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SUMMARY:The Dark Economy: How Dirty Money Shapes the World
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DESCRIPTION:Together with investigative journalists Oliver Bullough and Tho
	mas Bollen we\ndive into the shadow world money laundering. A world of she
	ll companies\, tax\nhavens\, crypto and empty high-end apartments.\n\nThro
	ugh shell companies\, millions and millions of euros in stolen money are\n
	laundered every day. The money is used to buy real estate in New York and\
	nLondon\, yachts\, or even entire football teams. Over the past few decade
	s\, an\ninternational system has been built to move money around\, leaving
	 national tax\nauthorities powerless to do anything.\n\nTogether with inve
	stigative journalists Oliver Bullough\, author of Everybody\nLoves Our Dol
	lars\, and Thomas Bollen we dive into the shadow world of shell\ncompanies
	\, tax havens\, crypto and empty high-end apartments. Money laundering\nha
	s evolved into a global system in which criminals\, financial institutions
	 and\ngovernments find themselves surprisingly close to one another. How i
	s it\npossible that\, after decades of anti-money-laundering legislation\,
	 we still seem\nunable to get a grip on the system? What role do our gover
	nments\, banks and the\nfinancial sector play? And can we break out of thi
	s cycle?\n\nMore about the speakers\n\nOliver Bullough is a investigative 
	journalist and author from Wales. He is\npublished in the Guardian\, and T
	he New York Times. He published Moneyland: The\nInside Story of the Crooks
	 and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World in 2018. In 2026\nhe published Everbod
	y Loves Our Dollars.\n\nThomas Bollen is a Dutch financial economist speci
	alizing in monetary affairs.\nHe writes as a freelance investigative journ
	alist about the economy\, the\nmonetary system\, banks\, and cryptocurrenc
	ies. In 2025\, he published Geld genoeg\,\nmaar niet voor jou (Plenty of M
	oney\, But Not for You).
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Together with investigative journal
	ists Oliver Bullough and Thomas Bollen we dive into the shadow world money
	 laundering. A world of shell companies, tax havens, crypto and empty high
	-end apartments</strong>.</p> <p>Through shell companies, millions and mil
	lions of euros in stolen money are laundered every day. The money is used 
	to buy real estate in New York and London, yachts, or even entire football
	 teams. Over the past few decades, an international system has been built 
	to move money around, leaving national tax authorities powerless to do any
	thing. </p> <p>Together with investigative journalists Oliver Bullough, au
	thor of <em>Everybody Loves Our Dollars</em>, and Thomas Bollen we dive in
	to the shadow world of shell companies, tax havens, crypto and empty high-
	end apartments. Money laundering has evolved into a global system in which
	 criminals, financial institutions and governments find themselves surpris
	ingly close to one another. How is it possible that, after decades of anti
	-money-laundering legislation, we still seem unable to get a grip on the s
	ystem? What role do our governments, banks and the financial sector play? 
	And can we break out of this cycle?</p>   More about the speakers    <p><s
	trong>Oliver Bullough</strong> is a investigative journalist and author fr
	om Wales. He is published in <em>the Guardian</em>, and <em>The New York T
	imes</em>. He published <em>Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and 
	Kleptocrats Who Rule the World </em>in 2018. In 2026 he published <em>Ever
	body Loves Our Dollars</em>.</p> <p><strong>Thomas Bollen</strong> is a Du
	tch financial economist specializing in monetary affairs. He writes as a f
	reelance investigative journalist about the economy, the monetary system, 
	banks, and cryptocurrencies. In 2025, he published <em>Geld genoeg, maar n
	iet voor jou</em> (<em>Plenty of Money, But Not for You</em>).</p>
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