Dirty Money
IN-DEPTH VIDEOS, 23 May 2011
Steve Levinson, financial journalist – Al Jazeera
There has been an economic undercurrent to the recent uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa. The lavish lifestyles enjoyed by dictators have fuelled widespread anger at the way national assets have been looted for the benefit of the few.
So what happens to all this wealth once it is spirited out of the country? Can it ever be recovered? And why does the international banking system make it so easy for corruption to flourish?
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