{"podcast":{"title":"Scam Inc from The Economist","slug":"scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124","podcast_index_feed_id":7180124,"rss_url":"https://access.acast.com/rss/672ceccb61e4ef810ff282c0/default","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/scam-inc/episodes/4-the-al-capone-of-china","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/672ceccb61e4ef810ff282c0/1733396436449-21af9248-9e37-49ee-8c96-3247bc6e3f43.jpeg","author":"The Economist","episode_count":7,"summary":"Who started Scam Inc? Chinese syndicates honed their scam tactics before expanding abroad. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ . If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist , you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T02:17:23.865339+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124"},"episode":{"title":"Trailer: Scam Inc","slug":"trailer-scam-inc","published_at":"2025-01-23T14:23:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124/trailer-scam-inc","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124","url":"https://shows.acast.com/scam-inc/episodes/scam-inc","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/672ceccb61e4ef810ff282c0/e/675c583d7e8c28e6aa2f25af/media.mp3?tk=eyJ0ayI6ImRlZmF1bHQiLCJhZHMiOnRydWUsInNwb25zIjp0cnVlLCJzdGF0dXMiOiJwdWJsaWMifQ==&sig=Yz_CqrRxxyPpd-TPjFvl6YPSpbOpeB0kZbExdSZ9KjY","summary":"**Winner of the Peabody Award 2026** A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already rivals the size of the illicit drug trade. And it’s about to get bigger and much more powerful.  The Economist ’s Sue-Lin Wong follows a trail that starts with the collapse of a bank in rural Kansas to uncover a global, underground scam economy built around human trafficking, corruption and money laundering. Can it be stopped? To listen to the full series subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"**Winner of the Peabody Award 2026** A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already rivals the size of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":227,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124/episodes/trailer-scam-inc/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-economist-7180124/trailer-scam-inc.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}