THE
LAUNDROMAT
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS SECRECY WORLD

WITH A NEW AFTERWORD

JAKE BERNSTEIN
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
They just keep coming

新版收錄全新作者自跋

普立茲獎得主調查記者傑克・伯恩斯汀，深入探究全球金融表面之下那套隱而不見的「循環系統」——一條資金暗流，輸送來自毒品交易、逃漏稅、賄賂以及其他非法活動中數以兆計的黑錢，同時掩蓋受益者的身份。

伯恩斯汀依據巴拿馬法律事務所莫薩克・馮賽卡，所洩漏的數百萬份文件，亦即所謂「巴拿馬文件」，並結合他在加勒比海地區、拉丁美洲與歐洲的第一手採訪，揭發空殼公司的運作方式，如何讓超級富豪和名人逃稅，以及如何掩護大規模非法活動，同時記載莫薩克・馮賽卡如何被揭發始末，以及牽涉其中的公司、銀行、律師事務所、個人和政府，未來將面臨什麼樣的局面。

伯恩斯坦呈現世人一個令人不安且發人深省的視角，揭露這個世界實際運作的方式，並對相關的金融與法律體系提出關鍵質疑。在新版後記中，他更指出，揭露這些黑暗運作至今仍是一項高風險的工作——有時，甚至會付出生命的代價。

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING investigative reporter Jake Bernstein explores the hidden circulatory system that flows beneath the surface of global finance, carrying trillions of dollars from drug trafficking, tax evasion, bribery, and other illegal enterprises, while masking the identities of the individuals who benefit from these activities.

Drawing on millions of leaked documents from the files of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca—a trove now known as the Panama Papers—as well as first-hand reporting from the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe, Bernstein shows how shell companies operate, how they allow the uberwealthy and celebrities to escape taxes, and how they provide cover for illicit activities on a massive scale. He also recounts how Mossack Fonseca was finally exposed and what lies ahead for the corporations, banks, law firms, individuals, and governments that are implicated.

Bernstein presents a disturbing and sobering view of how this world really works and raises crucial questions about the financial and legal institutions implicated in it. And in a new afterwords, he shows how exposing these practices remains a dangerous business─and sometimes a deadly one.

■傑克．伯恩斯汀／Jake Bernstein
Jake Bernstein was a senior reporter on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists team that broke the Panama Papers story. In 2017, the project won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. Bernstein earned his first Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for National Reporting, for coverage of the financial crisis. He has written for The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Guardian, ProPublica, and Vice, and has appeared on the BBC, NBC, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He was the editor of The Texas Observer and is the coauthor of Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency.