🚫 Sanctions Evasion

Investigations into how nations, corporations, and individuals find ways around economic sanctions, revealing the cat-and-mouse game between enforcement and evasion on the global stage.

The World for Sale

by Javier Blas • 2021

A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.

4.32

13k+

🧱 Commodity Trading 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🚫 Sanctions Busting 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💰 Oligarchic Capitalism

The World for Sale 89%

A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.

by Javier Blas 2021

4.32

13k+ ratings

🧱 Commodity Trading 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🚫 Sanctions Busting 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💰 Oligarchic Capitalism

The Lazarus Heist

by Geoff White • 2022

North Korea's hackers targeted one bank for nearly a billion. That was just the trial run.

4.14

2k+

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 💰 Financial Cybercrime 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 🇰🇵 North Korean Regime 💸 Money Laundering

The Lazarus Heist 89%

North Korea's hackers targeted one bank for nearly a billion. That was just the trial run.

by Geoff White 2022

4.14

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Cyber Warfare 💰 Financial Cybercrime 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 🇰🇵 North Korean Regime 💸 Money Laundering

Kleptopia

by Tom Burgis • 2020

Soviet collapse privatized a theft machine stretching from Kazakh mines to the White House.

3.80

4k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏝️ Offshore Finance 🪆 Post-Soviet Oligarchs 💎 Resource Curse 🎭 Disinformation

Kleptopia 88%

Soviet collapse privatized a theft machine stretching from Kazakh mines to the White House.

by Tom Burgis 2020

3.80

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏝️ Offshore Finance 🪆 Post-Soviet Oligarchs 💎 Resource Curse 🎭 Disinformation

Moneyland

by Oliver Bullough • 2018

Stolen wealth has a home: a borderless financial nation built by Western lawyers and accountants.

4.18

7k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🔒 Financial Secrecy 💰 Kleptocracy 🧺 Money Laundering 🌐 Global Corruption

Moneyland 88%

Stolen wealth has a home: a borderless financial nation built by Western lawyers and accountants.

by Oliver Bullough 2018

4.18

7k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🔒 Financial Secrecy 💰 Kleptocracy 🧺 Money Laundering 🌐 Global Corruption

The Panama Papers

by Frederik Obermaier • 2016

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

4.08

5k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

The Panama Papers 88%

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

by Frederik Obermaier 2016

4.08

5k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

Butler to the World

by Oliver Bullough • 2022

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

3.98

3k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

Butler to the World 88%

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

by Oliver Bullough 2022

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

Treasure Islands

by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

4.18

2k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance ⚖️ Global Inequality 🏢 Corporate Crime 🏦 Financial Regulation 📜 Economic History

Treasure Islands 88%

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

by Nicholas Shaxson 2011

4.18

2k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance ⚖️ Global Inequality 🏢 Corporate Crime 🏦 Financial Regulation 📜 Economic History

House of Trump, House of Putin

by Craig Unger • 2018

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

4.02

2k+

🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy 🗳️ Election Interference 🕵️ Soviet Intelligence

House of Trump, House of Putin 88%

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

by Craig Unger 2018

4.02

2k+ ratings

🕴️ Russian Mafia 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Kleptocracy 🗳️ Election Interference 🕵️ Soviet Intelligence

The Key Man

by Simon Clark • 2021

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

4.18

3k+

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Key Man 87%

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

by Simon Clark 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Hidden Wealth of Nations

by Gabriel Zucman • 2015

Eight percent of global wealth hides in tax havens; the fix is known and unused.

3.95

1k+

🏝️ Tax Havens 💰 Wealth Inequality 🕵️ Tax Evasion 🔒 Financial Secrecy 🌐 Global Finance

The Hidden Wealth of Nations 87%

Eight percent of global wealth hides in tax havens; the fix is known and unused.

by Gabriel Zucman 2015

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Tax Havens 💰 Wealth Inequality 🕵️ Tax Evasion 🔒 Financial Secrecy 🌐 Global Finance

Number Go Up

by Zeke Faux • 2023

A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.

