Crime & Punishment 02

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True crime about money, as complete audiobooks, free. One country per book, on how criminal fortunes are made and laundered. In this volume: Isabel dos Santos and Sonangol in Angola; Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX in the Bahamas; Wirecard and Jan Marsalek in Germany; Danske Bank in Denmark; Ruja Ignatova and OneCoin in Bulgaria; Do Kwon in South Korea; Alex Saab and PDVSA in Venezuela; Reza Zarrab and Halkbank in Turkey; Los Choneros in Ecuador; Arif Naqvi and Abraaj in Dubai. Fifty books, one country each, from Angola to Yemen. Narrated with a synthetic voice. ministryofspark.com

  1. Oct 13

    Foutanga Babani Sissoko and Abu Dhabi - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - THREE REPORTS IN SIX YEARS - Part 04

    Dubai sold access — to its creek, free zones, gold market and towers — and for decades asked little about whose money arrived. This book follows what came through, from the 1960s to 2026: a bank manager who sent AED 890 million to a man promising to multiply it, a ruling family that owned most of a collapsing bank, a gold audit whose rules a government free zone changed midway, leaked property records naming fugitives, and the extraditions granted and refused once the world pushed. Did dirty money build the boom? In part. Covers Foutanga Babani Sissoko and Dubai Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi and BCCI, Amjad Rihan and the Kaloti audit, Arif Naqvi and Abraaj, B. R. Shetty and NMC Health, Balvinder Singh Sahni, and OCCRP and E24's Dubai Unlocked. 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. Oct 13

    Foutanga Babani Sissoko and Abu Dhabi - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - THREE REPORTS IN SIX YEARS - Part 03

    Dubai sold access — to its creek, free zones, gold market and towers — and for decades asked little about whose money arrived. This book follows what came through, from the 1960s to 2026: a bank manager who sent AED 890 million to a man promising to multiply it, a ruling family that owned most of a collapsing bank, a gold audit whose rules a government free zone changed midway, leaked property records naming fugitives, and the extraditions granted and refused once the world pushed. Did dirty money build the boom? In part. Covers Foutanga Babani Sissoko and Dubai Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi and BCCI, Amjad Rihan and the Kaloti audit, Arif Naqvi and Abraaj, B. R. Shetty and NMC Health, Balvinder Singh Sahni, and OCCRP and E24's Dubai Unlocked. 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. Oct 13

    Foutanga Babani Sissoko and Abu Dhabi - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - THREE REPORTS IN SIX YEARS - Part 02

    Dubai sold access — to its creek, free zones, gold market and towers — and for decades asked little about whose money arrived. This book follows what came through, from the 1960s to 2026: a bank manager who sent AED 890 million to a man promising to multiply it, a ruling family that owned most of a collapsing bank, a gold audit whose rules a government free zone changed midway, leaked property records naming fugitives, and the extraditions granted and refused once the world pushed. Did dirty money build the boom? In part. Covers Foutanga Babani Sissoko and Dubai Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi and BCCI, Amjad Rihan and the Kaloti audit, Arif Naqvi and Abraaj, B. R. Shetty and NMC Health, Balvinder Singh Sahni, and OCCRP and E24's Dubai Unlocked. 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. Oct 13

    Foutanga Babani Sissoko and Abu Dhabi - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - THREE REPORTS IN SIX YEARS - Part 01

    Dubai sold access — to its creek, free zones, gold market and towers — and for decades asked little about whose money arrived. This book follows what came through, from the 1960s to 2026: a bank manager who sent AED 890 million to a man promising to multiply it, a ruling family that owned most of a collapsing bank, a gold audit whose rules a government free zone changed midway, leaked property records naming fugitives, and the extraditions granted and refused once the world pushed. Did dirty money build the boom? In part. Covers Foutanga Babani Sissoko and Dubai Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi and BCCI, Amjad Rihan and the Kaloti audit, Arif Naqvi and Abraaj, B. R. Shetty and NMC Health, Balvinder Singh Sahni, and OCCRP and E24's Dubai Unlocked. 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. Oct 13

    José Adolfo Macías and Wilmer Chavarría - ECUADOR - AFTER THE ISLAND OF PEACE - Part 04

