{"product_id":"the-laundromat-previously-published-as-secrecy-world-inside-the-panama-papers-illicit-money-networks-and-the-global-elite-9781250754400","title":"Laundromat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* * * Previously published as \u003ci\u003eSecrecy World * * *\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture from Director Steven Soderbergh, Starring Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Laundromat\u003c\/i\u003e, two-time 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Laundromat \u003c\/i\u003eoffers 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJake Bernstein\u003c\/b\u003e was a senior reporter on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists team that broke the Panama Papers story. In 2017, the project won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. Bernstein earned his first Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for National Reporting, for coverage of the financial crisis. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProPublica\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, and has appeared on the BBC, NBC, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He was the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e and is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eVice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527552176402,"sku":"9781250754400","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35a2882e-bcd7-4e26-9b50-9ed1df6de262.jpg?v=1731305258","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-laundromat-previously-published-as-secrecy-world-inside-the-panama-papers-illicit-money-networks-and-the-global-elite-9781250754400","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}