J C Sharman: 4 books
The Despot's Guide to Wealth Management
On the International Campaign against Grand Corruption
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
An unprecedented new international moral and legal rule forbids one state from hosting money stolen by the leaders of another state. The aim is to counter grand corruption or kleptocracy ("rule by thieves"), when leaders of poorer countries—such as Marcos in the Philippines, Mobutu in the Congo,...
International Order in Diversity
War, Trade and Rule in the Indian Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
International relations scholars typically expect political communities to resemble one another the more they are exposed to pressures of war, economic competition and the spread of hegemonic legitimacy standards. However, historically it is heterogeneity, not homogeneity, that has most often defined...
by Emile van der Does de Willebois, J.C. Sharman, Robert Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
Billions in corrupt assets, complex money trails, strings of shell companies and other spurious legal structures. These form the complex web of subterfuge in corruption cases, behind which hides the benefi cial owner—the puppet master and benefi ciary of it all. Linking the benefi cial owner to the...
Global Shell Games
Experiments in Transnational Relations, Crime, and Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Every year a staggering number of unidentified shell corporations succeed in hiding perpetrators of terrorist financing, corruption and illegal arms trades, but the degree to which firms flout global identification standards remains unknown. Adopting a unique, experimental methodology, Global Shell...