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Book Description: Seagull Books. Book Condition: New. pp. ix + 254 The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI; known to many of its employees as the Bank of Crooks and Cheats Incorporated) was a major international bank founded in 1972. At its peak, it operated in 78 countries, had over 400 branches and claimed assets of $25 billion. In 1991, the BCCI become the focus of the world's worst financial scandal-it had been involved in money laundering, bribery, support of terrorism, arms trafficking, the sale of nuclear technologies, the commission and facilitation of tax evasion, smuggling, illegal immigration and the illicit purchases of banks and real. Bookseller Inventory # 7573442

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Book Description: Seagull Books, Kolkata, India, 2008. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. 140 x 205 Mm. Printed Pages: 263. Bookseller Inventory # 021729

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Book Description: Seagull Books London Ltd, United Kingdom, 2008. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 207 x 147 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. During the late Seventies and Eighties a new logo began to jostle for space with the more traditional landmarks on high streets throughout Britain. It was the badge of a remarkable Third World Bank.the BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International). BCCI soon become a global corporate empire with former US Presidents, ex-British Prime Ministers and a range of dictators on its payroll, all helping with promoting the company.Tariq Ali was the first public voice to warn that the Bank was not all it seemed to be. Indeed, many of its own employees called BCCI the "Bank of Crooks and Cheats Incorporated." Some political analysts also predicted the companys collapse. The Bank finally imploded amidst a welter of scandal.This revealing screenplay presents an account of the rise and fall of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. Here, Ali reveals how BCCI lasted so long, how financial regulators failed to see what was going on and how BCCI pioneered a mode of operation that prepared the way for an even greater financial cataclysm, the fall of Enron. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9781905422654

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Book Description: Seagull Books, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 011968

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Book Description: Seagull Books, 2008. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. NA (illustrator). First edition. NA. During the late Seventies and Eighties a new logo began to jostle for space with the more traditional landmarks on high streets throughout Britain. It was the badge of a remarkable Third World Bank.the BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International). BCCI soon become a global corporate empire with former US Presidents, ex-British Prime Ministers and a range of dictators on its payroll, all helping with promoting the company. Tariq Ali was the first public voice to warn that the Bank was not all it seemed to be. Indeed, many of its own employees called BCCI the "Bank of Crooks and Cheats Incorporated". Some political analysts also predicted the company s collapse. The Bank finally imploded amidst a welter of scandal. This revealing screenplay presents an account of the rise and fall of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. Here, Ali reveals how BCCI lasted so long, how financial regulators failed to see what was going on and how BCCI pioneered a mode of operation that prepared the way for an even greater financial cataclysm, the fall of Enron. Printed Pages: 264. Bookseller Inventory # 3862

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Book Description: Seagull Books London Ltd. Hardback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, A Banker for All Seasons: Bank of Crooks and Cheats Inc., Tariq Ali. Bookseller Inventory # B9781905422654

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Book Description: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New book. Shipped from UK. Bookseller Inventory # WG-9781905422654

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Book Description: SEA BOATING, 2008. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New book. Shipped from US. Bookseller Inventory # IB-9781905422654

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Book Description: Seagull Books London Ltd, Oxford, 2007. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # 3926147

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Book Description: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New book. Shipped from UK. Bookseller Inventory # WG-9781905422654

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