Patrick Alley
Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption
Very Bad People: The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption
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Very Bad People is a non-fiction book by Patrick Alley, co-founder of Global Witness, that reveals the world of global corruption and the shadow network that enables it. The book follows the money, goes undercover in dangerous places, and brings down the people behind crimes. It exposes crooked deals of labyrinthine complexity and reveals well-known corporations whose operations are no less criminal than the Mafia. The book is a brilliant, authoritative, and fearless investigation into the darkest workings of our world and an inspiration to fight back.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2023
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
The Big Issue
Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn't all true. - Isabella Tree, author of Wilding
Global Witness are fearless. - Gordon Roddick, Campaigner and Co-Founder of the Body Shop
Part true crime tale, part investigative procedural, this is the account of the brilliant and necessary superheroes of Global Witness, whose superpower is the truth. - Edward Zwick, Director of Blood Diamond
Very Bad People reads like a non-stop high-speed chase as our fighters against corruption hunt down a litany of criminals and con-men. - David Farr, Screenwriter, The Night Manager
The story told in this book of three youthful idealists is simply riveting. Don't miss it. - Misha Glenny, author of McMafia
Alley has produced a clear-eyed account of a world poisoned by dark money, and a welcome reminder that resistance is possible. -
Irish Times
This book is inspirational. It shows how young people with sufficient passion and intelligence have the capacity to go after some of the most powerful governments and corporations and shame, humiliate and just push governments to support important reforms that can make this a more decent world. - Frank Vogl, Co-Founder of Transparency International
Arms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals. Super-yachts, private jets and super-car collections. Blood diamonds, suspect oil deals, deforestation and murder. This is the world of Global Witness, the award-winning organisation dedicated to rooting out worldwide corruption. And this is co-founder Patrick Alley's revealing inside track on a breath-taking catalogu.
Weight: 294g
Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913183509
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