Targeted

British lawyer and whistleblower Jonathan Taylor exposed a $275 million bribery scheme by SBM Offshore, a multinational oil firm, only to become the target of defamation suits, SLAPP tactics, and an Interpol Red Notice. As part of the wider campaign to silence him, Taylor was arrested in Croatia and was nearly extradited to Monaco on unfounded charges. He subsequently spent years under de-facto legal siege while fighting to hold corrupt executives accountable. Now vindicated but without escaping damaging impact, Taylor recounts his harrowing journey from whistleblower to survivor, demonstrating the risk and impact of exposing corporate corruption. Follow Zach Abramotwitz on X and subscribe to his substack Legally Disrupted Go to targeted.com to learn more... Editor's Note: **CORRECTION** - Jonathan has informed us that he received the email from SBM executive Sietze Hepkema before his negotiations for a greater severance package failed, not after. He assured us this does not affect our telling of the story. But we apologize for this error and any confusion it may have caused.

The journey into the realm of bureaucratic nightmares, bitter personal disputes and clandestine political repression begins this week as we prepare to launch our season premiere. How much damage can your reputation take before you reach the breaking point? What does it take to clear your name? Where do you turn when the systems you trusted are weaponized against you? To answer the questions and the many more that are sure to arise, search for TARGETED on YouTube this Wednesday, listen wherever you get your podcasts, and go to targeted.com to learn more…

What would you do if you woke up one morning to find your world turned upside down? Hundreds of negative articles have flooded the internet overnight and your name has been dragged through digital mud, your bank accounts have been frozen, and whispers are spreading—parents at your kids’ school have been contacted, told you’re a “bad influence.” Your life, your livelihood, your reputation, everything you’ve built is under threat. Targeted unravels the chilling modern phenomenon of weaponized information and institutional power, spotlighting stories of those who’ve faced coordinated smear campaigns, Interpol red notices and sanctions meant to destroy.