Opus av Gareth Gore

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A thrilling expos¿ecounting how members of Opus Dei ¿ a secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect ¿ pushed its radical agenda within the Church and around the globe, using billions of dollars siphoned from one of the world¿s largest banks. For over half a century, Banco Popular was one of the most profitable banks in the world ¿ until one day in 2017, when the Spanish bank suddenly collapsed overnight. When investigative journalist Gareth Gore was dispatched to report on the story, he expected to find yet another case of unbridled capitalist ambition gone wrong. Instead, he uncovered decades of deception that hid one of the most brazen cases of corporate pillaging in history, perpetrated by a group of men sworn to celibacy and self-flagellation who had secretly controlled Popular and abused their positions there to help spread Opus Dei to every corner of the world. Drawing on unparalleled access to bank records, insider accounts, and exclusive interviews with whistleblowers from with