{ "item_title" : "The Invisible Country", "item_author" : [" Sanlam Dekker "], "item_description" : "What if the most powerful country on Earth doesn't appear on any map?It has no borders.No army.No flag.Yet its citizens own luxury towers in New York, mansions in London, yachts in Monaco, private companies in Delaware, trusts in Nevada, and fortunes hidden across the world's most secretive financial jurisdictions.Welcome to The Invisible Country.For decades, corruption has been portrayed as a problem that happens somewhere else-in unstable governments, impoverished nations, and distant dictatorships.But the money rarely stays there.It crosses borders through shell companies, offshore banks, anonymous trusts, private foundations, tax havens, real estate markets, and layers of legal entities designed to make ownership disappear.The Invisible Country follows that money.From the birth of the Eurodollar in London to the secretive financial structures of the Caribbean. From Russian oligarchs and African oil wealth to luxury real estate in America. From anonymous LLCs and offshore trusts to the lawyers, bankers, accountants, real estate brokers, and public relations professionals who keep the system functioning.This is not simply a story about criminals.It is a story about the architecture that makes their wealth possible.You'll discover: How offshore finance evolved into a global system of secrecyWhy shell companies make ownership disappearHow trusts and anonymous corporations can conceal enormous fortunesHow stolen public wealth moves across multiple jurisdictionsWhy London, New York, Delaware, Nevada, and other Western financial centers matterHow kleptocrats transform stolen money into legitimate-looking assetsHow luxury real estate can become a repository for hidden wealthHow financial secrecy can protect political influence and corruptionWhy lawyers, accountants, bankers, and other professional gatekeepers matterAnd why Money is global. Law is local. may be one of the defining vulnerabilities of the modern worldBut The Invisible Country is not only an investigation into hidden wealth.It is a map.A map of the legal loopholes, financial networks, offshore jurisdictions, anonymous entities, and human enablers that connect corruption across borders.And ultimately, it asks a disturbing question: What happens when the people who control the world's money no longer need to respect the borders of the countries where the consequences are felt?The answer may be hiding in plain sight.The book's conclusion shifts from diagnosis toward resistance: transparency, beneficial-ownership questions, public accountability and individual integrity are presented as ways to make the invisible system visible", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/819/151/9798191516240_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "16.99", "online_price" : "16.99", "our_price" : "16.99", "club_price" : "16.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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