However, Burgis and HarperCollins’ lawyers argue that, while Kleptopia ‘clearly portrays the three deaths as suspicious’, the book ‘nowhere makes an allegation of murder by anyone connected with ENRC business’. According to the German-Jewish lawyer who was the author of the theory in the 1930s, “Nazi Germany was not a straightforward totalitarian system. It retained some vestiges of the rule of law, chiefly in matters of business, so that the capitalist economy had the basic rules it needed to keep going. But the prerogative state – Hitler’s political machinery – enjoyed … ‘jurisdiction over jurisdiction.” Trump helped to construct a new 'global alliance of kleptocrats'. Their whole goal is the privatization of power If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month. She added in written submissions: ‘The many very serious allegations contained in the book which refer to the claimant or its owners, shareholders or officers are highly disputed.’ You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.

The Guardian's review voiced some criticism over the various plots and storylines followed in the book: "This is a ghastly and very important story. But the secret to great storytelling is knowing what to leave out. If Burgis had found a more focused way to tell this one, he would have written a much more powerful book." [7] Legal action against publishers [ edit ] ENRC is also suing Kleptopia’s publisher HarperCollins, alleging that certain chapters of the the book – which is said to mention ENRC more than 250 times – mean there are at least ‘strong grounds to suspect’ it had two former employees and a geologist killed. Kazakh-based mining giant Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has denied ‘very serious’ allegations made in a book about so-called ‘dirty money’, which the company says means that it had three people murdered ‘to protect its business interests’.

In our new world of alternate facts, corruption is “no longer a sign of a failing state, but of a state succeeding in its new purpose”. The new kleptocrats have subverted their nations’ institutions, “to seize for themselves that which rightfully belonged to the commonwealth”.

Temelkuran, Ece (14 November 2020). "Kleptopia — dirty money's tangled web of deceit". Financial Times . Retrieved 29 November 2020.The former FTSE 100 company – which has brought separate legal action against the Serious Fraud Office for alleged misfeasance in public office over its ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption and bribery – is suing Financial Times journalist Tom Burgis for libel at the High Court over his 2020 book Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World. With his election as president, as Burgis puts it, Trump helped to construct a new “global alliance of kleptocrats”. Their whole goal is the privatization of power, and they control “the three great poles” – the US, China and Russia. Author Tom Burgis and publisher HarperCollins are going to the High Court on 2 nd March to take on K azakh-based mining giant Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) over allegations made in the 2020 book Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World (William Collins) . Tom Burgis, a reporter for the Financial Times, is certainly an impressive investigator. He works hard to explain how myriad financial institutions, from the Bank of New York to Merrill Lynch and HSBC, have tried to deceive regulators and wash the ill-gotten gains of countless dictators. Tom on the Spectator Book Club podcast talking about dirty money, the war in Ukraine and an attempt to suppress Kleptopia