{"product_id":"operation-car-wash-jorge-pontes-9781350265615","title":"Operation Car Wash: Brazil's Institutionalized Crime and the Inside Story of the Biggest Corruption Scandal in History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book to Read in 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOperation Car Wash\u003c\/i\u003e is the inside story of two Brazilian Federal Police officers who found themselves at the centre of the biggest corruption scandal in history; uncovering a web of political and corporate racketeering which would lead them all the way to the arrest and imprisonment of the nation's President. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough engrossing first-hand testimony, Pontes and Anselmo recount the uphill battle faced by the Federal Police in apprehending Brazil's white-collar criminals, in a country where the war on drugs has become a convenient distraction for the politicians and businessmen extracting billions of dollars from the public purse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA historical record that reads like a political police thriller, \u003ci\u003eOperation Car Wash\u003c\/i\u003e is also a warning to the world: demonstrating how easily institutionalized crime can take root in a nation, and how difficult it can be to eradicate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorge Pontes, Marcio Anselmo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350265616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350265615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.51w x 0.79d","brand":"Jorge Pontes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44064359153919,"sku":"9781350265615","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10fcc840-e8da-4c0e-a203-5b9a13ea9b61.jpg?v=1685395014","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/operation-car-wash-jorge-pontes-9781350265615","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}