
Crux of the Matter, Episode 2: In Conversation with James Ramsden KC – Scandal in Malaysia
Hear from leading commercial silk and cross-border fraud specialist James Ramsden KC on his central role chasing down the missing billions in 1MDB scandal, in conversation with Astraea's Nina Stewart and Tanya Costello. James offers thoughts on how the international financial community missed brazen theft on such a scale, whether the necessary cultural change has occurred to prevent a repeat scenario, and what he learned about the role of the lawyer in special situations.

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