About this episode

Patrick Alley discusses the early days of Global Witness investigations and future focus areas in the fight against corruption.

Patrick Alley, co-founder of Global Witness and author of Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption , joins the podcast to discuss the early days of his Global Witness investigations, how their efforts gained momentum and where we should be focusing our attention next. This episode was originally published in 10 August 2022.

People in this episode

Host: Alexandra Wrage

Guest: Patrick Alley

Topics covered

• corruption
• investigations
• Global Witness
• network of corruption
• focus areas

Keywords

• corruption
• Global Witness
• Patrick Alley
• investigations
• Very Bad People

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Global Witness

Books & works: Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption

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