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

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Now, almost 30 years later, they are still doing everything they can and go after the very bad people. Unfortunately this war is not over and most likely will never end. But because of people and establishments like Global Witness (and in their own words all that GW is is their people) life of criminals is being made harder. Much harder in fact. He can type 43 words a minute on a computer. That’s right, you heard me correctly. This is a guy who has an absence of all four limbs, but can type 43 words per minute on a computer.

According to Alley, “Corruption is a cancer that eats away at societies. It chews the innards out of the rule of law; it favors the rich and powerful at the expense of the world’s most vulnerable people: it undermines international efforts to protect the environment and it gnaws away at the foundations of democracy itself.” In fact, to a greater or lesser extent, we are all victims of corruption. The trouble is that most of us don’t know it.” 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 ManagerJoseph Stalin was a Georgian dictator and the leader of the Soviet Union from the 1920s until his death in 1953. He has retained popularity in Russia and Georgia as a victorious wartime leader who established the Soviet Union as a major world power.

The boy gradually began to control his temper over the next few weeks, and the number of nails he was hammering into the fence slowly decreased. By no means a positive book, it refers to a 'shadow network' - the complex interplay between the regulated and unregulated global economy, exploited by legal loopholes across jurisdictions. One puppy was lagging considerably behind. Immediately the little boy singled out the lagging, limping puppy and said, “What’s wrong with that little dog?” Another strategy would have been to optimize the case-history approach for readability with more of a creative-nonfiction style, making the stories into real human dramas. What we’ve got now is a dry United Nations briefing paper with some irrelevant personal fluff thrown in to make it seem accessible. It ends up being neither here nor there.

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The great thing about them is that they’re so easy to digest, and there’s always a moral at the end of the story. I appreciate the work done by Global Witness and like-minded organizations, but I don’t know if it has much effect. It’s a great feel-good win to see politicians, bankers, and corrupt governments embarrassed from time to time, but it doesn’t really change anything. Greed makes the world go ‘round still. Global Witness might be a grown-up version of a children’s game. With similar vibes to The Secret History and Grimrose Girls, I'd definitely recommend this one! It was a super fun read, and I'll be keeping an eye on this author Eventually, one of the frogs took heed to what the others were saying and he gave up, falling down to his death.The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die.

When I see your face, there’s not a thing that I would change… except the direction I was walking in.Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People’s Republic of China. His Marxist-Leninist theories, military strategies, and political policies are known as Maoism or Marxism – Leninism – Maoism. The shop owner said, “No, you don’t want to buy that little dog. If you really want him, I’ll just give him to you.” 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 Very Bad People has it all: family secrets, mysteries, lies, romance, a secret society, activism, mischief, and more. So perfectly paced, so well-wrought, I was kept guessing until the end. A twisty, deeply satisfying ride.”