New Zealand and other liberal democracies need to band together against the rise of modern kleptocracy, a top American journalist and historian says.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum told Guyon Espiner on 30 with Guyon Espiner how today's dictators aren't just seizing power, they're stealing unimaginable wealth and hiding it in Western banks.
Kelptocracy - meaning to "rule by thieves" - is a form of political corruption where leaders make themselves rich and powerful by stealing from the people they rule.
Applebaum discusses a rise in modern kleptocracy, where the
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