Bribe, Inc. tells the true-crime tale of one of the most audacious bribery schemes in modern history. In the shadows of the global oil industry, the Ahsani family ran their small Monaco-based company with jet-set style and total impunity. Unaoil helped many of the world’s best-known companies secure lucrative deals throughout the Middle East – until a company insider came forward with hundreds of thousands of pages of damning information that he leaked to investigative reporter Nick McKenzie.
In a manhunt spanning four continents, Nick teams up with leading anti-corruption activist Alexandra Wrage to untangle the Ahsanis’ web of deceit and corruption. As the plot twists and turns, will justice be served?
Variety called the film’s revelations “explosive” with “potentially huge global reverberations.”
Jan 24: Q&A with filmmakers
Filled with the kind of cloak-and-dagger developments one associates with potboilers and airport novels – clandestine meetings, coded emails and secret-filled hard drives.
The Guardian
Peter W Klein
“Figaro”, Nick McKenzie, Alexandra Wrage
Canada/Australia
2024
English
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Credits
Executive Producer
Mark Miller, Jhod Cardinal
Producer
Calyn Shaw, Peter Klein
Editor
Mike Jackson, Kim Frank
Original Music
Salvador Ferreras, Peter Klein
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