Narrated with a synthetic voice. If you like stories of money and power, try our sister podcast, Immersive Business, from the Ministry of Spark: https://ministryofspark.com

  2. 2d ago

    Janez Janša, Igor Bavčar and Boško Šrot - SLOVENIA - A BILLION THROUGH LJUBLJANA - Part 03

    Slovenia left Yugoslavia first, joined the euro in 2007 and became the Balkans' star pupil. Its courts and reporters found another country. A defense ministry traded arms under a UN embargo; managers bought their companies with state-bank loans the taxpayer later covered; a former prime minister was convicted over Finnish armored vehicles and freed when the verdict was annulled; one NLB account moved over a billion dollars for sanctioned Iranian banks; and two Slovene brothers, a court found at first instance, ran a Montenegrin cocaine clan's cell and had a man killed. Covers Janez Janša and Patria, Igor Bavčar and Istrabenz, Boško Šrot and Pivovarna Laško, Uroš Rotnik and the TEŠ 6 power plant, Iraj Farrokhzadeh and NLB, and Klemen and Blaž Kadivec and the Kavač clan. Narrated with a synthetic voice. If you like stories of money and power, try our sister podcast, Immersive Business, from the Ministry of Spark: https://ministryofspark.com

  3. 2d ago

    Janez Janša, Igor Bavčar and Boško Šrot - SLOVENIA - A BILLION THROUGH LJUBLJANA - Part 02

    Slovenia left Yugoslavia first, joined the euro in 2007 and became the Balkans' star pupil. Its courts and reporters found another country. A defense ministry traded arms under a UN embargo; managers bought their companies with state-bank loans the taxpayer later covered; a former prime minister was convicted over Finnish armored vehicles and freed when the verdict was annulled; one NLB account moved over a billion dollars for sanctioned Iranian banks; and two Slovene brothers, a court found at first instance, ran a Montenegrin cocaine clan's cell and had a man killed. Covers Janez Janša and Patria, Igor Bavčar and Istrabenz, Boško Šrot and Pivovarna Laško, Uroš Rotnik and the TEŠ 6 power plant, Iraj Farrokhzadeh and NLB, and Klemen and Blaž Kadivec and the Kavač clan. Narrated with a synthetic voice. If you like stories of money and power, try our sister podcast, Immersive Business, from the Ministry of Spark: https://ministryofspark.com

  4. 2d ago

    Janez Janša, Igor Bavčar and Boško Šrot - SLOVENIA - A BILLION THROUGH LJUBLJANA - Part 01

    Slovenia left Yugoslavia first, joined the euro in 2007 and became the Balkans' star pupil. Its courts and reporters found another country. A defense ministry traded arms under a UN embargo; managers bought their companies with state-bank loans the taxpayer later covered; a former prime minister was convicted over Finnish armored vehicles and freed when the verdict was annulled; one NLB account moved over a billion dollars for sanctioned Iranian banks; and two Slovene brothers, a court found at first instance, ran a Montenegrin cocaine clan's cell and had a man killed. Covers Janez Janša and Patria, Igor Bavčar and Istrabenz, Boško Šrot and Pivovarna Laško, Uroš Rotnik and the TEŠ 6 power plant, Iraj Farrokhzadeh and NLB, and Klemen and Blaž Kadivec and the Kavač clan. Narrated with a synthetic voice. If you like stories of money and power, try our sister podcast, Immersive Business, from the Ministry of Spark: https://ministryofspark.com

  5. 2d ago

    Fahad Al-Rajaan and Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah - KUWAIT - THE SECRET EXPENSES - Part 04

