Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
Danish investigative reporter Eva Jung describes how she went from an inconspicuous anonymous tip to uncovering the biggest financial scandal in the history of Denmark—massive money laundering through the Estonian branch of Danske Bank.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - How Eva chose a career in journalism
3:20 - Investigating abuses in the Catholic Church
7:00 - Inside the Berlingske investigative desk
7:46 - Do journalists know their colleagues better than their partners?
8:36 - The Danske Bank scandal explained
14:58 - How to spot red flags in banking transactions
18:28 - The mail tip that started the investigation
26:16 - The “fishing” trips investigative journalists take
32:30 - Investigating the Azerbaijan Laundromat
38:35 - Transactions linked to Yanukovych and Putin’s family
41:10 - Precautions during major investigations
48:40 - Consequences of the Danske Bank investigation
55:20 - How much work goes into one story
During a multi-year investigation, she and her colleagues had to evaluate over 100,000 bank transactions; she traveled across Europe and gradually uncovered a network of money flowing from Russia, Azerbaijan, and other countries to European politicians, arms dealers, and authoritarian regimes.
How do you recognize a suspicious transaction? How do the backstage pressures of big banks work? And what happens when, during an investigation, you touch upon the family of Vladimir Putin?
#investigativejournalism #danskebank #putin
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Danish investigative reporter Eva Jung describes how she went from an inconspicuous anonymous tip to uncovering the biggest financial scandal in the history of Denmark—massive money laundering through the Estonian branch of Danske Bank.
Subscribe to OCCRP on YouTube ► https://shorturl.at/BSzsh
Timestamps:
0:00 - How Eva chose a career in journalism
3:20 - Investigating abuses in the Catholic Church
7:00 - Inside the Berlingske investigative desk
7:46 - Do journalists know their colleagues better than their partners?
8:36 - The Danske Bank scandal explained
14:58 - How to spot red flags in banking transactions
18:28 - The mail tip that started the investigation
26:16 - The “fishing” trips investigative journalists take
32:30 - Investigating the Azerbaijan Laundromat
38:35 - Transactions linked to Yanukovych and Putin’s family
41:10 - Precautions during major investigations
48:40 - Consequences of the Danske Bank investigation
55:20 - How much work goes into one story
During a multi-year investigation, she and her colleagues had to evaluate over 100,000 bank transactions; she traveled across Europe and gradually uncovered a network of money flowing from Russia, Azerbaijan, and other countries to European politicians, arms dealers, and authoritarian regimes.
How do you recognize a suspicious transaction? How do the backstage pressures of big banks work? And what happens when, during an investigation, you touch upon the family of Vladimir Putin?
#investigativejournalism #danskebank #putin
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