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FRONTLINE; Bank of Crooks and Criminals, The

04/21/1992

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Series

FRONTLINE

Program

Bank of Crooks and Criminals, The

Program Number

1018

Series Description

Premiered January 1983 Since January 1983, FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 23 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience. Series release date: 1/1983

Program Description

Frontline examines the global banking scandal surrounding the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) by tracking the aggressive investigation of the cast by New York district attorney Robert Morgenthau. This report investigates the origins of BCCI, how it became a conduit for arms deals and drug money laundering, how its influence spread to political power brokers in the U.S., and why agencies of the U.S. government were so slow to respond to the growing scandal.

Duration

00:57:42

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Public Affairs

News

Citation

Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Bank of Crooks and Criminals, The,” 04/21/1992, GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C3AD757093A94221A317EAE6C2CD82D2.

MLA: “FRONTLINE; Bank of Crooks and Criminals, The.” 04/21/1992. GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C3AD757093A94221A317EAE6C2CD82D2>.

APA: FRONTLINE; Bank of Crooks and Criminals, The. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C3AD757093A94221A317EAE6C2CD82D2