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In astonishing revelations they expose the massive amounts of monies effectively stolen from the peoples of predominantly poor countries. The worst thing is the extent to which global institutions and well known energy companies are involved, along with financial and legal institutions without whose complicity most of the thefts could not take place. From South East Asia through West Africa and to Europe and the UK people and companies are brought to justice through the investigations of Global Witness.
This book is inspirational. It shows how young people with sufficient passion and intelligence have the capacity to go after some of the most powerful governments and corporations and shame, humiliate and just push governments to support important reforms that can make this a more decent world.' - Frank Vogl, Co-Founder of Transparency InternationalVijay thought for a second. He’d heard animals don’t prefer dead bodies, so he fell to the ground and held his breath. The bear sniffed him and thought he was dead. So, it went on its way. Schwarzenegger served in the Austrian army at the age of 18 years old for 1 year, which at the time was compulsory for all 18-year-old males. Caliope was a relatable character but I wished she stood up for her own beliefs and her friends more as it would have made her more well rounded. I felt that the ending was a little bit rushed, unless the author was considering writing a sequel. The ending left too many questions and situations unresolved for this to be a standalone!
How their actions saw the assets of the Obiang family, leaders of Equatorial Guinea, seized. Among these assets were three Bugatti Veyron’s and a multi-million dollar mansion in California. Very Bad People reveals just how much wealth this family removed from the country and how the population continued to suffer. This extremely poor country was poor because of their leaders. Global Witness also highlights how the banks help to facilitate the money laundering of this corrupt family. Dr. Wayne Dyer was born on May 10th 1940 in Detroit, and spent the majority of his childhood in an orphanage. Her father kept the gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there. Curious and wanting to know the answer, he asked a trainer nearby why the elephants were just standing there and never tried to escape. The setting was part of the reason this was so great. Isolated boarding school with secret societies, what wasn't to love? The vibes were immaculate, and so fun to imagine!Life at the new school is exciting, and Calliope enjoys getting to know some of her new classmates. She wasn't expecting to be asked to join the ghosts, a secret society that appear to try and right wrongs on campus. Unfortunately, some of these incidents appear to not always be handled in an orthodox fashion, and when Calliope learns that her mother was also part of this group, and around the time someone died, she wonders whether somebody might be trying to hide certain truths. I really enjoyed this book! It had the perfect amount of mystery and plot twist, but heartache all the same. I liked how short and digestible the chapters were. It almost felt like each chapter was another day of the trimester! The writing style of this book was addictive, but not too overwhelming; very easy to read with sustained interest. Vlad III known as “Vlad the Impaler” or “Vlad Dracula” was a Romanian monarch. He is best known for his reputation as a dictator and his gruesome torture methods and executions. calliope bolan is starting at tipton academy. she’s looking to leave her small town and move on from her mothers tragic death, but ends up finding answers that she didn’t even know she wanted.
A slave, ill-treated by his master, runs away to the forest. There he comes across a lion in pain because of a thorn in his paw. The slave bravely goes forward and removes the thorn gently. The night Leonid Minin, senior figure in the Ukrainian mafia, was arrested in a Milan hotel after a nervous call from a prostitute. When the police arrived they discovered not only cocaine, diamonds, money and passports for various countries but also the documents that exposed his arms trades with people including Charles Taylor, warlord president of Liberia and how Global Witness then went on to help in their arrests. I was intrigued for awhile but my interest started to wane and I was skimming just to find out what happened. One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” – Tony Robbins
The book opens with a foreword and then an introduction to how Global Witness came about. The first place the team travelled to was Cambodia to uncover how the Khmer Rouge were funding their activities by illegally downing and selling timber. When you think of illegal activities you think of diamond trades, etc – Which come later, but I personally hadn’t even thought of timber being sold illegally to fund criminal activities. From the start, Global Witness relied on essentially journalist tools – old-fashioned legwork, trawling of documents and scraping data – to produce reports calculated to feed media interest and political action. Its work, along with that of similar NGOs such as Transparency International and the Environmental Investigation Agency, has contributed to new laws in several western countries, tightening controls on looted resources and laundered wealth. An Old Man is happy today, he doesn’t complain about anything, smiles, and even his face is freshened up.”
Another strategy would have been to optimize the case-history approach for readability with more of a creative-nonfiction style, making the stories into real human dramas. What we’ve got now is a dry United Nations briefing paper with some irrelevant personal fluff thrown in to make it seem accessible. It ends up being neither here nor there. This book is about following the money, going undercover in the world’s most dangerous places, and bringing down the people behind the crimes.But one day, when he turned eighty years old, an incredible thing happened. Instantly everyone started hearingthe rumour: Finally, the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father the news and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out a nail every day he kept his temper under control. However, the two frogs decided to ignore what the others were saying and they proceeded to try and jump out of the pit. You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”– Zig Ziglar Now, almost 30 years later, they are still doing everything they can and go after the very bad people. Unfortunately this war is not over and most likely will never end. But because of people and establishments like Global Witness (and in their own words all that GW is is their people) life of criminals is being made harder. Much harder in fact.
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