- Editorial:
- GRIFFIN
- Año de edición:
- 2019
- Materia:
- Economía
- ISBN:
- 978-1-250-75440-0
- Páginas:
- 368
THE LAUNDROMAT (PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS SECRECY WORLD)
INSIDE THE PANAMA PAPERS, ILLICIT MONEY NETWORKS, AND THE GLOBAL ELITE
JAKE BERNSTEIN
u003cpu003eu003cbu003e* * * Previously published as u003ciu003eSecrecy World * * *u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eThe Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture from Director Steven Soderbergh, Starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderasu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eTwo-time Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative reporter takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers, a landscape of illicit money, political corruption, and fraud on a global scale.u003c/bu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eA 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. u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eIn u003ciu003eThe Laundromatu003c/iu003e, two-time Pulitzer Prizewinning 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 Fonsecaa trove now known as the Panama Papersas 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.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eBernstein traveled to the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and within the United States to uncover how these strands fit togetherwho 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.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003ciu003eThe Laundromat u003c/iu003eoffers 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.u003c/pu003e
