Tom Burgis

Tom Burgis

Tom Burgis is an award-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author known for his in-depth reporting on corruption and global finance. He has reported from over 40 countries and has worked for major publications, including the Financial Times and The Guardian. Burgis is the author of several influential books, including The Looting Machine (2015), which examines the exploitation of Africa’s resources, and Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World (2020), which explores the rise of kleptocracy and its impact on democracy.

In early 2024, he published his latest book, Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth. His investigative work has earned him numerous awards, including recognition from the Overseas Press Club of America. Burgis frequently appears on major media platforms and speaks on topics related to corruption and international affairs. He began his journalism career in South America in 2004 and has since become a prominent voice in uncovering financial malfeasance and advocating for transparency.

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  • The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
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    The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa’s Wealth

    The Looting Machine exposes a brutal paradox at the heart of Africa’s richest resource states: how nations teeming with oil, diamonds, and minerals can remain shackled by poverty, violence, and decay. With the urgency of investigative reportage and the gravity of a political thriller, the book maps a continent-wide system where global corporations, corrupt elites, and shadowy networks turn natural wealth into a curse. Can a land so rich be so poor by accident—or is the suffering by design? As veins of gold and crude are drained from beneath the soil, this powerful account compels readers to question who truly profits and who is left to bleed. It is a story of power without accountability and prosperity built on the silence of the exploited.

    • Originally Published: May 2015
    • Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2016
    • Genre: Economics, History
    • Pages: 368
    • Book Type: Hardcopy
    • ISBN: 978-1610397117
    • Access: Members