Author Biography: Lucy Komisar is an investigative journalist who writes about the secret underbelly of the global financial system — offshore banking and corporate secrecy — and its links to corporate crime; tax evasion by the corporations and the very rich; empowerment of dictators and oligarchs; bribery and corruption; drug and arms trafficking; and terrorism. She was the winner in 2010 of the Gerald Loeb, National Press Club, Sigma Delta Chi, and National Headliner awards in the United States for her exposé of Ponzi-schemer Allen Stanford, which was printed by the Miami Herald. The Loeb award is America’s the United States’ most prestigious prize for financial journalism. @lucykomisar
