The Puppet Masters: How the Corrupt Use Legal Structures to Hide Stolen Assets and What to Do about It

by Emily M. Halter, Robert Alexander Harrison, J.C. Sharman, et al.

Billions in corrupt assets, complex money trails, strings of shell companies and other spurious legal structures. These form the complex web of subterfuge in corruption cases, behind which hides the benefi cial owner--the puppet master and benefi ciary of it all. Linking the benefi cial owner to the proceeds of corruption is notoriously hard. With sizable wealth and resources on their side, they exploit transnational constructions that are hard to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821388940
• ISBN13: 9780821388945
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 10.0"