{"product_id":"crime-gov-operation-car-wash-and-the-inside-story-of-the-biggest-corruption-scandal-in-history-9781350265615","title":"Crime.Gov: Operation Car Wash and the Inside Story of the Biggest Corruption Scandal in History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jorge Pontes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Corruption \u0026amp; Misconduct\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book to Read in 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOperation Car Wash\u003c\/i\u003e is the inside story of two Brazilian Federal Police officers who found themselves at the centre of the biggest corruption scandal in history; uncovering a web of political and corporate racketeering which would lead them all the way to the arrest and imprisonment of the nation's President. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough engrossing first-hand testimony, Pontes and Anselmo recount the uphill battle faced by the Federal Police in apprehending Brazil's white-collar criminals, in a country where the war on drugs has become a convenient distraction for the politicians and businessmen extracting billions of dollars from the public purse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA historical record that reads like a political police thriller, \u003ci\u003eOperation Car Wash\u003c\/i\u003e is also a warning to the world: demonstrating how easily institutionalized crime can take root in a nation, and how difficult it can be to eradicate.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45035007344791,"sku":"9781350265615","price":910.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350265615.webp?v=1769211310","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/crime-gov-operation-car-wash-and-the-inside-story-of-the-biggest-corruption-scandal-in-history-9781350265615","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}