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Dirty Gold - The Rise and Fall of an International Smuggling Ring

English · Paperback / Softback

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An astonishing read -- full of corruption, greed, strong drink and stronger language -- that reveals the rotten heart of the global economy - Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland

Crackles along ... they deserve credit for exposing the dark underbelly of the jewellery industry and giving us another glimpse into the real cost of the global obsession with gold - Spectator
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All that glitters is not gold.


Gold is the new cocaine - and it's just as lucrative, dangerous, and destructive.
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Dirty Gold is a searing expose on the booming gold mining industry and destruction on the land and people of Latin America. It looks closely at a small US firm in Miami that helped transform the city into the nation's No.1 importer of gold into the United States.

The book follows the meteoric rise and fall of a group of drug traders known as 'the three amigos' who laundered narco money through gold illegally brought into the US and raked in millions before they were caught. Whilst they were making their millions, the humanitarian situation in Colombia, Peru, and many other countries deteriorated dramatically.


About the author










Jay Weaver has covered courts, government and politics for more than 25 years for the Herald. A graduate of UC Berkeley, he was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News in 2001. He and Nicholas Nehamas were also 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalists for a series on international gold smuggling.

Summary

A searing expose of the illegal gold trade and how it is a part of our lives and economy

Foreword

A searing expose of the illegal gold trade and how it is a part of our lives and economy

Additional text

For years, doomsday profiteers have pushed gold as a smart hedge against the coming apocalypse, but where is all that metal coming from? This deeply reported book connects Conquistadors to drug cartels to Miami real estate to the Peruvian Amazon-revealing a greed-fueled global gold trade so rotten, it makes Fred C. Dobbs look wholesome. -- Rachel Slade, author of Into the Raging Sea

Product details

Authors Kyra Gurney, Nicholas Nehamas, Jay Waever, Jay Weaver, Jim Wyss
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.03.2021
 
EAN 9781529345308
ISBN 978-1-5293-4530-8
No. of pages 288
Dimensions 152 mm x 232 mm x 30 mm
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

USA, Miami, Florida, Latin America, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Silver, Gold & Other Metals, Organized crime, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, United States of America, USA, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America

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