    Kuwait, 1979 to 2026: the officials trusted to guard a small, rich state's oil wealth are best placed to take it. A pension chief runs the workers' fund for thirty years and dies in London, convicted in his absence; American prosecutors allege that defense-ministry money reached a Beverly Hills hilltop; a residency undersecretary is convicted of taking bribes in the visa trade; the highest court rules that a minister need not explain secret expenses. Kuwait's courts convict sheikhs and ministers, yet little money is known to have come back. Covers Fahad Al-Rajaan and the Public Institution for Social Security, Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the army fund, Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and the secret expenses, Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the visa trade, and Fahad Mohammed Al-Sabah and Grupo Torras. Narrated with a synthetic voice. If you like stories of money and power, try our sister podcast, Immersive Business, from the Ministry of Spark: https://ministryofspark.com

  6. 2d ago

    Fahad Al-Rajaan and Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah - KUWAIT - THE SECRET EXPENSES - Part 03

    Kuwait, 1979 to 2026: the officials trusted to guard a small, rich state's oil wealth are best placed to take it. A pension chief runs the workers' fund for thirty years and dies in London, convicted in his absence; American prosecutors allege that defense-ministry money reached a Beverly Hills hilltop; a residency undersecretary is convicted of taking bribes in the visa trade; the highest court rules that a minister need not explain secret expenses. Kuwait's courts convict sheikhs and ministers, yet little money is known to have come back. Covers Fahad Al-Rajaan and the Public Institution for Social Security, Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the army fund, Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and the secret expenses, Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the visa trade, and Fahad Mohammed Al-Sabah and Grupo Torras. Narrated with a synthetic voice. If you like stories of money and power, try our sister podcast, Immersive Business, from the Ministry of Spark: https://ministryofspark.com

  7. 2d ago

    Fahad Al-Rajaan and Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah - KUWAIT - THE SECRET EXPENSES - Part 02

    Kuwait, 1979 to 2026: the officials trusted to guard a small, rich state's oil wealth are best placed to take it. A pension chief runs the workers' fund for thirty years and dies in London, convicted in his absence; American prosecutors allege that defense-ministry money reached a Beverly Hills hilltop; a residency undersecretary is convicted of taking bribes in the visa trade; the highest court rules that a minister need not explain secret expenses. Kuwait's courts convict sheikhs and ministers, yet little money is known to have come back. Covers Fahad Al-Rajaan and the Public Institution for Social Security, Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the army fund, Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and the secret expenses, Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the visa trade, and Fahad Mohammed Al-Sabah and Grupo Torras. Narrated with a synthetic voice. If you like stories of money and power, try our sister podcast, Immersive Business, from the Ministry of Spark: https://ministryofspark.com

  8. 2d ago

    Fahad Al-Rajaan and Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah - KUWAIT - THE SECRET EXPENSES - Part 01

    Kuwait, 1979 to 2026: the officials trusted to guard a small, rich state's oil wealth are best placed to take it. A pension chief runs the workers' fund for thirty years and dies in London, convicted in his absence; American prosecutors allege that defense-ministry money reached a Beverly Hills hilltop; a residency undersecretary is convicted of taking bribes in the visa trade; the highest court rules that a minister need not explain secret expenses. Kuwait's courts convict sheikhs and ministers, yet little money is known to have come back. Covers Fahad Al-Rajaan and the Public Institution for Social Security, Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the army fund, Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and the secret expenses, Mazen Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the visa trade, and Fahad Mohammed Al-Sabah and Grupo Torras. Narrated with a synthetic voice. If you like stories of money and power, try our sister podcast, Immersive Business, from the Ministry of Spark: https://ministryofspark.com

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True crime about money, as complete audiobooks, free. In this volume: Pablo Escobar in Colombia; the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico; Credit Suisse in Switzerland; Purdue Pharma and Binance; Ridouan Taghi in the Netherlands; Matteo Messina Denaro and Cosa Nostra in Italy; the Yamaguchi-gumi in Japan; Mossack Fonseca in Panama; Riad Salameh in Lebanon; the Gupta brothers in South Africa; Sani Abacha in Nigeria. Fifty countries, one book each, on how criminal fortunes are made and laundered and where the law catches up. Narrated with a synthetic voice. ministryofspark.com

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  • Creator
    Ministry of Spark
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    200
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