Rinsed From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Washes Money for the World's Deadl iest Crooks

Geoff White takes you on an eye-popping global safari through the twilight zone of modern organised crime. Grippingly told and meticulously researched, at different times both hilarious and horrifying, RINSED is a triumph. If you want to understand how the chaotic world around us really works, read this book!—Miles Johnson, author of Chasing Shadows: A True Story of Drugs, War and the Secret World of International Crime This is a gripping and surprising true-crime drama without - so far - a happy ending. Cracking down on modern money laundering has to be central to any counter-crime strategy—Professor Sir David Omand, King’’s College London and former Director of GCHQ Geoff White brings the shady and obscure world of illicit finance alive in Rinsed, a gripping book that pits fiendishly clever crime bosses and their stomach-churning schemes, against ingenious detectives who painstakingly unravel a whole new frontier of crime. From the nephew of Pablo Escobar discovering decomposed cash in the walls of his mansion to the dark web entrepreneur who cements his conviction with a photo taken on his smart glasses, Rinsed is as twisty, colourful and terrifyingly eye-opening as the people White investigates. You'll never look at wealth, technology and crime in the same way—Cara McGoogan, author of The Poison Line, and host of award-winning podcast Bed of Lies Geoff White takes readers on a globe-trotting investigation into the dark world of high-tech money laundering. From drug cartels to crypto-savvy hackers, White shows how today's digital innovations are supercharging the age-old crimes of washing and moving dirty money. A gripping look at the battle between cops and criminals on the new frontier of financial crime—Bradley Hope, co-author of Billion Dollar Whale and author of The Rebel and the Kingdom Rinsed is a story about powerful, amoral systems and how they can be used or misused. It’s also a warning of what might happen should nations turn their hands to all-out cyber war.—Jonathan Ford, Financial Times An essential guide to modern finance and crime. Geoff White has the gifts of a novelist and an historian too. I read the book in one day. Read it!—Bookmunch