Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats Are Hijacking the Global Economy

Written by Moises Naim

Narrated by Paul Heitsch

A groundbreaking investigation of how illicit commerce is changing the world by transforming economies, reshaping politics, and capturing governments.

In this fascinating and comprehensive examination of the underside of globalization, Moises Naim illuminates the struggle between traffickers and the hamstrung bureaucracies trying to control them. From illegal migrants to drugs to weapons to laundered money to counterfeit goods, the black market produces enormous profits that are reinvested to create new businesses, enable terrorists, and even to take over governments. Naim reveals the inner workings of these amazingly efficient international organizations and shows why it is so hard-and so necessary to contain them. Riveting and deeply informed, Illicit will change how you see the world around you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Sep 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9781666146004

Moises Naim

Moisés Naím is a Venezuelan author and prize-winning journalist whose writing on international affairs is read worldwide, appearing in such publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, El País, and many others. He is the author of twelve nonfiction books, including Illicit and the New York Times bestseller The End of Power. A former contributing editor to The Atlantic, Naím was also the editor in chief of Foreign Policy magazine for fourteen years. Two Spies in Caracas, his first work of fiction, is based on his experience as a former member of Venezuela’s economic cabinet. He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. For more information visit www.moisesnaim.com.