{"product_id":"secrecy-world-now-the-major-motion-picture-the-laundromat-inside-the-panama-papers-illicit-money-networks-and-the-global-elite-9781250182463","title":"Secrecy World (Now the Major Motion Picture the Laundromat): Inside the Panama Papers, Illicit Money Networks, and the Global Elite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA two-time 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSecrecy World\u003c\/i\u003e, the Pulitzer Prize winning 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 Fonseca--a trove now known as the Panama Papers--as 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBernstein traveled to the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and within the United States to uncover how these strands fit together--who 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecrecy World\u003c\/i\u003e offers 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\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250182463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Jake Bernstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648665055388,"sku":"9781250182463","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d2ca459a-b706-46e3-8e75-05f441a1c324.jpg?v=1603870689","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/secrecy-world-now-the-major-motion-picture-the-laundromat-inside-the-panama-papers-illicit-money-networks-and-the-global-elite-9781250182463","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}