Hawala : Based on a True Story - Paperback

December 1989: The world watched and accepted a lie while one of the most highly trained political machines assassinated its dictator. Yet the assassins, the dictator's inner circle, rise from genocide promising to lead a torn nation to better times while creating diversion to hide their own crimes: selling arms, housing terrorists' training camps, laundering money, selling children and stealing the country's assets. Alec Popescu, defector from his birth country, returns in the post-Iron Curtain era bringing millions in investment for the new "Democratic" Romania. Yet, unknown to Popescu, his newfound stature and success threaten the power of the political elite. Blind-sided, he's caught in a treacherous web. Framed by the government, arrest warrants are issued, Interpol notified. Newspapers carry the headlines. Popescu's family members turn their backs and he finds himself a fugitive. Risking his life to clear his name, Alec uncovers bigger political crimes as he battles against the fierce KGB-educated Communists, Romania's Central Bank and the Italian mafia.