4.24

9k+

🕵️ Crypto ExposéS 💸 Financial Bubbles 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕴️ Unregulated Finance 👔 White Collar Crime

Number Go Up 87%

A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.

by Zeke Faux 2023

4.24

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Crypto ExposéS 💸 Financial Bubbles 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕴️ Unregulated Finance 👔 White Collar Crime

Red Notice

by Bill Browder • 2015

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

4.44

110k+

🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers 🗳️ Activist Memoirs 🦔 Hedge Fund Memoir

Red Notice 87%

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

by Bill Browder 2015

4.44

110k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers 🗳️ Activist Memoirs 🦔 Hedge Fund Memoir

Very Bad People

by Patrick Alley • 2022

How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.

4.05

799

🛡️ Anti-Corruption 💎 Conflict Resources 📰 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 💰 Money Laundering

Very Bad People 87%

How three friends followed war-zone timber to European ports and brought down a dictator.

by Patrick Alley 2022

4.05

799 ratings

🛡️ Anti-Corruption 💎 Conflict Resources 📰 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 💰 Money Laundering

Blowout

by Rachel Maddow • 2019

Fracking, oligarchs, and a 50-kiloton bomb in Colorado: how the oil industry broke global democracy.

4.34

16k+

🛢️ Oil And Gas Industry 🌏 Energy Geopolitics 💎 Resource Curse 🇷🇺 Russian Oligarchs 🏛️ Political Corruption

Blowout 87%

Fracking, oligarchs, and a 50-kiloton bomb in Colorado: how the oil industry broke global democracy.

by Rachel Maddow 2019

4.34

16k+ ratings

🛢️ Oil And Gas Industry 🌏 Energy Geopolitics 💎 Resource Curse 🇷🇺 Russian Oligarchs 🏛️ Political Corruption

Wilful Blindness

by Sam Cooper • 2021

How narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents turned a Canadian casino into a global money-laundering machine.

4.15

552

🕵️ Transnational Crime 💰 Money Laundering 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 💊 Fentanyl Crisis 🐉 Foreign Influence

Wilful Blindness 87%

How narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents turned a Canadian casino into a global money-laundering machine.

by Sam Cooper 2021

4.15

552 ratings

🕵️ Transnational Crime 💰 Money Laundering 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 💊 Fentanyl Crisis 🐉 Foreign Influence

Target Tehran

by Yonah Jeremy Bob • 2023

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

4.07

450

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations 💻 Cyber Warfare 🌍 Middle East Politics

Target Tehran 87%

Inside the Mossad heist that stole Iran's nuclear archive and exposed its secret weapons program.

by Yonah Jeremy Bob 2023

4.07

450 ratings

🕵️ Israeli Intelligence ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation ⚔️ Covert Operations 💻 Cyber Warfare 🌍 Middle East Politics

Freezing Order

by Bill Browder • 2022

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

4.34

27k+

🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting 🩸 Political Killings 🕵️ Kremlin Intrigue

Freezing Order 87%

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

by Bill Browder 2022

4.34

27k+ ratings

🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting 🩸 Political Killings 🕵️ Kremlin Intrigue

Tower of Basel

by Adam LeBor • 2013

The untouchable bank that laundered Nazi gold, escaped its execution, and then designed the Euro.

3.83

697

🏦 Central Banking 🌐 International Finance 📜 Monetary History 💣 Wartime Finance 🇪🇺 European Integration

Tower of Basel 87%

The untouchable bank that laundered Nazi gold, escaped its execution, and then designed the Euro.

by Adam LeBor 2013

3.83

697 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 🌐 International Finance 📜 Monetary History 💣 Wartime Finance 🇪🇺 European Integration

Smuggler Nation

by Peter Andreas • 2013

Molasses, slaves, blueprints, cocaine: America's defining chapters all ran on smuggling.

