117: Patrick Alley | Blood Diamonds, Kleptocrats, Very Bad People & The Investigations Of Global Witness

🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/patrick-alley/Patrick Alley is a cofounder of an organisation called Global Witness which weeds out abuses of corruption, the environment and human rights across the world. Patrick recently wrote a book documenting these experiences and it all starts with the illegal timber trade in South-East Asia funding the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and making possible all the horror and violence of the Cambodian communists. In this chat Patrick Alley mentions…Founders Story Of Global WitnessIllegal Timber TradingVery Bad PeopleEconomics Of Global Witness+ Much More As Well…Links To Patrick AlleyGlobal WitnessVery Bad PeopleEpisodes Of The Curious Worldview Podcast Mentioned.Martin Schibbye – Sweden’s Greatest Investigative JournalistBradley Hope – 1MDB & Project Brazen.Jim Henry – Offshore Finance Investigative JournalistNicholas Shaxson – The World Of Offshore FinanceOliver Bullough – Moneyland & Endless KleptocracyNewsletter 📋 🔑 - https://atlasgeographica.com/subscribeFollow My Instagram & Twitter 🐦 -----00:00 – Introduction.01:36 – Global Witness Founding Story Bringing Down Cambodian Communists.12:42 – Why Is There Corruption?15:50 – Illegal Timber Trading & Deforestation.22:36 – Financial Secrecy & Offshore Finance.26:42 – What Made Global Witness So Good At Investigations.35:46 – Benny Steinmetz, Dan Gertler, Imelda Marcos.56:13 – Blood Diamonds.1:05:53 – What Is The Key To Generating Media Interest?1:11:29 – Economics Of Global Witness & George Soros.1:21:58 – Is The World Getting Better? Which Issue Is Most Cancerous?1:25:56 – Serendipity In Patrick Alley’s Life.1:27:06 – Country Patrick Is Bullish On.1:28:56 – Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhogg