Reportercast

Matei Rosca

A podcast from reporter.london, discussing illicit finance, crime and corruption and their effects on democracy, security and geopolitics, with remarkable guests who deserve more recognition. Focused on Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Africa

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Reportercast October 2023 in Kyiv with Andrii Mikheiev

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10/26/23 • 36 min

A podcast episode recorded in Kyiv on October 17 on the sidelines of a conference on the human rights abuses in Ukraine and Syria, organised by SUN (The Syria Ukraine Network), an NGO based in the US.

Andrii Mikheiev is an international law expert with the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, a Kyiv-based NGO. He tells host Matei Rosca about the struggle Ukraine is facing in recovering its material losses from Russia, the inadequacies of international law and the UN system in dealing with a war of aggression and with claims for reparations and war crimes prosecutions, and he paints a picture of the way forward which could be taken as campaigners and Western politicians work together to find solutions.

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Reportercast September 2023 with Steve Middleton

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09/22/23 • 43 min

Steve Middleton is a financial adviser specialised in regulation and he has taken up the cause of Northern Irish business owners who accuse Ulster Bank (a subsidiary of NatWest group) of fraud, which the bank denies.

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Reportercast August 2023 with Amazon's Abigail Bishop

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08/25/23 • 45 min

Abigail Bishop is Amazon's "Head of External Relations, Scams Prevention" and her job is to campaign to educate Amazon's customers about scams being run against them around the world. These scams are of multiple types and growing increasingly sophisticated, with Bishop citing low reporting rates as an additional issue. She also spoke about how Amazon investigates other types of fraud such as counterfeiting, and its collaboration with law enforcement in different countries.

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Reportercast July 2023 with Valeriya Melnichuk

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07/29/23 • 50 min

Ex-BBC reporter and ex-Ukrainian finance ministry official Valeriya Melnichuk, who currently advises the Ukrainian government on a campaign to exclude Russia from the global financial sector, talks to host Matei Rosca about her work, past projects, and plans.

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Reportercast June 2023: with ex-Israeli military intelligence officer Yair Samban

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06/29/23 • 44 min

In this special one-year anniversary edition of our website and podcast, we dive deep into terrorism financing with field expert Yair Samban, who is currently a specialist consultant at Pegasystems, an IT company, and a former officer with Israeli military intelligence, tasked with analysing money flows to detect potential terrorists. Samban also wrote a book on the subject with co-authors Alex Mintz and Tyson Chatagnier, available from all major stores. In the recording, he gives us his life story, including a tragic event which set him on the path of hunting terrorists, and explains what authorities and the industry could do better to detect money used by these organisations.

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Reportercast May 2023 with Philip Newall and Maira Andrade

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05/25/23 • 63 min

Investigative academics Philip Newall and Maira Andrade tell host Matei Rosca all about the intricacies of crypto gambling, a new type of gambling which has been found to pose risks both for consumers and the integrity of the financial system. They also discuss more broadly the latest regulations proposed by the UK government for gambling (not including crypto gambling) as well as their own background and plans for the future.

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Reportercast January 2023 with Dan Neidle

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01/22/23 • 41 min

A great honour to have Dan Neidle, tax expert and founder of the Tax Policy Associates think tank (https://www.taxpolicy.org.uk/), discussing the scandal around top Tory figure Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs, which he made a major contribution to uncovering, as well as lawyerly shenanigans, libel threats and general views on how the UK should go about taxes. This was the last episode of the first season as Reportercast goes on a break to prepare for the future.

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Reportercast December 2022 with Garrett Ziegler

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12/24/22 • 56 min

The researcher behind the Hunter Biden allegations sits down on Zoom with host Matei Rosca to discuss the entire saga, the censorship allegations as well as the controversies surrounding his own side's political objectives and biases.

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Reportercast November 2022: Valeria Hontareva on Ukraine's reconstruction and banking reforms

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11/29/22 • 55 min

Valeria Hontareva, the former central bank governor of Ukraine (2014-2017), and now a world-famous expert on finance reforms, banking governance and monetary policy, discusses her biography, why she decided to give up a comfortable life as one of Ukraine’s top investment bankers, why she decided to refuse to yield under pressure to do less reform, what lessons can Western policymakers learn, how to carry out a successful financing of Ukraine’s reconstruction, and how to stay resilient in the face of what increasingly appears to be an imminent global financial and economic crisis. She also gives details of her life under constant threat from crooked bankers as she closed or nationalised Ukraine's dirty banks, including PrivatBank, the country's largest at the time.

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Reportercast October 2022 with Alexandru Flenchea: Transnistria explainer

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10/27/22 • 55 min

In this special episode of Reportercast, Alexandru Flenchea, a former negotiator for Moldova's government on the issue of Russia-occupied separatist Transnistria, and former advisor to the US embassy in Moldova, joins host Matei Rosca to discuss little-known Transnistria's role in the Ukraine invasion. Flenchea, who also runs a Transnistria-focused NGO in Moldova called Initiative 4 Peace, explains the basics of life and politics under the obscure, kleptocratic and urecognised regime of Tiraspol, as well as any options the West might have to deter the regime from continuing on a trend of repression of dissent and criticism of Russia's invasion. Moreover, Flenchea delves into the tragic case of Victor Plescanov, a dissident from Tiraspol unjustly sentenced in September to three years in prison for displaying a Ukraine flag and criticising the Kremlin and their stooges in Transnistria. Flenchea analyses the importance of illicit financial flows into Transnistria as the key lifeline for the regime, alongside direct subsidies, and a military and intelligence presence of Russia

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How many episodes does Reportercast have?

Reportercast currently has 14 episodes available.

What topics does Reportercast cover?

The podcast is about Security, Russia, Investigative Journalism, Ukraine, Podcasts, Crime, Business, Government and Fraud.

What is the most popular episode on Reportercast?

The episode title 'Reportercast October 2023 in Kyiv with Andrii Mikheiev' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Reportercast?

The average episode length on Reportercast is 53 minutes.

How often are episodes of Reportercast released?

Episodes of Reportercast are typically released every 30 days, 15 hours.

When was the first episode of Reportercast?

The first episode of Reportercast was released on Jun 23, 2022.

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