The Professor: Hunting for the Mafia's Missing Masterpiece

A podcast by Brazen

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Society & Culture

74 Episodes

  1. Chicago gangs: Real people. Real stories. A way forward.

    Published: 3/1/2023

  2. How one man carried out the greatest art heist in history

    Published: 3/1/2023

  3. A Kid’s View of War in Ukraine

    Published: 2/24/2023

  4. Refugees, art and healing with Me We International

    Published: 2/16/2023

  5. Deciphering the Russian Disinformation War

    Published: 2/14/2023

  6. The inside story on the merger that made the world's biggest airline

    Published: 2/7/2023

  7. Roe v. Wade v. Women Everywhere

    Published: 1/30/2023

  8. A mystery begins at the US Embassy in Havana

    Published: 1/24/2023

  9. What is Havana Syndrome? Answering a Global Mystery with Nicky Woolf

    Published: 1/13/2023

  10. Telling Corinna and The King: Mishel Prada and Laura Gómez on narrating the explosive series on Spanish royal corruption

    Published: 1/9/2023

  11. Penthouse to Prison: An FTX Dispatch from the Bahamas

    Published: 12/21/2022

  12. Where is Jho Low? An update on the search for the 1MDB fraudster

    Published: 12/14/2022

  13. Escaping Kherson

    Published: 11/15/2022

  14. Corruption, conspiracy, and a royal affair. This is Corinna and The King.

    Published: 11/7/2022

  15. Introducing "Corinna and The King", Out Now

    Published: 11/2/2022

  16. A Chicken Called Putin

    Published: 10/27/2022

  17. The Rebel and the Kingdom: The Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime

    Published: 10/24/2022

  18. Returning To Ukraine with Laurel Chor and Arman Dzidzovic

    Published: 10/18/2022

  19. Welcome to Brazen Presents — Original Reporting from Project Brazen

    Published: 10/14/2022

  20. BONUS: One Family’s Journey To Escape Afghanistan

    Published: 9/26/2022

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William Veres is in trouble. In 2018 he was arrested following the largest ever investigation by the Italian police’s art squad. They accuse him of running a pan-European art-smuggling ring with ties to the Sicilian mafia. He is alleged to have stolen $40 million worth of art and antiquities from Italy. Charged with 14 counts, including money laundering, forgery, wire fraud and conspiracy, he faces a jail term of up to 20 years. But he has a plan to get out of trouble. In this four-part podcast, host Simon Willis follows him as he puts that plan into action. It’s a story that takes listeners deep into the underworld, and into the dark heart of the most famous criminal organization of them all – Cosa Nostra. It is a story of drug dealers, hitmen, smugglers, spies – even a corrupt prime minister. And in the middle of it all is William Veres’s quest to save himself. How? By solving the coldest cold case in the history of art crime – the theft of Caravaggio’s Nativity. The Professor is a series for Hidden Worlds, the home of unbelievable true stories and gripping investigations into shadowy places. Stay subscribed to Hidden Worlds and get brand new series delivered to your favorite podcast app year-round. One podcast, endless stories. For more, visit brazen.fm/hidden-worlds.