Inside Wagner, Russia’s Secret War Company | WSJ Documentary

The Wall Street Journal’s recent documentary 'Shadow Men: Inside Russia’s Secret War Company' dives into the perilous global expansion of Wagner, a Russian private military company. The film traces the evolution of this group from a modest operation to a vast network of businesses spanning four continents.

Through a series of interviews with Wagner's current and former fighters, government insiders, attack victims, and war crime investigators, the documentary uncovers the group's concealed wealth and resources flowing through a labyrinth of front companies tied to the Kremlin.

In contributing to this documentary, I had the opportunity to film an interview with John E. Smith, the Director of the U.S. Treasury Sanctions Agency from 2015 to 2018.