Secrecy World: Inside The Panama Papers Investigation Of Illicit Money Networks And The Global Elite
by Jake Bernstein /
2017 / English / EPUB
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A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes us inside
the world revealed by the Panama Papers, a landscape of illicit
money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale.
A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes us inside
the world revealed by the Panama Papers, a landscape of illicit
money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale.
A hidden circulatory system flows beneath the surface of global
finance, carrying trillions of dollars from drug trafficking, tax
evasion, bribery, and other illegal enterprises. This network
masks the identities of the individuals who benefit from these
activities, aided by bankers, lawyers, and auditors who get paid
to look the other way.
A hidden circulatory system flows beneath the surface of global
finance, carrying trillions of dollars from drug trafficking, tax
evasion, bribery, and other illegal enterprises. This network
masks the identities of the individuals who benefit from these
activities, aided by bankers, lawyers, and auditors who get paid
to look the other way.
In
InSecrecy World
Secrecy World, the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative
reporter Jake Bernstein explores this shadow economy and how it
evolved, drawing on millions of leaked documents from the files
of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca―a trove now known as
the Panama Papers―as well as other journalistic and government
investigations. Bernstein shows how shell companies operate, how
they allow the superwealthy and celebrities to escape taxes, and
how they provide cover for illicit activities on a massive scale
by crime bosses and corrupt politicians across the globe.
, the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative
reporter Jake Bernstein explores this shadow economy and how it
evolved, drawing on millions of leaked documents from the files
of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca―a trove now known as
the Panama Papers―as well as other journalistic and government
investigations. Bernstein shows how shell companies operate, how
they allow the superwealthy and celebrities to escape taxes, and
how they provide cover for illicit activities on a massive scale
by crime bosses and corrupt politicians across the globe.
Bernstein traveled to the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and
within the United States to uncover how these strands fit
together―who is involved, how they operate, and the real-world
impact. He recounts how Mossack Fonseca was exposed and what lies
ahead for the corporations, banks, law firms, individuals, and
governments that are implicated.
Bernstein traveled to the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and
within the United States to uncover how these strands fit
together―who is involved, how they operate, and the real-world
impact. He recounts how Mossack Fonseca was exposed and what lies
ahead for the corporations, banks, law firms, individuals, and
governments that are implicated.Secrecy World
Secrecy World offers a disturbing and sobering view of how
the world really works and raises critical questions about
financial and legal institutions we may once have trusted.
offers a disturbing and sobering view of how
the world really works and raises critical questions about
financial and legal institutions we may once have trusted.