This book is about an extremely powerful weapon that big financial capital uses in the battle for political power around the world. The book tells about the emergence and spread of offshore zones, which have become both the support and the ulcer of modern capitalism. Offshore companies allow the rich to evade taxes, undermine the legal and financial order, exacerbate inequality and worsen the lag of poor countries. Who is behind this network that has entangled the whole world? How do offshore zones work and why is it unprofitable and dangerous to fight them? How is the next global crisis brewing in these pockets of financial instability? The author of the book answers these questions and explains how to neutralize the threat posed by offshore companies.