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- ISBN
- 9781913183509
- Book Title
- Very Bad People : the inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption
- Item Length
- 7.7in
- Publisher
- Octopus
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Corruption & Misconduct, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Science & Technology
- Item Width
- 4.9in
- Item Weight
- 10.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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The gripping and untold story of how Global Witness have uncovered a worldwide network of highly organized criminality, kleptocracy and corruption and exposed the people behind it. 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. What began as three friends wanting to end the decades-long civil war in far-away Cambodia is now an award-winning organization, Global Witness, dedicated to rooting out worldwide corruption. VERY BAD PEOPLE 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. From their first campaign, exposing how the illegal timber trade funded the genocidal Khmer Rouge, to alerting the world to blood diamonds fuelling war across Africa, Global Witness unravel crooked deals of labyrinthine complexity and 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. This book 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. 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. Reviews of previous hardback edition: "The story told in this book of three youthful idealists who go from eating cold baked beans in a drafty London flat to the Thai-Cambodian border where they posed as traders in illegally felled timber is simply riveting. Don''t miss it." - Misha Glenny, Author of McMafia " 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 "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 "Stories such as those you will read here are more usually found in the pages of thrillers, but these stories are frighteningly and unfortunately true. Corruption is one of the greatest enemies of democracy, to win the fight we need champions like Global Witness." - George Soros " Very Bad People reads like a non-stop high-speed chase as our fighters against corruption hunt down a litany of criminals and con-men, some on the fringes of our society, some embedded high up within it. It''s a great story and an important one." - David Farr, Screenwriter, The Night Manager "Global Witness are fearless." - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the Body Shop "This book is inspirational. It shows how young people with sufficient passion and intelligence have the capacity to go after some of the most powerful governments and corporations and shame, humiliate and just push governments to support important reforms that can make this a more decent world." - Frank Vogl, Co-Founder of Transparency International
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Octopus
ISBN-10
1913183505
ISBN-13
9781913183509
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19058381472
Product Key Features
Book Title
Very Bad People : the inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Corruption & Misconduct, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
4.9in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hv6768
Reviews
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.
Copyright Date
2022
Lccn
2023-288345
Dewey Decimal
364.1323
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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