Patrick Alley

Very Bad People (eBook, ePUB)

The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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"Part true crime tale, part investigative procedural, this is the account of the brilliant and necessary superheroes of Global Witness, whose superpower is the truth." - Edward Zwick, Director of Blood Diamond

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Octopus
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781913183516
• Artikelnr.: 61463586

Autorenporträt

Patrick Alley is one of the three founders of Global Witness, one of the world's leading organizations dedicated to routing out corruption and environmental abuse around the world. Founded in 1995, Global Witness has since become a global leader in its field, with Patrick taking part in over 50 field investigations in South East Asia, Africa and Europe and in subsequent advocacy activities. Patrick conceived several of Global Witness's campaigns and focusses on corruption, conflict resources, forests and land, and environmental defenders. He is a board director of Global Witness and is involved in the organization’s strategic leadership. Alongside his two co-founders, Patrick received the 2014 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

Rezensionen

Very Bad People shines a light on the real life dramas that are truly more alarming than the pages of fiction - it is a shocking, important and page-turning book that gives a unique insight into a hidden world of criminality, and into the shadow networks that really run our world. Jeff Skoll, Founder and Chairman Participant Media Skoll Foundation