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Oliver Bullough is a British journalist and author specializing in corruption, international finance, and organized crime. He has written for Reuters and The Guardian and is known for his investigations into illicit money and offshore finance.

Known for: Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World

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Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World

Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World

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Moneyland is a nonfiction book that investigates how oligarchs, corrupt politicians, and criminals exploit the global financial system to hide and move their wealth. Oliver Bullough exposes the networks of tax havens, shell companies, and banks that enable tax evasion and money laundering, showing how this system undermines democracy and economic justice worldwide.

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The Birth of Moneyland: From Tax Havens to Global Networks

Moneyland didn’t appear overnight. It sprouted in the cracks of the modern nation‑state system. After the Second World War, when countries rebuilt and taxation financed welfare and infrastructure, the wealthy began seeking places where state demands could not reach. Switzerland’s secretive banks wer...

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How Money Moves: Shell Companies and Shadows of Ownership

To understand Moneyland, one must follow the paper—not the people. Wealth today doesn’t travel in leather briefcases or vaults of gold. It moves through layers of legal fiction: shell companies, trusts, nominee directors. Each layer hides the trail a little more completely. Picture a Russian offici...

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About Oliver Bullough

Oliver Bullough is a British journalist and author specializing in corruption, international finance, and organized crime. He has written for Reuters and The Guardian and is known for his investigations into illicit money and offshore finance.

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Oliver Bullough is a British journalist and author specializing in corruption, international finance, and organized crime. He has written for Reuters and The Guardian and is known for his investigations into illicit money and offshore finance.

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