A small number of people, motivated by an insatiable greed for power and wealth, have driven the world to the brink of destruction. They are the super-villains of corruption and war, some with a power greater than a nation state and the capacity to derail the world order.
But there is a fightback: small but fearless groups of brilliant undercover sleuths closing in on them, one step at a time.
From the oligarch charged with ordering the killing of an investigative journalist to the mercenary army seizing the natural resources of an entire African Country, co-founder of Global Witness, Patrick Alley takes us on a whirlwind tour of the dark underbelly of the world’s super powerful and wickedly wealthy – and the daring investigator’s dragging them into the light.