I'm Alexandra Rocky, the host of bribe, swindle, or steel.

We have something a bit different for you this month. It's an excellent four-part series on the story of the Jersey Offshore Files,

a massive document leak that revealed a complicated financial web and sparked stories that are still unfolding.

We hope you enjoyed this lively series produced by the Global Reporting Center at the University of

British Columbia and European investigative collaborations. And now, episode two.

Hello again, I'm Sam Eifling.

In the first episode of this podcast, we took you to the island of Jersey.

There, a pair of Americans got a mountain of private financial documents from a trust company called LaHoug.

They went whistleblower, shared the documents with journalist Nikki Hagger.

He knew the job was too big for one person. Picture an Ocean's 11 situation, but instead of

knocking over a casino, you have to understand 350,000 documents. So how did reporters crack into

that absolute crush of paper, and what dirt did they find? From the Global Reporting Center and European Investigative Collaborations,

this is Trust Us, a podcast from inside the Jersey offshore investigation.

Part 2. The Investigation.

Only a few journalism groups are equipped to digest a big data leak.

On the Panama Papers, for instance, it was the U.S.-based nonprofit called the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

The ICIJ led 100-plus news organizations through more than 11 million documents.

The Jersey offshore leak was a different kind of leak.

It had far fewer documents, and a client list that didn't promise a roster of politicians,

celebrities, and heads of state.

What it did promise?

A view into how money moves through a well-known European

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