The puppet masters : how the corrupt use legal structures to hide stolen assets and what to do about it / Emile van der Does de Willebois [and others].

Billions in corrupt assets, complex money trails, strings of shell companies and other spurious legal structures. These form the complex web of subterfuge in corruption cases, behind which hides the beneficial owner- the Puppet Master and beneficiary of it all. Linking the beneficial owner to the pr...

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Corporate Authors: Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative, World Bank
Other Authors: Does de Willebois, Emile van der, Sharman, J. C., Harrison, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, 2011.
Series:World Bank e-Library.
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Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Billions in corrupt assets, complex money trails, strings of shell companies and other spurious legal structures. These form the complex web of subterfuge in corruption cases, behind which hides the beneficial owner- the Puppet Master and beneficiary of it all. Linking the beneficial owner to the proceeds of corruption is notoriously hard. With sizable wealth and resources on their side, they exploit transnational constructions that are hard to penetrate and stay aggressively ahead of the game. Nearly all cases of grand corruption have one thing in common. They rely on corporate vehicles- lega.
Item Description:"Emile van der Does de Willebois, Emily M. Halter, Robert A. Harrison, Ji Won Park, J.C. Sharman."
3.7 Misusing a Bearer-Share Company.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 267 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780821388969
0821388967
9786613331731
6613331732
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.