3.96

214

🚢 Illicit Trade 💰 Economic History 📖 Revisionist History 🏛️ State Building 🚫 Prohibition Policy

Smuggler Nation 87%

Molasses, slaves, blueprints, cocaine: America's defining chapters all ran on smuggling.

by Peter Andreas 2013

3.96

214 ratings

🚢 Illicit Trade 💰 Economic History 📖 Revisionist History 🏛️ State Building 🚫 Prohibition Policy

Chokepoints

by Edward Fishman • 2025

America now wages economic war through dollar clearing and chip supply, not troops.

4.35

3k+

⚔️ Economic Warfare 🌐 International Finance 💵 Dollar Dominance 💻 Tech Decoupling ⛽ Energy Politics

Chokepoints 87%

America now wages economic war through dollar clearing and chip supply, not troops.

by Edward Fishman 2025

4.35

3k+ ratings

⚔️ Economic Warfare 🌐 International Finance 💵 Dollar Dominance 💻 Tech Decoupling ⛽ Energy Politics

Autocracy, Inc.

by Anne Applebaum • 2024

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

4.16

19k+

🌐 Global Autocracy 💰 Kleptocracy 🚫 Authoritarianism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📡 Information Warfare

Autocracy, Inc. 87%

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

by Anne Applebaum 2024

4.16

19k+ ratings

🌐 Global Autocracy 💰 Kleptocracy 🚫 Authoritarianism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📡 Information Warfare

Private Empire

by Steve Coll • 2012

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

4.00

4k+

🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

Private Empire 87%

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

by Steve Coll 2012

4.00

4k+ ratings

🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

Iran's Grand Strategy

by Vali Nasr • 2025

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

4.21

563

🏛️ Iranian Foreign Policy 🗺️ Middle East Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎯 Proxy Warfare ✊ Anti-Imperialism

Iran's Grand Strategy 87%

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

by Vali Nasr 2025

4.21

563 ratings

🏛️ Iranian Foreign Policy 🗺️ Middle East Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎯 Proxy Warfare ✊ Anti-Imperialism

Money Men

by Dan McCrum • 2022

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

4.03

3k+

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Money Men 87%

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

by Dan McCrum 2022

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Proof of Conspiracy

by Seth Abramson • 2019

While America voted, Trump's circle negotiated a new Middle East with Saudi Arabia and Russia.

4.28

469

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🗳️ Election Interference 🌍 Middle East Geopolitics 🤝 Covert Diplomacy 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Proof of Conspiracy 86%

While America voted, Trump's circle negotiated a new Middle East with Saudi Arabia and Russia.

by Seth Abramson 2019

4.28

469 ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🗳️ Election Interference 🌍 Middle East Geopolitics 🤝 Covert Diplomacy 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Easy Money

by Ben McKenzie • 2023

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

3.95

4k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔺 Ponzi Schemes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 👔 White Collar Crime

Easy Money 86%

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

by Ben McKenzie 2023

3.95

4k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔺 Ponzi Schemes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 👔 White Collar Crime

The Pirates of Somalia

by Jay Bahadur • 2011

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

3.56

1k+

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing 🔍 Investigative Reporting 💊 Drug Economies

The Pirates of Somalia 86%

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

by Jay Bahadur 2011

3.56

1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing 🔍 Investigative Reporting 💊 Drug Economies

Underground Empire

by Henry Farrell • 2023

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

4.02

1k+

🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

Underground Empire 86%

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

by Henry Farrell 2023

4.02

1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

The Red Web

by Andrei Soldatov • 2015

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

3.95

700

🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin's Russia 👁️ Surveillance State 🌐 Internet Governance ⚔️ Information Warfare

The Red Web 86%

The Soviet Union fell but its surveillance state survived, rewired for the internet age.

by Andrei Soldatov 2015

3.95

700 ratings

🏛️ Digital Authoritarianism 🇷🇺 Putin's Russia 👁️ Surveillance State 🌐 Internet Governance ⚔️ Information Warfare

The Road to Ruin

by James Rickards • 2016

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

4.05

1k+

🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Road to Ruin 86%

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

by James Rickards 2016

4.05

1k+ ratings

🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Looting Machine

by Tom Burgis • 2015

Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.

