Episode
60 Minutes: After Shock, $80 Million Con, The Last Vaquitas
Overview
David Martin reports on a National Guard recruiting program that was taken advantage of by some guardsmen; Anderson Cooper reports on the most lucrative art fraud scam in history; Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the world's most endangered marine mammal.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 48
- Episode
- Episode 38
- Air date
- 2016-05-22
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
After Shock, $80 Million Con, The Last Vaquitas is Episode 38 in Season 48 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2016-05-22. The runtime is 44 min.
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