Kleptopia

How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World

By: Tom Burgis

Narrated by: Tom Burgis

“A must-read for anyone wanting to better understand what has already happened here in America and what lies ahead if Trump is reelected in November…. A magisterial account of the money and violence behind the world’s most powerful dictatorships.” –Washington Post

In this shocking, meticulously reported work of narrative nonfiction, an award-winning investigative journalist exposes “capitalism’s monster”—global kleptocracy—and reveals how it is corrupting the world around us.

They are everywhere, the thieves and their people. Masters of secrecy. Until now we have detected their presence only by what they leave behind. A body in a burned-out Audi. Workers riddled with bullets in the Kazakh Desert. A rigged election in Zimbabwe. A British banker silenced and humiliated for trying to expose the truth about the City of London.

They have amassed more money than most countries. But what they are really stealing is power.

In this real-life thriller packed with jaw-dropping revelations, award-winning investigative journalist Tom Burgis weaves together four stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption: the troublemaker from Basingstoke who stumbles on the secrets of a Swiss bank, the ex-Soviet billionaire constructing a private empire, the righteous Canadian lawyer with a mysterious client, and the Brooklyn crook protected by the CIA.

Glimpses of this shadowy world have emerged over the years. In Kleptopia, Burgis connects the dots. He follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. From the Kremlin to Beijing, Harare to Riyadh, Paris to the White House, the trail shows something even more sinister: the thieves are uniting. And the human cost will be great.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Good book.

Good book following the dirty russian money being laundered all over western democracies since the fall of the USSR.

Intriguing

This confirms what I had suspected for a long while. However, as he states in his own words, words properly placed and repeated change the truth to what you want it to be. Out of fear or connection, I am certain he left out several US players in this game of plunder.

Wow. The dystopian future we fear has arrived.

Thank you Tom, for sharing these critical events. I, for one, will never be the same again.

Excellent Listen!

Multiple storylines expertly woven together to cover a very interesting topic! I would highly recommend to nearly anyone, even those not already familiar with the topic.

Very dense, yet so important and informative piece of work.

Very dense, yet so important and informative piece of work. It is worth reading to understand the background of the current situation in Russia, the role of different actors and countries, and the flow of dirty money.