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| The
Washing Machine: Money, Crime and
Terror in the Offshore System |
Nick
Kochan, 2006
Now out in paperback!
Duckworth,
£8.99 / 256 pages
ISBN 0715636111
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Seasoned investigative journalist and financial expert Nick Kochan takes readers
deep inside the world of money laundering – a highly sophisticated, trillion-dollar,
global business that poses a serious threat to Western economies.
Profiling the perpetrators and the investigators, Kochan gives a mesmerising
inside look, explaining the methods employed by international criminals and terrorists
to turn dirty money into untraceable wealth, as well as examining the methods
and resources available to the law enforcement agencies in their fight to stop
this corrupt financial pipeline. But is it a losing battle? Taking readers deep
into the heart of the battle, The Washing Machine reveals that the forces
of globalisation and a lack of true international co-operation are playing directly
into the hands of the criminals. In the hands of the author, the sophistication
of the laundering schemes become understandable and fascinating, and the characters
and stories woven into that explanation are vividly brought to life as they engage
in operations on an often mind-blowing scale.
Chapter 3: Merchant of Death and Chapter 6: Diamonds: A Launderers Best Friend deal with the inside financial story behind blood diamonds - as portrayed in the current Warner Bros movie of that name starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
This updated edition has a foreword on David Mills and the Berlusconi affair.
Previously published in 2005 in hardback by Thomson.
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