Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

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You may change or cancel your subscription or trial at any time online. Simply log into Settings & Account and select "Cancel" on the right-hand side. The ENRC is suing Burgis, the Financial Times and publisher HarperCollins for libel on reporting that suggested the company was involved in the death of former employees, who had allegedly uncovered fraud, to protect its business interests, Law 360 reported in February. In July HarperCollins settled with Russian billionaires Pyotr Aven and Mikhail Fridman , who brought their own legal action against the publisher but not Belton herself, and agreed to amend some passages in the book about them.

Burgis draws useful parallels between Putin’s kleptocracy and Hitler’s Germany, each home to both a “normative state” that generally respects its own laws and a “prerogative state” that violates most of them. She added in written submissions: ‘The many very serious allegations contained in the book which refer to the claimant or its owners, shareholders or officers are highly disputed.’He concluded: ‘It would appear to me that the consequence of this ruling is that the claimant’s case must be dismissed.’ You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here. She successfully defended Burgis in a libel claim brought by Kazakh-based mining giantEurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) over his 2020 book Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World.

Temelkuran, Ece (14 November 2020). "Kleptopia — dirty money's tangled web of deceit". Financial Times . Retrieved 29 November 2020. notable works of nonfiction in 2020". Washington Post. 19 November 2020 . Retrieved 29 November 2020.They are everywhere, the thieves and their people. Masters of secrecy. Until now we have detected their presence only by what they leave behind. A body in a burned-out Audi. Workers riddled with bullets in the Kazakh Desert. A rigged election in Zimbabwe. A British banker silenced and humiliated for trying to expose the truth about the City of London. Nixon, Simon. "Kleptopia by Tom Burgis review — exposing a global web of corruption". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 29 November 2020. He added that the meaning of the words complained of was that the three deaths‘are suspicious and the cause of death in each instance remains an open question which merits further investigation’. The former FTSE 100 company – which has brought separate legal action against the Serious Fraud Office for alleged misfeasance in public office over its ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption and bribery – is suing Financial Times journalist Tom Burgis for libel at the High Court over his 2020 book Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World. Tobitt, Charlotte (2 March 2022). "Judge dismisses libel claim over FT journalist Tom Burgis' book". Press Gazette . Retrieved 2 March 2022.