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Secrecy world inside the Panama Papers investigation of illicit money networks and the global elite

A 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. Jake Bernstein offers a disturbing and sobering view of how the world really works and raises crucial questions about financia...

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Main Author: Bernstein, Jake (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Panama Papers.
Tax evasion.
Tax havens.
Political corruption.
Money laundering.
Financial disclosure.
Finance, Public > Corrupt practices.
Summary: A 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. Jake Bernstein offers a disturbing and sobering view of how the world really works and raises crucial questions about financial and legal institutions we may once have trusted.
Leaked documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca-- now known as the Panama Papers-- detail 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 uncovers who is involved, how they operate, and the real-world impact. He speculates on what lies ahead for the corporations, banks, law firms, individuals, and governments that are implicated.
Physical Description: x, 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-315) and index.
ISBN: 9781250126689
1250126681
Author Notes: Jake Bernstein was a senior reporter on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists team that broke the Panama Papers story. In 2017, the project won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. Bernstein earned his first Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for National Reporting, for coverage of the financial crisis. He has written for The Washington Post , Bloomberg , The Guardian , ProPublica ,and Vice , and has appeared on the BBC, NBC, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He was the editor of The Texas Observer and is the coauthor of Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency .

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