Hot Money: The New Narcos
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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When a Dutch crime reporter makes an unbelievable discovery, a small-town murder case begins to look like an international assassination plot.
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| 0:00.0 | The UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.0 | Learn more at equinore. |
| 0:08.0 | Equinore. |
| 0:10.0 | Hey briefing listeners, we're taking some time off for the holidays, but instead we're bringing you some other awesome stuff to this feed. |
| 0:17.0 | First up is this FT podcast I've been listening to that I've really been enjoying. called Hot Money the New Narcoes. |
| 0:24.0 | It's the latest season from our award-winning Hot Money podcast |
| 0:28.0 | and it tells the story of the rise of a European super cartel. |
| 0:32.0 | If you missed it, don't worry. |
| 0:34.0 | You can get started right here with episode one. |
| 0:36.5 | Then if you like it, head on over to the Hot Money Feed |
| 0:39.4 | and follow them there. |
| 0:40.8 | You are not going to want to miss it. |
| 0:51.6 | I'm Miles Johnson and I'm an investigative journalist with the Financial Times. And the story I'm going to tell you, it's not a love story, but it starts with a wedding. |
| 0:57.6 | It's a wedding that takes place in Dubai in 2017. |
| 1:01.9 | It's a hot summer's day at the Burge Alarab, one of the most expensive hotels in the world. |
| 1:07.0 | It's a skyscraper, shaped like the sail of a ship, rising up from the glittering water of the Persian Gulf. |
| 1:15.0 | Guests can arrive across a private bridge in the hotel's fleet of Rolls-Royce |
| 1:19.2 | Phantoms or fly in, landing on the helipad on the roof. |
| 1:24.0 | The wedding party that day has been told to keep things discreet, no photos and no social media. |
| 1:31.2 | Security is tight. The groom is a young Irish entrepreneur |
| 1:35.0 | and some of his most important business partners have come to celebrate his big day. |
| 1:39.0 | But these aren't your average businessman. |
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