Moneyland: The inside story of criminals and kleptocrats…

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“If you want to know why international criminals and their respectable financial advisers walk around with their heads held high and only ordinary people pay taxes, this is the book for you. Every politician and financier on the planet should read it, but they won't because it's really about them.” (John le Carré, author of The Spy's Legacy)

A journalist's in-depth investigation into the corrupt workings of the world's kleptocrats.

From ruined villages in the far reaches of Siberia to Bond villain lairs in London and Manhattan, something has gone wrong. Kleptocracies – governments run by corrupt leaders who prosper at the expense of their people – are on the rise.

There was a time when if an official stole money, he couldn't do much with it. He could buy a new car, build a nice house, or give it to friends and family, but that was about it. If he kept stealing, the money would pile up in his house until he had no rooms left to store it in or it would be eaten by mice.

And then some bankers had a brilliant idea.

Join investigative journalist Oliver Bullough on a journey into Moneyland, the secret land of the lawless, stateless super-rich.

Discover how the institutions of Europe and the United States have become money-laundering operations attacking the foundations of many of the world's most stable countries. Meet the kleptocrats. Meet their ugly children. And discover how heroic activists around the world are fighting back.

This is the story of wealth and power in the 21st century. It is not too late to change it.