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SEASON 1 · EPISODE 6 · 26:17

Episode 6 - The Suspicious Activity Report (Part 1)

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In this episode we begin to look at the report, commissioned by Dankse Bank, which finally brought to light the full extent of what went wrong in Estonia.

Part One explains the background to the report, the terms of reference, and the definitions of what constituted "suspicious" both in terms of customers, accounts, transactions and people associated with the bank.

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