Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

by Tom Burgis

ISBN: 9780008308353

Published: 2020-09

'If you think the UK isn't corrupt, you haven't looked hard enough ... This new and terrifying book follows a global current of dirty money, and the murders and kidnappings required to sustain it' George Monbiot, Guardian'When you pick this book up, you won't be able to put it down' Misha Glenny, author of McMafia 'Combines forensic investigative journalism with the narrative propulsion of a literary thriller. The result is a masterful, gripping read that is all the more disturbing because it's true' Nathan Filer, bestselling author of The Shock of the Fall'The architects of our national security would do well to bring to their meetings a well-thumbed copy of Kleptopia ... Incendiary'Edward Lucas, The TimesIn this real-life thriller packed with jaw-dropping revelations, award-winning investigative journalist Tom Burgis reveals a terrifying global web of corruption.Kleptopia follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators and poisoning democracies....