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Hear some of the best-reported stories from the Financial Times’s investigative journalists. The dialogue in these podcasts is based on interviews, court records and other documents. We pace...
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How to fix Britain's privatised railways
There are two ways of looking at Britain’s rail privatisation story. If you focus on usage, it looks like a success. But look at the cost an...
Is Britain's privatisation model broken?
Years of austerity and rising bills in the UK have eroded the consensus that private companies could run utilities more cheaply and efficien...
Afghan trailblazers
Afghanistan has made great strides in areas of womens' education and employment, in spite of the insecurity and violence that dominate the h...
Cambodia falls for China's corporate embrace
China has a controversial history in Cambodia, where it was the main foreign supporter of the genocidal Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. These days...
Is Isis winning the cyberwar against the west?
Was Omar Mateen persuaded by Islamist propaganda to carry out his attack on the Orlando nightclub? How can western security agencies fight b...
McKinsey's secretive investment arm
McKinsey, one of the world’s most influential consulting firms, has built up a secretive $5bn internal investment arm that manages the fortu...
Unravelling how the secrecy industry works
Through his investigation into the London operations of Swiss bank BSI, Tom Burgis has looked into the nuts and bolts of how some banks help...
America's prairie tax haven
South Dakota's role as a prairie tax haven has gained unwanted attention since the release of the Panama Papers, an investigation by the Int...
The Panama Papers and the role of tax havens
The leaked “Panama Papers” show how a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, secretly shepherded a web of offshore accounts that resulted in...
Britain's troubled nuclear plans
Britain's nuclear plans are in trouble after the French company building and designing a new facility at Hinkley Point said it needed more f...
Global land disputes
Global market forces are coming into conflict with local populations as the commercial value of land increases. Tom Burgis, Michael Peel and...
Hanergy and China's corporate debt spiral 2/2: The crash
In May last year Hanergy, a little known Chinese solar energy company, was worth almost $40bn, at least on paper. But in one brutal half hou...
Hanergy and China's corporate debt spiral 1/2: Flying high
For a few short months, Chinese entrepreneur Li Hejun became the richest man in China. FT reporters Miles Johnson and Lucy Hornby tell the s...
Cyber Insecurity: The fight back
Are hackers winning the battle for cyber security? FT West Coast editor Richard Waters speaks with San Francisco correspondent Hannah Kuchle...
The Steinmetz affair 4/4: The Magnate
In the final episode of the series, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis looks at the man behind BSGR, the mining company at the heart...
The Steinmetz affair 3/4: The Inquiry
In the third episode of the Simandou saga, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis reveals how BSG Resources lost its multi-billion dolla...
The Steinmetz affair 2/4: The dictator's wife
In the second episode of the Steinmetz tale, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis uncovers the story of a Guinean dictator’s wife, a F...
The Steinmetz affair 1/4: The Mountain
In the first of a four-part series, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis tells the story of the intercontinental legal battle that has...
Welcome to FT Investigations
Tom Burgis, FT investigations correspondent, explains our new podcast, launching here on Monday, June 29. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
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