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Lädt ... Very Bad Peoplevon Patrick Alley
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Arms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals. Super-yachts, private jets and super-car collections. Blood diamonds, suspect oil deals, deforestation and murder. This is the world of Global Witness, the award-winning organisation dedicated to rooting out worldwide corruption. And this is co-founder Patrick Alley's revealing inside track on a breath-taking catalogue of modern super-crimes - and the 'shadow network' that enables them. VERY BAD PEOPLE is about following the money, going undercover in the world's most dangerous places, and bringing down the people behind the crimes. Case by case we see maverick investigators pitched against warlords, grifters and super-villains who bear every resemblance to The Night Manager's Richard Roper. One dictator's son spent $700 million in just four years on his luxury lifestyle. As they unravel crooked deals of labyrinthine complexity, the team encounter well-known corporations whose operations are no less criminal than the Mafia. This network of lawyers, bankers and real estate agents help park dirty money in London, New York, or in offshore accounts, safe from prying eyes. Patrick Alley's book is a brilliant, authoritative and fearless investigation into the darkest workings of our world - and an inspiration to all of us who want to fight back. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I've known about Global Witness for years. I've read some of their reports, and I've been impressed by the dedication they show in their investigations, and by the impact that they've had.
I never, though, knew how the organization started. I didn't know anything about the real danger that they face when doing work in the field.
Alley's book is a really rollicking story about the group and its work, from its earliest days getting dreamed up over pints in North London, to the hundred or so people taking on corruption in oil, diamonds, iron mining and more around the world. He covers a number of investigations in detail, including who did what and how things happened on the ground. It'd be compelling storytelling if it were fiction. It's nearly breathtaking as fact.
I absolutely loved this book. ( )