Mafias and Banks — Season 1, Episode 2: Follow the Money
Documentary, War & Politics • 60 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 6.5/10
Episode synopsis
The 1980s were the decade of the Wall Street wolves and the meteoric rise of cocaine and heroin trafficking. For criminal organizations, cartels, mafias and the Yakuza, the need for money laundering was immense, and some banks opened their arms to them. To combat this scourge, an Italian magistrate, Giovanni Falcone, invented a method: follow the money. But the irresistible liberalization of finance shattered all banking regulations. A race against time begins.
About Mafias and Banks
How, from the 1920s to the present day, financial power has gradually strengthened a hidden alliance with criminal organizations around the world.