Offshore: Tax Havens and the Rule of Global Crime

by Alain Deneault

Book Overview

Offshore reveals how the vast network of unregulated financial centers--from Luxemburg to the Cayman islands to the tiny Pacific haven of Nauru-- amount to a nether realm of drug and arms trade profits, enormous private accounts, and multinational corporate financial holdings. Delving into the scandals, the financial structure, and the history of this hidden side of globalization, sociologist Alain Deneault depicts something larger and more ominous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595586482
• ISBN13: 9781595586483
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 7.5"