Offshore: Tax Havens and the Rule of Global Crime (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781595586483)

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 than simple "tax havens" where financial elites and corporations must reside X days out of every calendar year to protect their earnings. Instead, Offshore describes a global base of operations from which massive criminal enterprises and corrupt corporations operate freely and with impunity, menacing developing nations and advanced democracies alike.

Author: Alain Deneault
ISBN-10: 1595586482
ISBN-13: 9781595586483
Publisher: New Press
Language: English
Published: 10/04/2011
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.40w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 12/01/2011 pg. 88