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Women investigating bribery and corruption

Yousr Khalil from Egypt and Judy Krier in the US tell Ella Al-Shamahi about their work detecting fraud, bribery and corruption for international corporations and law enforcement.

Ella Al-Shamahi talks to women from Egypt and the US about their work detecting fraud, bribery and corruption for multi-national corporations and law enforcement.

Yousr Khalil is from Egypt, after 20 years working in the United States she now heads the Paris Office of Forensic Risk Alliance, a company specialising in in complex, cross-border forensic investigations, regulatory compliance matters and disputes. She was part of the team investigating the aerospace giant Airbus after it admitted paying bribes via middlemen.

US lawyer Judy Krier has worked both in government and for private businesses. She was a joint head of fraud, bribery, and corruption at the UK Serious Fraud Office. Judy has also been an enforcement lawyer at the UK Financial Services Authority (now the Financial Conduct Authority) handling criminal and regulatory matters. She’s worked at Rolls Royce and Microsoft is now at law firm, DLA Piper representing corporations and individuals in white collar matters, including government and internal investigations, financial crime, compliance, and cyber issues.

Produced by Jane Thurlow

(Image: (L) Yousr Khalil credit Bénédicte Verley. (R) Judy Krier credit DLA Piper.)

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