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First things first misha glenny the author

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British educated at bristol university glenny first came to notice with his reporting of the balkan wars and break up of yugoslavia for the bbc and the guardian newspaper

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Since then he has written many books and articles specialising in worldwide organised crime cyber crime hacking and this new 2015 publication nemesis one man and the battle for rio misha glenny is informally consulted by the us department of state the british foreign office and the british army

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More formally he advises several southern european governments and is an associate professor at columbia universitys harriman institute

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These shanty towns are the most glaring and obvious sign of the great disparity of rich and poor in brazil the worlds 7th largest economy but with one of the worlds worst indices of poverty the wealth stays at the top and does not trickle down in spite of the achievements of the last 12 years or so of workers party pt national government in bringing over 20 million brazilian workers out of poverty

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The central character running through the book is one antonio francisco bonfim lopes aka nem

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Nems story is one of rags to riches

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It is said that the generals only gave up power to the civilians when there was nothing else left in the national treasury to rob