Books like Killer in the Kremlin by John Sweeney

A biography of Oleg Gordievsky, the Soviet double‑agent who, while working undercover in the KGB, supplied MI6 with critical intelligence that accelerated the collapse of the Cold War.

Bill Browder, a hedge fund magnate, exposes corruption and foreign investment abuses in post‑Soviet Russia, leading to the death of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and sparking a global campaign for justice.

Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency employee, released a trove of classified documents exposing global mass surveillance, sparking a worldwide debate on privacy and security.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by dreams of newly opened markets. But no one could have foreseen that the greatest success story to arise from these events would be the worldwide rise of organized crime. Today, it is estimated that illegal trade accounts for one-fifth of the global GDP.In this fearless and wholly authoritative investigation of the seemingly insatiable demand for illegal wares, veteran reporter Misha Glenny travels across five continents to speak with participants from every level of the global underworld--police, victims, politicians, and even the criminals themselves. What follows is a groundbreaking, propulsive look at an unprecedented phenomenon from a savvy, street-wise guide.From the Trade Paperback edition.