The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride Into the Secret Heart of BCCI

The 1991 collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was one of the biggest financial scandals of all time. Based upon an 18-month-long series of articles in Time magazine, this text describes the international corruption that allowed this criminal enterprise to flourish for two decades with effective immunity from the law. The investigation reveals how governments around the world utilized the bank’s services to finance terrorist organizations, hide drug money, and conduct illegal arms sales. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)