Offers an inside account of the international network of crime rings, including the Sicilian Mafiosi and the Chinese Triads, pinpointing the factors that led to global crime cartels and noting how the internet has changed the face of crime. Reprint.
This text reveals how money laundering is a massive global industry, with an estimated $100-300 billion worth of illicit funds. It discloses who the participants are, how they make billions disappear and why it is not necessarily in the interests of bankers, lawyers and governments to stop them.
After spending a month at Claridge's Hotel in London, the author of The Laundryman describes how this luxury haven for the wealthy maintains its level of perfection, and how it prepares to the last detail for a stay of a Queen or a president.
Biography, Business, Finance, International Relations
Traces the life of Bette Davis and discusses her acting roles in motion pictures and on the stage
A biography of the Grimaldi royal family of Monaco, in which Prince Rainier speaks of his romance with Grace Kelly; Princess Stephanie recounts the tragic car crash that killed her mother; and Prince Albert and Princess Caroline reveal the private side of a life lived continually in the public eye.
by Jeffrey Robinson
Rating: 3.8 ⭐
The major pharmaceutical companies, according to John le Carré – who has based his novel The Constant Gardener on their depredations – “are engaged in the systematic corruption of the medical profession, country by country.” Jeffrey Robinson can back up that charge.In Prescription Games , Jeffrey Robinson exposes the yawning abyss between the claims to altruism made by pharmaceutical c
"The Money Sink" tells the how, when and why of criminal and terrorist money laundering, the murky and ultra-secret world where the line between legitimate business and crime vanishes. In 1994, when Jeffrey Robinson, author of "The Laundrymen", first brought to the world's attention the problems of dirty money - revealing how otherwise legitimate lawyers, bankers, accountants and even governments
It wasn’t by chance that the 1960s became “The Swinging ‘60s.”Nor was it by chance that what happened on Madison Avenue in the years leading up to “The Mad Men” Decade --- when Vance Packard wrote “The Hidden Persuaders” --- and what has happened as a result of those years, has changed the world.This is a story about casting spells. About filling our heads with some catchy
by Jeffrey Robinson
Rating: 3.2 ⭐
One in nine Americans will lose money as a victim of fraud• Every man and woman in the country (and every child with an email address) will be targeted by professional fraudsters-multiple times.• Seven out of every eight frauds go unreported.• Most fraudsters will get away with their crime.• Government agencies and crime watchdogs suggest that there could be up to $10
by Jeffrey Robinson
Rating: 3.4 ⭐
If ever there was an odd couple.A suburban mom and a coal miner's son.Bonnie Klapper is an attractive, funny, off-beat but tenacious federal prosecutor who constantly thinks out of the box, often to the chagrin of her superiors. She is a full-time Assistant US Attorney, and a full-time mom to two sons, one of whom is a special needs child.Now retired Special Age
At Trump Tower--the iconic Manhattan building on the corner of 56th Street and Fifth Avenue--there exists a world of luxury, glamour, sex, lust, and naked power.But at Trump Tower, nothing is quite what it seems to be.Move in and meet your neighbors:The "garbage" traders who are willing to do business with South American money brokers; the power couple, a TV anc
by Jeffrey Robinson
If you like classic movie comedy. This book is for you!!!
An account of the launch of the Sputnik by Russia in 1957, which reveals Eisenhower plotted the invasion of Russia; Macmillan used Sputnik to bring US atomic weapons to British shores; and how Khrushchev targeted a nuclear warhead on the US and brought the world within one hour of a holocaust.
From the author of The Laundrymen, The Merger, The Sink and The Takedown, here is Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Richard Nixon and the history of dirty money. It is the story of 20th century money laundering and of 21st century methods used by organized criminals around the world. It is "The Rules of Nowhere" and "Washing Stuff Instead of Money." It is also the story of $50 million
“I must caution you,” Gentleman began, “that this kind of facility has been much romanticized over the years. The so-called secret Swiss bank account, the sort you might have read about in James Bond, is strictly for pulp fiction and the cinema.”“Now where,” Signor asked, “do you suppose they got such a notion?”From the beautiful mountains and valleys of the country that ha
The acclaimed biography by Jeffrey Robinson, now revised and updated to coincide with the major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace.It was one of the most famous romances of the 20th century—Europe’s most eligible bachelor, Prince Rainier of Monaco, and America’s most beautiful movie star, the Academy Award-winning actress Grace Kelly, fell in love against the backd
KC Doone was a Wall Street trader (it’s what he did best), with a beautiful younger wife (so what if she was number 3), a slightly tipsy mother (if nothing else, she was out of his way, living in Florida) and a constant supply of M&Ms (because he really liked M&Ms).The way he looked at it, he had life knocked.At least he thought he did until that Monday morning when
This is the book that the bitcoin world does not want you to read. And they will say whatever they can to stop you from discovering the truth.That truth is In the global scheme of economic phenomena, bitcoin is a non-event.But for the “faithful,” bitcoin has become a religion and they use their cultish zeal to defend their own self-interests. They criticize this
PIETROV AND OTHER GAMES "A fast paced, yet marvelously complex story." -- Nelson DeMille When an aging missile scientist, Rosov Pietrov, goes missing from his Leningrad home, the Russians order master-spy Andrei Peshky to bring him back to the USSR. But the Russian signals traffic is intercepted by the British, and the British signals traffic is intercepted b
by Jeffrey Robinson
It is almost twenty-five years since Jeffrey Robinson wrote the bestseller The Laundrymen. In those heady days of the early 1990s, the United States was cocaine saturated; white powder was pouring into Britain, the City of London was a cesspool of dirty money, and nearly $300 billion worth of ill-gotten cash was circling the globe, looking to get clean. Today the USA is still cocaine saturated, wh
by Jeffrey Robinson
Excellent book for those Risk Takers! This book covers money, power and even ego....
by Jeffrey Robinson
Rating: 2.0 ⭐
by Jeffrey Robinson
A comprehensive look at cannabis stocks a lightning-fast growing market for the average investor to a professional stockbroker.
by Jeffrey Robinson
Explaining the difference between renting and buying a home for the average person.