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Rinsed

From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World's Deadliest Crooks

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There's an old saying: 'a rising tide lifts all boats'. It's normally couched in positive terms; that overall economic improvement will benefit everyone. In the case of hi-tech money laundering, however, it offers a dark vision of the future. The better these launderers become at their work, the more crime of all types will be enabled. It's time to understand where the water is rising, before it washes over us all.

Money laundering has been around for centuries. For as long as people have been willing to steal money, there's been an industry ready to wash it. But recent tech innovations have created vastly complex new systems for laundering that threaten to overwhelm authorities, destabilise economies and disrupt societies.

Rinsed is a relevatory investigation into the new army of innovative criminals using tech to launder money, and the consequences for all of us.

'Rinsed is a triumph. If you want to understand how the chaotic world around us really works, read this book!’ MILES JOHNSON, AUTHOR OF CHASING SHADOWS

'A riveting look at not only the nuts and bolts of cons and crimes but the techniques detectives use to stalk cyber criminals' FINANCIAL TIMES

'Gripping' THE ECONOMIST

©2024 Geoff White (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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Critic reviews

An eye-popping global safari through the twilight zone of modern organised crime. Grippingly told and meticulously researched, at different times both hilarious and horrifying, Rinsed is a triumph (Miles Johnson)
This is a gripping and surprising true-crime drama without - so far - a happy ending (Professor Sir David Omand)
A gripping book that pits fiendishly clever crime bosses and their stomach-churning schemes, against ingenious detectives who painstakingly unravel a whole new frontier of crime . . . Rinsed is as twisty, colourful and terrifyingly eye-opening as the people White investigates. You'll never look at wealth, technology and crime in the same way (Cara McGoogan)
A globe-trotting investigation into the dark world of high-tech money laundering . . . A gripping look at the battle between cops and criminals on the new frontier of financial crime (Bradley Hope)
Rinsed is a story about powerful, amoral systems and how they can be used or misused. It’s also a warning of what might happen should nations turn their hands to all-out cyber war. (Jonathan Ford)
An essential guide to modern finance and crime. Geoff White has the gifts of a novelist and an historian too. I read the book in one day. Read it!
Gripping
Engrossing, mind-blowing
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As always Geoff has done a great job on another interesting book about cyber security and international money laundering, showing how the industry has changed. Great book. Hope Geoff has started writing the next book already…

Interesting stories about money laundering and cyber incidents

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Superb follow up to the Lazarus Heist! Informative, gripping and entertaining. I will definitely be giving this a second listen at some point in the future.

Excellent book, from an excellent author!

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This was so well written and the combination of stories were just so mind blowing. I absolutely loved it and finished it so fast 😅

Amazing Storytelling!

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Geoff manages to make some very complex topics very easy to understand and follow with simplified explanations & references, and at the same time makes the stories in the book very entertaining through his method of storytelling.

Extremely informative & entertaining

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Eye opening account of the brave new world. Very good explanations of complex technical topics for all listeners. Very well structured book.

Excellent

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