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The Panama Papers

How the World's Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money

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The Panama Papers

By: Frederik Obermaier, Bastian Obermayer
Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
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Late one evening, investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data. Through encrypted channels he then receives documents showing a mysterious bank transfer for $500,000,000 in gold. This is just the beginning.

Obermayer and fellow Süddeutsche Zeitung journalist Frederik Obermaier find themselves immersed in a secret world where complex networks of shell companies help to hide people who don't want to be found. Faced with the largest data leak in history, they activate an international network of journalists to follow every possible line of enquiry.

Operating for over a year in the strictest secrecy, they uncover a global elite living by a different set of rules: prime ministers, dictators, oligarchs, princelings, sports officials, big banks, arms smugglers, mafiosi, diamond miners, art dealers and celebrities. The real-life thriller behind the story of the century, The Panama Papers is an intense, pause-resisting account that blows their secret world wide open.

©2016 Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Corruption & Misconduct Modern Politics & Government True Crime White Collar & Corporate Crime Crime Thought-Provoking Emotionally Gripping Banking Russia

Critic reviews

"The biggest leak in the history of data journalism." (Edward Snowden)
"This is the inside story of how governments, corporations and organised crime groups have used the secret world of offshore jurisdictions to engage in systematic cheating and thieving. It's an almost perfect tale for the 21st century - the failure of democracy, the triumph of commercial power and greed, greed, greed." (Nick Davies, special correspondent, Guardian)
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The narrator's pronunciation of German words is rather terrible. It spoils an otherwise good performance.

Terrible pronunciation of German words

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Even though this was a few years ago this title will always be an essential reference especially as it is a first hand account.

Must Listen

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Very eye opening! Its a shame justice will never be served. A fantastic listen

Wow

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Really enjoyed the unfolding of the leak and subsequent stories that came up. It’s an incredible insight into why journalism is so important around the world and the risks they take to break these stories. Highly recommend

An incredible story

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I really enjoyed this book, and appreciated gaining new insight into the making of the Panama Papers.

Especially with the current situation in Ukraine, this became eerily current.

Really interesting

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