Loretta Napoleoni opens wide to the reader a pathway of understanding that remained hermetically sealed, despite the many studies on international organized crime and terrorism, both published and unpublished.

Her book reveals a global economic system with a turnover of 1.5 trillion dollars, which is swelling daily and fueling the armed organizations of the world. The trade in drugs, oil, weapons, precious stones, and people, as well as donations of large sums of money that serious banks and other financial organizations often believe are funneled into institutions with exclusively charitable purposes, constitute the links of this system.

Without bias or hostility, she leads us away from the many intense current disputes around religion and politics, which she believes create a dense fog that conceals the real mechanisms of global violence and terrorism.

She focuses our attention on what is really happening today: the conflict between two economic systems, the dominant Western capitalism and the emerging new economy of terror. Her narrative is masterful, drawing our interest with the power of a shocking thriller.

For Napoleoni's book, Noam Chomsky wrote: "This thorough and perceptive investigation sheds light on some of the most significant issues of today and tomorrow."

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]