Kleptopia. Cum au cucerit lumea banii murdari

Tom Burgis shows how stolen wealth shapes world power. He tracks trillions of dollars over two decades. Thieves steal this cash, hide it, and launder it. This means they make stolen funds seem legal. He links this money to violence and rule by force.

This is a work of fact about politics. It is for readers who want to grasp graft worldwide. It also asks what America stands to lose or gain. This rests on the prospect of Trump's re-election.

Burgis follows several threads and their key players. Over thirty other major figures also take part. Some are rich men with power in Putin's Russia. They include Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbaiev. He also looks at Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Joseph Kabila appears too. His country is the Democratic Republic of Congo. British bankers help others launder their cash. Three billionaires from Central Asia also feature.

The stories track Russian and Italian gangs in Brooklyn. They reach oil fields in the former Soviet lands. They also reach Zimbabwe's platinum mines. Congo's copper and cobalt form part of the story. These linked tales show the cash behind world power.

Liliana Pelici translated this edition from English.