The Abercrombie Guys: 6. Inside the operation

World Of Secrets

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 765 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Do you know how much money I was getting paid?"

A former assistant who travelled with The Abercrombie Guys agrees to talk: "They were trying to act so perfect,” he says - what could they have been hiding?”

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This podcast refers to sexual abuse and contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting, as well as some occasional strong language. If you've been affected by any of the issues in this series, please contact support organisations in your own country. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support for survivors of sexual abuse, go to bbc.co.uk/actionline.

World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is presented and investigated by Rianna Croxford Series Producers: Ruth Evans and Alys Harte Senior Producer: Emma Close Development Producer: Hannah Livingston Investigation Editor: Ed Campbell Podcast Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Executive Editor: Emma Rippon Studio Engineers: Neil Churchill, Andy Fell, Gareth Jones, and Ali Rezakhani Production Coordinators: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill Commissioning Editor: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Executive: Louise Kattenhorn Assistant Commissioner: Natasha Johansson This podcast is made in collaboration with BBC Panorama. If you are in the UK, you can watch Panorama: The Abercrombie Guys: The Dark Side of Cool on BBC iPlayer now, or on BBC Select if you are in the in the US. World of Secrets: Season 1 - The Abercrombie Guys is a BBC Long Form Audio production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and maybe it's when I had a hand in.
0:04.0	I'm Tammy Walker and I produce podcasts for the BBC.
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0:35.0	Hi, thanks for listening to World of Secrets.
0:38.0	I'm Riana Croxford, and before we start, I wanted to let you know that this episode contains very strong language.
0:46.0	Rooly?
0:47.0	Take two, Mark. Ready? It's been almost two and a half years since my first phone call with Barrett Paul. The call that sparked this entire
1:05.8	investigation. When we hung up I had no idea where this was going to lead, but I've slowly been connecting the dots.
1:15.0	The scale of this operation is bigger than I think I understand still.
1:20.0	It's part of a well-oiled machine.
1:22.0	Mike Jeffries is at the center of as a pyramid,
1:26.4	which means that there's a base that's holding it up.
1:30.4	It was Barrett who first led me to unearth a paper trail of evidence of what appears to be a slick operation run for the Abercrombie guys.
1:39.0	It says, you know, Barrett clearly addressed to me.
1:42.0	Thanks for being able to come for the event. you know Barrett clearly addressed to me.
1:42.8	Thanks for being able to come for the event on Saturday,
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