Tobacco Wars: Inside the spy games and dirty tricks of

Tobacco Wars: Inside the spy games and dirty tricks of southern Africa’s cigarette trade

Warning. Smoking kills. It also corrupts law-enforcement officials and eviscerates state institutions. It devours politicians, professionals, businesspeople and ordinary workers in the chase for big bucks and the battle for a slice of an ever-shrinking cigarette market. Join one of South Africaâ€™s former tax sleuths Johann van Loggerenberg in a wild ride through the double-dealing world of tobaccoâ€™s colourful characters and ruthless corporates. Meet the femme fatales, mavericks, mercenaries and grandmasters, and learn how the crime-busting unit led by Van Loggerenberg at SARS and its â€˜Project Honey Badgerâ€™ became a victim of a war between industry players and a high-stakes political game driven by state capture. This is the tale of a few good men and women who dared to try to hold to account a billion-dollar international industry rife with private spy networks, tax evasion, collusion and corruption â€“ ultimately at great cost to themselves and South Africa.
Country USA
Manufacturer Tafelberg
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-07-28
Format Kindle eBook

Tobacco Wars: Inside the spy games and dirty tricks of southern Africa’s cigarette trade