Simon Willis confronts scammer 'George'

Using vast amounts of leaked documents, The Irish Times, working with the journalism consortiums Investigate Europe, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and the Balkan Investigative Report Network (BIRN) has identified hundreds of Irish victims of investment frauds carried out by two scam call centres in Georgia and Serbia. These leaked audio files reveal how scam callers defraud their victims. The audio has been edited for length and clarity. You can read the full report here.

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