Four Corners
The Copper Ring
TV-PG
1997 • E9 60mBy Michael Robinson. Ex BBC Panorama. This program investigates one of the biggest financial scandals ever. One company lost 2600 million dollars. One man, Yasuo Hamanaka, is supposedly responsible. The program reveals new evidence of British involvement in Hamanaka's attempt to rig the world copper market under the noses of the British regulators. A six month investigation by the BBC tells a story of collusion, forgery and of dubious dealings worth millions of dollars.