Peter and Kath were investors in a secret punters' club that turned out to be a multi-million dollar scam. When the kingpin pleaded guilty, there were nearly two thousand victims left desperate to find out where their money went. Rachael Brown investigates whether the middlemen know.

The small town torn apart by big bets

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On the outskirts of Dubai there is a secret scam factory, where hundreds of employees smoke, eat, and pretend to be glamorous women — but one has a secret plan to shut it all down.

Notorious 01 | Inside the scam factory

There's a saying that every good story needs a bad guy. 

Introducing... Notorious

How the Commonwealth Bank tried to stop a royal commission by using dirt files, intimidation, threats and surveillance against whistleblowers and journalists. Reporter Adele Ferguson investigates.

The whistleblowers who stared down threats from Australia's biggest bank

Three dead dolphins turn up in an oil spill.

The whistleblower who believed his employer was covering up an oil spill

"Simone" arrived on a remote island to help asylum seekers. But she witnessed something there that convinced her to leak over 2000 documents. Reporters Paul Farrell and Maddison Conaughton investigate what happened.

The small town torn apart by big bets

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