{"id":267314,"date":"2025-08-02T12:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/disclosure-hunting-the-whisky-bandits-bbc-documentary\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T11:04:57","slug":"disclosure-hunting-the-whisky-bandits-bbc-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/disclosure-hunting-the-whisky-bandits-bbc-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Disclosure: Hunting the Whisky Bandits | BBC Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/WJvuEO8iOKo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Disclosure: Hunting the Whisky Bandits | BBC Documentary\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WJvuEO8iOKo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Hunting down the fraudsters lurking in the shadows of Scotland\u2019s \u00a37 billion whisky industry, reporter Sam Poling goes undercover to investigate organised crime\u2019s latest money spinner: cask whisky investment.<\/p>\n<p>Sam meets people duped by the criminals into handing over, and losing, all of their savings, and she goes on the trail of the missing millions. 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