by Kristofer Harrison & Celeste Ward Gventer In September, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ) and Buzzfeed News commenced a series of stories based on a trove of secret...
There is a comforting story to be told about the prevalence of crime in the global economy. Since the end of the Cold War, the story goes, the world’s leading...
I am hemmed in by rules on all sides. The things I can do with my property are controlled by zoning and environmental restrictions. I can’t take my neighbor’s property...
Today a global infrastructure of offshore accounts, anonymous shell companies, and professional enablers have built a parallel dimension in the world’s financial system. The price of entry to this zone...
Globally democracy is facing a crisis of legitimacy. A pervasive sense that elites have grown oligarchic and kleptocratic is eroding confidence in democratic governance. The offshore world—the shadowy financial infrastructure...