Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption

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Patrick Alley

Very Bad People

The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption

Patrick Alley

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Monoray
28 June 2022

Political activism; Political corruption; Ethical & social aspects of computing

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'Reads like a John le Carre novel but is, in fact, very real.' - The Big Issue

'Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true.' - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding

'Global Witness are fearless.' - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the Body Shop

'Part true crime tale, part investigative procedural, this is the account of the brilliant and necessary superheroes of Global Witness, whose superpower is the truth.' - Edward Zwick, Director of Blood Diamond

'Very Bad People reads like a non-stop high-speed chase as our fighters against corruption hunt down a litany of criminals and con-men, some on the fringes of our society, some embedded high up within it. It's a great story and an important one.' - David Farr, Screenwriter, The Night Manager

'The story told in this book of three youthful idealists who go from eating cold baked beans in a drafty London flat to the Thai-Cambodian border where they posed as traders in illegally felled timber is simply riveting. Don't miss it.' - Misha Glenny, author of McMafia

'Alley has produced a clear-eyed account of a world poisoned by dark money, and a welcome reminder that resistance is possible.

As it turns out, his book is even more timely than he could have hoped.' -

Irish Times

'This book is inspirational. It shows how young people with sufficient passion and intelligence have the capacity to go after some of the most powerful governments and corporations and shame, humiliate and just push governments to support important reforms that can make this a more decent world.' - Frank Vogl, Co-Founder of Transparency International

Arms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals.

Super-yachts, private jets and super-car collections. Blood diamonds, suspect oil deals, deforestation and murder. This is the world of Global Witness, the award-winning organisation dedicated to rooting out worldwide corruption. And this is co-founder Patrick Alley's revealing inside track on a breath-taking catalogue of modern super-crimes - and the 'shadow network' that enables them.

VERY BAD PEOPLE is about following the money, going undercover in the world's most dangerous places, and bringing down the people behind the crimes.

Case by case we see maverick investigators pitched against warlords, grifters and super-villains who bear every resemblance to The Night Manager's Richard Roper. One dictator's son spent $700 million in just four years on his luxury lifestyle.

As they unravel crooked deals of labyrinthine complexity, the team encounter well-known corporations who

By: Patrick Alley
Imprint: Monoray
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781913183486
ISBN 10: 1913183483
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 28 June 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patrick Alley is one of the three founders of Global Witness. Founded in 1993, Global Witness has become one of the world's leading investigative organisations dedicated to routing out corruption & environmental and human rights abuses around the world, with Patrick taking part in over 50 field investigations in South East Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Taking the findings to governments, lawmakers and into the boardrooms of multinational companies, Patrick and his colleagues have challenged the assumption that you can't change things. Alongside his two co-founders, Patrick received the 2014 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Global Witness were nominated for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for their work exposing the murderous trade in Blood Diamonds.

Reviews for Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption

There are indeed very bad people in the world, but how encouraging to be reminded of the very good people such as Patrick and his cohort who stand against them. Part true crime tale, part investigative procedural, this is the account of the brilliant and necessary superheroes of Global Witness, whose superpower is the truth. * Edward Zwick, Director of Blood Diamond * Warlords, crooks, oil tycoons and dictators. For over 25 years Global Witness has been investigating these and a host of other very bad people, whose greed, corruption and violence enables some of the world's biggest heists and ravages the lives of some of the most vulnerable people on the planet. Very Bad People shines a light on the real life dramas that are truly more alarming than the pages of fiction - it is a shocking, important and page-turning book that gives a unique insight into a hidden world of criminality, and into the shadow networks that really run our world. * Jeff Skoll, Founder and Chairman Participant Media, Skoll Foundation. * Global Witness is an organisation worth celebrating. Very Bad People reads like a non-stop high-speed chase as our fighters against corruption hunt down a litany of criminals and con-men, some on the fringes of our society, some embedded high up within it. It's a great story and an important one. * David Farr, theatre director and screenwriter of The Night Manager * A clear-eyed account of a world poisoned by dark money, and a welcome reminder that resistance is possible. * Irish Times *