False Profits

False Profits
Author: Peter Truell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 556
Release: 1992
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780395623398

Its nickname was the Bank of Crooks and Criminals, but BCCI was much more than just a dirty bank. Started by a shadowy group of Pakistani financiers and Arab sheiks, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International quickly became a global criminal organization. Now two award-winning journalists who have tracked BCCI for a decade reveal how these wolves escaped prosecution for so long and detail the roles of Jimmy Carter, William Casey, and members of the Bush administration and family. 8 pages of photos.

The Outlaw Bank

The Outlaw Bank
Author: Jonathan Beaty
Publisher: Beard Books
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781587981463

From the two Time correspondents who cracked the story, the definitive book on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International: an explosive, fast-paced expose of one of the largest criminal conspiracies in history. Beaty and Gwynne's riveting first-person account not only puts all the pieces together for the first time, but brings to life the cloak-and-dagger intrigue that surrounded their investigation. 16 pages of photos.

Double Standards

Double Standards
Author: M.B. Malik
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2016-03-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785891545

In recent years, we have seen massive fines and penalties dished out to almost every major bank in the world for breaking the law. Yet these banks are considered ‘too big to indict’ in today’s world, due to the threat of destabilizing the financial system... Double Standards travels 25 years back to explore the story of a bank, with roots in the Middle East, that rose to prominence and became the fastest-growing bank in the world. It was called the Bank of Credit & Commerce International, known as BCCI, and became the 4th largest bank in the world by 1991. It became the bridge between the Third World and the West and at its height was bailing out governments in developing countries, like the IMF or World Bank. It was also a favourite port of call for some more notorious clientele, like the CIA, who used the bank to facilitate its covert operations overseas. The Bank of England and US authorities shut the BCCI down amidst allegations of fraud in July 1991, making over 14,000 employees redundant and leaving over 1 million customers out of pocket. Double Standards revisits the actions taken by the Bank of England and the regulatory authorities with regards to BCCI and carries out an academic analysis to compare its treatment with the major banking scandals following the global financial meltdown in 2008. The malpractice that BCCI was accused of was on par with a parking violation compared to the actions of the bigger banks of today, yet the fines and penalties to these banks are not as severe as the punishment meted out to BCCI. Why was the bank shut and, more importantly, who benefitted from its closure? This informative analysis of BCCI’s rise and fall will appeal to those with an interest in finance and banking law.

The BCCI Affair

The BCCI Affair
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 824
Release: 1992
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The BCCI Affair

The BCCI Affair
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 678
Release: 1993
Genre: Banks and banking, Foreign
ISBN:

The BCCI Affair

The BCCI Affair
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 684
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Transnational Financial Crime

Transnational Financial Crime
Author: Nikos Passas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351538519

Financial crime affects virtually all areas of public policy and is increasingly transnational. The essays in this volume address both the theoretical and policy issues arising from financial crime and feature a wide variety of case studies, and cover topics such as state revenue collection, criminal enterprises, money laundering, the use of new technologies and methods in financial crime, corruption, terrorism, proliferation of WMD, sanctions, third-world debt, procurement, telecommunications, cyberspace, the defense industry and intellectual property. Taken together, these essays form a must-read collection for scholars and students in law, finance and criminology.

Unholy Wars

Unholy Wars
Author: John K. Cooley
Publisher: Pluto Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2002-06-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780745319179

A classic book on the history of the USA's involvement with Afghanistan

Full Service Bank

Full Service Bank
Author: James Adams
Publisher: Pocket Books
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1993-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Recounts the biggest bank fraud in history, detailing BCCI's rise and fall, as well as the personalities involved.