Terrible Humans: The World's Most Corrupt Super-Villains And The Fight to Bring Them Down

'Few people have shown more commitment to investigative journalism than Patrick Alley.His latest book is a vivid, compelling testament to the importance of revealing corruption and wrong-doing and shining a light into dark places, wherever in the world they are.' -Peter Geoghegan, author of Democracy for SaleA small number of people, motivated by an insatiable greed for power and wealth have driven the world to the brink of destruction.They are backed by a pinstripe army of enablers (and sometimes real armies too) and are the super-villains of corruption and war.Some of them hold power greater than nation state and the capacity to derail the world order.Propping up their opulent lifestyles is a mess of crime, violence and deception on a monumental scale.But there is a fightback: small but fearless groups of brilliant undercover sleuths closing in on them, one step at a time. In Terrible Humans, Patrick Alley, co-founder of Global Witness and the author of Very Bad People, introduces us