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Treasure islands is an investigation into the world that many of us have heard of but who few of us have had direct interaction. Nick shaxson is an investigative journalist and author of treasure islands. Oct 02, 2018 nicholas shaxson treasure islands part 01. Tax havens and the men who stole the world 2011 is a nonfiction book about the secretive role of offshore banks and tax havens in global economic affairs. Nicholas shaxson is the author of poisoned wells, the dirty politics of african oil, an associate fellow of the royal institute of international affairs chatham.
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