The Looting Machine : Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa's Wealth

Resumen del libro

A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' explores the dark underbelly of the global economy. 'The Looting Machine' is a searing expose of the global web of traders, bankers, middlemen, despots and corporate raiders that is pillaging Africa's vast natural wealth. From the killing fields of Congo to the crude-slicked creeks of Nigeria, a great endowment of oil, diamonds, copper, iron, gold and coltan has become a curse that condemns millions to poverty, violence and oppression.

That curse is no accident. This gripping investigative journey takes us into the shadows of the world economy, where secretive networks conspire with Africa's kleptocrats to bleed the continent dry. And like their victims, the beneficiaries of this grand looting have names.

Biografía del autor

Tom Burgis es corresponsal de investigación del Financial Times desde 2014, después de haber ejercido como periodista en distintas ciudades de Latinoamérica y África. Reportero en más de treinta países, ha sido galardonado con destacados premios en Estados Unidos y Asia, y ha sido finalista de los British Press Awards, los British Journalism Awards y el European Press Prize. Su libro The Looting Machine fue premiado por el Overseas Press Club of America.