4.04

3k+

⛓️ Resource Curse 🌍 African Politics ⛏️ Extractive Industries 🏛️ Crony Capitalism 💸 Illicit Finance

The Looting Machine 86%

Your phone links you to a hidden network that turns Africa's oil and minerals into poverty.

by Tom Burgis 2015

4.04

3k+ ratings

⛓️ Resource Curse 🌍 African Politics ⛏️ Extractive Industries 🏛️ Crony Capitalism 💸 Illicit Finance

Battlefield Cyber

by William J. Holstein • 2023

America is being hollowed out in a cyber war that stops just short of bombs.

4.01

🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🇺🇸 National Security 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 🕵️ Cyber Espionage 🗣️ Disinformation

Battlefield Cyber 86%

America is being hollowed out in a cyber war that stops just short of bombs.

by William J. Holstein 2023

4.01

94 ratings

🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🇺🇸 National Security 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 🕵️ Cyber Espionage 🗣️ Disinformation

Black Edge

by Sheelah Kolhatkar • 2017

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

4.20

17k+

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Black Edge 86%

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

by Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017

4.20

17k+ ratings

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Death by China

by Peter Navarro • 2011

America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.

3.50

531

🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism 💱 Currency Manipulation ⚔️ Trade War Literature 💻 Cyber Warfare

Death by China 86%

America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.

by Peter Navarro 2011

3.50

531 ratings

🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism 💱 Currency Manipulation ⚔️ Trade War Literature 💻 Cyber Warfare

Treacherous Alliance

by Trita Parsi • 2007

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

4.12

555

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism ♟️ Cold War Proxy Wars 📜 Historical Revisionism

Treacherous Alliance 86%

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

by Trita Parsi 2007

4.12

555 ratings

🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism ♟️ Cold War Proxy Wars 📜 Historical Revisionism

Our Dollar, Your Problem

by Kenneth Rogoff • 2025

China won't dethrone the dollar. But America's debt spiral and eroding Fed independence just might.

4.16

1k+

💱 International Finance 📜 Monetary History 👑 Currency Hegemony 💥 Currency Crises 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry

Our Dollar, Your Problem 86%

China won't dethrone the dollar. But America's debt spiral and eroding Fed independence just might.

by Kenneth Rogoff 2025

4.16

1k+ ratings

💱 International Finance 📜 Monetary History 👑 Currency Hegemony 💥 Currency Crises 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry

The Great Indian Fraud

by Smarak Swain • 2020

Financial innovation outruns regulation by years. In that gap, India's biggest frauds are built.

4.21

🕵️ Financial Fraud 🏢 Corporate Crime 💰 Money Laundering 📈 Securities Fraud 🇮🇳 Indian Economy

The Great Indian Fraud 86%

Financial innovation outruns regulation by years. In that gap, India's biggest frauds are built.

by Smarak Swain 2020

4.21

77 ratings

🕵️ Financial Fraud 🏢 Corporate Crime 💰 Money Laundering 📈 Securities Fraud 🇮🇳 Indian Economy

Sandworm

by Andy Greenberg • 2019

First hacker-caused blackouts, then a $10 billion attack. Both traced to a single Russian unit.

4.34

10k+

💻 Cyberwar 🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking 🏭 Critical Infrastructure 🇺🇦 Ukraine Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Sandworm 86%

First hacker-caused blackouts, then a $10 billion attack. Both traced to a single Russian unit.

by Andy Greenberg 2019

4.34

10k+ ratings

💻 Cyberwar 🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking 🏭 Critical Infrastructure 🇺🇦 Ukraine Conflict 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Perfectly Legal

by David Cay Johnston • 2003

America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.

4.12

796

🏛️ Political Economy 🔎 Investigative Journalism 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🕳️ Tax Loopholes

Perfectly Legal 86%

America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.

by David Cay Johnston 2003

4.12

796 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🔎 Investigative Journalism 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🕳️ Tax Loopholes

Dragnet Nation

by Julia Angwin • 2014

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

3.68

659

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

Dragnet Nation 86%

A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.

by Julia Angwin 2014

3.68

659 ratings

🛡️ Digital Surveillance 🔒 Data Privacy 👁️ Mass Surveillance 📰 Investigative Journalism 🛠️ Digital Self-Defense

Dark Wire

by Joseph Cox • 2024

The FBI secretly ran the encrypted phone company that criminals trusted, and read every message.

