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Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files

Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files

Pineapple Street Studios, BuzzFeed News

Pineapple Street Studios and BuzzFeed News bring you this five-part series investigating how the most powerful banks in the world can facilitate the worst of humanity – terrorism, human trafficking, the drug trade – all in plain sight of the government.
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Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files - Episode One: The Documents

Episode One: The Documents

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09/20/20 • 29 min

A trove of secret documents received by BuzzFeed News reveals how banks profit off terror and organized crime — and the ways that governments fail to stop it.

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Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files - Episode Three: Know Your Customer

Episode Three: Know Your Customer

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10/01/20 • 30 min

Even in the finance world, Deutsche Bank has a troubled reputation. One of its darkest and most mysterious chapters happened when it facilitated the laundering of $10 billion dollars for anonymous shell companies around the world. But BuzzFeed News reporter Tom Warren has now discovered whose money the bank moved and how far up knowledge of the problem went.

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Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files - Episode Four: See Something, Say Something

Episode Four: See Something, Say Something

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10/08/20 • 28 min

Two former employees of Standard Chartered say they were ignored and eventually fired when they reported accounts at the bank that looked fishy to them – accounts they suspected were violating U.S. sanctions against Iran. But as BuzzFeed News reporter Richard Holmes explains, there was someone else who thought many of the accounts were suspect enough to report to FinCEN: the bank itself.

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Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files - Episode Five: Political Will

Episode Five: Political Will

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10/15/20 • 35 min

Throughout this reporting project, Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier wanted to talk to someone who was the subject of a suspicious activity report to ask, “Why did the bank flag you?” Only one person was willing to talk: real estate developer and former associate of President Trump, Felix Sater. And Senator Ron Wyden and a former DOJ prosecutor tell us what they think needs to be done to stem the flow of dirty money in our banking system.

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Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files - Coming 9/20: Something Big

Coming 9/20: Something Big

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09/19/20 • 2 min

We can’t tell you much yet. Sorry! But we can tell you that it’s big. Possibly the biggest reporting project ever. And that it’s coming on Sept. 20.

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Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files - Episode Two: Permission Slip

Episode Two: Permission Slip

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09/24/20 • 36 min

HSBC was the poster child of a bad bank. In 2012 the bank was slapped with a 1.9 billion dollar fine and told it needed to clean up its act, or face prosecution. Digging into the FinCEN Files, BuzzFeed News reporters Anthony Cormier and Jason Leopold found out what really happened with the bank. Plus, how over 400 reporters around the world are collaborating on this massive reporting project.

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How many episodes does Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files have?

Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files currently has 6 episodes available.

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The podcast is about News, News Commentary and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files?

The episode title 'Episode Two: Permission Slip' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files?

The average episode length on Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files is 27 minutes.

How often are episodes of Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files released?

Episodes of Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files?

The first episode of Suspicious Activity: Inside the FinCEN Files was released on Sep 19, 2020.

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