The Despot's Guide to Wealth Management : : On the International Campaign against Grand Corruption / / J. C. Sharman.
An unprecedented new international moral and legal rule forbids one state from hosting money stolen by the leaders of another state. The aim is to counter grand corruption or kleptocracy ("rule by thieves"), when leaders of poorer countries—such as Marcos in the Philippines, Mobutu in the...
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