3.98

3k+

🕵️ Organized Crime 🔐 Encryption 🎣 Sting Operations 🔍 Fbi Investigations 💻 Criminal Technology

Dark Wire 86%

The FBI secretly ran the encrypted phone company that criminals trusted, and read every message.

by Joseph Cox 2024

3.98

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Organized Crime 🔐 Encryption 🎣 Sting Operations 🔍 Fbi Investigations 💻 Criminal Technology

Flash Boys

by Michael Lewis • 2014

Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.

4.14

91k+

📡 High-Frequency Trading 🏦 Wall Street Exposé 💻 Electronic Markets 🎭 Market Manipulation ⚖️ Financial Regulation

Flash Boys 86%

Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.

by Michael Lewis 2014

4.14

91k+ ratings

📡 High-Frequency Trading 🏦 Wall Street Exposé 💻 Electronic Markets 🎭 Market Manipulation ⚖️ Financial Regulation

Kushner, Inc.

by Vicky Ward • 2019

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

3.53

2k+

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

Kushner, Inc. 86%

A $1.8 billion building, a marriage of dynasties, and the White House roles that followed.

by Vicky Ward 2019

3.53

2k+ ratings

🏰 Family Dynasties 💸 Financial Scandals ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 👨‍👦 Nepotism 🕵️ White Collar Crime

House of Bush, House of Saud

by Craig Unger • 2004

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

3.91

2k+

🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

House of Bush, House of Saud 86%

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

by Craig Unger 2004

3.91

2k+ ratings

🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

The New Rulers of the World

by John Pilger • 2002

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

4.14

1k+

🏴 Anti-Imperialism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📰 Media Criticism 📡 Propaganda Studies 🌐 Globalization Critique

The New Rulers of the World 86%

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

by John Pilger 2002

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏴 Anti-Imperialism 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📰 Media Criticism 📡 Propaganda Studies 🌐 Globalization Critique

Winter Is Coming

by Garry Kasparov • 2015

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

4.04

4k+

🪆 Russian Politics 🗺️ Post-Soviet Studies 🤦 Foreign Policy Failures ⛽ Energy Geopolitics ✍️ Dissident Literature

Winter Is Coming 86%

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

by Garry Kasparov 2015

4.04

4k+ ratings

🪆 Russian Politics 🗺️ Post-Soviet Studies 🤦 Foreign Policy Failures ⛽ Energy Geopolitics ✍️ Dissident Literature

The Missing Cryptoqueen

by Jamie Bartlett • 2022

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

4.20

2k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Missing Cryptoqueen 86%

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

by Jamie Bartlett 2022

4.20

2k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Narconomics

by Tom Wainwright • 2016

Drug cartels are franchise corporations. Beating them means reading their balance sheet.

4.14

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🔫 Organized Crime 🌚 Illicit Markets 📊 Cartel Economics 💊 Drug War Critique 🧮 Rational Choice Theory

Narconomics 86%

Drug cartels are franchise corporations. Beating them means reading their balance sheet.

by Tom Wainwright 2016

4.14

12k+ ratings

🔫 Organized Crime 🌚 Illicit Markets 📊 Cartel Economics 💊 Drug War Critique 🧮 Rational Choice Theory

Russian Roulette

by Michael Isikoff • 2018

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

4.20

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🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin's Russia 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 💻 Cyber Warfare

Russian Roulette 86%

Putin ordered it, WikiLeaks delivered it, and Trump's team kept taking the meetings.

by Michael Isikoff 2018

4.20

7k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Election Interference 🕵️ Russian Intelligence 🐻 Putin's Russia 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 💻 Cyber Warfare

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer • 2006

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

4.12

4k+

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict 📺 Media Influence 🎓 Realism

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 86%

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

by John J. Mearsheimer 2006

4.12

4k+ ratings

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict 📺 Media Influence 🎓 Realism

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