GOLD LAUNDERING: THE DIRTY SECRETS OF THE GOLD TRADE – AND HOW TO CLEAN UP by Mark Pieth (Elster & Salis Ag, 2019, 299 pp.)

The book gives a critical look at international efforts to regulate the gold supply chain, including soft law and self-regulation.  The book shows the international community has not yet achieved credible protection of essential human rights.  The author is a well-known professor at the University of Basel who has spent the last 25 years working in the field of international regulation to combat corruption, money laundering, and organized crime.