    Ecuador was once called an island of peace between Colombia and Peru, the world's largest coca producers. Then its prison gangs became partners of Mexican cartels and suppliers to Balkan buyers, and in 2025 it counted 9,216 killings, the most in its history. This book follows the money behind that turn: a dead trafficker's phone that led to the head of the judiciary, a presidential candidate shot in Quito, cocaine hidden in banana containers, and bribes paid on oil, a Chinese-built dam, a campaign and a police pension fund. Covers José Adolfo Macías and Los Choneros, Wilmer Chavarría and Los Lobos, Leandro Norero and Wilman Terán in the Metástasis case, Carlos Pólit and Odebrecht, Lenín Moreno and Sinohydro, and Gunvor and Petroecuador. 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. Oct 13

    José Adolfo Macías and Wilmer Chavarría - ECUADOR - AFTER THE ISLAND OF PEACE - Part 03

    Ecuador was once called an island of peace between Colombia and Peru, the world's largest coca producers. Then its prison gangs became partners of Mexican cartels and suppliers to Balkan buyers, and in 2025 it counted 9,216 killings, the most in its history. This book follows the money behind that turn: a dead trafficker's phone that led to the head of the judiciary, a presidential candidate shot in Quito, cocaine hidden in banana containers, and bribes paid on oil, a Chinese-built dam, a campaign and a police pension fund. Covers José Adolfo Macías and Los Choneros, Wilmer Chavarría and Los Lobos, Leandro Norero and Wilman Terán in the Metástasis case, Carlos Pólit and Odebrecht, Lenín Moreno and Sinohydro, and Gunvor and Petroecuador. 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. Oct 13

    José Adolfo Macías and Wilmer Chavarría - ECUADOR - AFTER THE ISLAND OF PEACE - Part 02

    Ecuador was once called an island of peace between Colombia and Peru, the world's largest coca producers. Then its prison gangs became partners of Mexican cartels and suppliers to Balkan buyers, and in 2025 it counted 9,216 killings, the most in its history. This book follows the money behind that turn: a dead trafficker's phone that led to the head of the judiciary, a presidential candidate shot in Quito, cocaine hidden in banana containers, and bribes paid on oil, a Chinese-built dam, a campaign and a police pension fund. Covers José Adolfo Macías and Los Choneros, Wilmer Chavarría and Los Lobos, Leandro Norero and Wilman Terán in the Metástasis case, Carlos Pólit and Odebrecht, Lenín Moreno and Sinohydro, and Gunvor and Petroecuador. 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. Oct 13

    José Adolfo Macías and Wilmer Chavarría - ECUADOR - AFTER THE ISLAND OF PEACE - Part 01

    Ecuador was once called an island of peace between Colombia and Peru, the world's largest coca producers. Then its prison gangs became partners of Mexican cartels and suppliers to Balkan buyers, and in 2025 it counted 9,216 killings, the most in its history. This book follows the money behind that turn: a dead trafficker's phone that led to the head of the judiciary, a presidential candidate shot in Quito, cocaine hidden in banana containers, and bribes paid on oil, a Chinese-built dam, a campaign and a police pension fund. Covers José Adolfo Macías and Los Choneros, Wilmer Chavarría and Los Lobos, Leandro Norero and Wilman Terán in the Metástasis case, Carlos Pólit and Odebrecht, Lenín Moreno and Sinohydro, and Gunvor and Petroecuador. 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. One country per book, on how criminal fortunes are made and laundered. In this volume: Isabel dos Santos and Sonangol in Angola; Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX in the Bahamas; Wirecard and Jan Marsalek in Germany; Danske Bank in Denmark; Ruja Ignatova and OneCoin in Bulgaria; Do Kwon in South Korea; Alex Saab and PDVSA in Venezuela; Reza Zarrab and Halkbank in Turkey; Los Choneros in Ecuador; Arif Naqvi and Abraaj in Dubai. Fifty books, one country each, from Angola to Yemen. Narrated with a synthetic voice. ministryofspark.com

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    Ministry of Spark
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    200
  • Rating
    Explicit
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