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Associate Professor Karin Svedberg Helgesson participated in a panel during the Gothenburg Book Fair, discussing a play by by Mehis Pihla titled Business as Usual. The play centres around the world's biggest money laundry scandal, where the Estonian affiliate of a Scandinavian bank was entwined in used to launder Russian oligarchs' money. Through documentary material and interviews with employees, Pihla has created a comic play which also shines a light on issues surrounding banking ethics and culture. To this discussion, Svedberg Helgesson was invited to provide insight and wider context.

"Business as Usual" at the Estonian Drama Theatre

The discussion at the Gothenburg Book Fair