Can Honesty Halt The Flow Of Kleptocracy?

Tom Burgis, Author & Investigations Correspondent at Financial Times, Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World

19-Apr-21 08:00

Can Honesty Halt The Flow Of Kleptocracy?

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Malaysia is no stranger to the complexities and the perils of “dirty money”, but we are far from the only country implicated in what investigations reporter and author Tom Burgis calls a "global kleptocracy." In his latest book, Burgis highlights the interconnectivity of global corruption and what it means for economies and democracies around the world.

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