Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the
World
Kleptopia:
How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World is Tom Burgis's non-fiction book about
the combined effects of globalization and worldwide forces of corruption,
published in 2020. The book uses narrative nonfiction and true crime tropes to
detail and explore global kleptocractic effects and consequences – with
Kazakhstan in particular "featur[ing] heavily in Burgis’s
investigation" – as well as how practices of corruption (such as money
laundering) entrench themselves via shell corporations, the dark money banking
system, and political lobbying. Burgis anchors the book with the stories of
four individuals, which the Financial Times described as "elegantly woven
together and delivered in a form that makes the technicalities of finance
accessible to the non-expert." On 9 September 2021, it was reported that
mining company ENRC (parent ERG) had taken legal action against the publishers
in respect of claims made in the book.
The Times
A The Times
reviewer described the book as "meticulously reported piece of
investigative journalism, it is written in the style of a fast-paced
thriller."
Washington
Post
A
Washington Post article notes, "Burgis is a strong storyteller. We can
visualize diamonds smuggled in a toothpaste tube for Swiss banking clients. We
see a lawyer taking SIM cards with important contacts from her oligarch client
and concealing them in a candy wrapper as he fled one snowy night on a private
plane from his home country for asylum in London." The book was also
listed as one of the publication's 50 notable works of nonfiction for 2020.
The
Guardian
The
Guardian's review voiced some criticism over the various plots and storylines
followed in the book: "This is a ghastly and very important story. But the
secret to great storytelling is knowing what to leave out. If Burgis had found
a more focused way to tell this one, he would have written a much more powerful
book."
Legal
Action against publishers
On 9
September, 2021, it was reported that Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
(ENRC), parent company Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), had taken legal action
against Harper Collins and The Financial Times, in respect of claims contained
within the book and subsequent reportage.
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