At long last, global kleptocracy has become a major topic. The initial big breakthrough was the publication of the Panama Papers in 2016. The current revelations of the Pandora Papers show how little has been done to stop such grand corruption. Several excellent books on global kleptocracy have been published in recent years as well, such as Oliver Bullough’s “Moneyland” (2018) and Tom Burgis’s “Kleptopia” (2020), though some less memorable books read like laundry lists (pun intended) of known money-laundering scandals.
