Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder

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2. BTW: Browder lobbied Congress to

I failed to mention that Red Notice centers on The Magnitsky affair. After Browder's lawyer was tortured and died in a Russian prison, Browder lobbied Congress to get the Magnitsky Act passed. This law freezes assets held in the US that were obtained through corrupt business practices. IE: The Money Russians fraudulently stole from their country and are attempting to launder in the US.

BBC Q&A: The Magnitsky affair:
The Magnitsky affair has soured relations between Moscow and Washington, casting a spotlight on corruption in Russia.
It led to US sanctions on a group of Russian officials, retaliation by Russia and the bizarre spectacle of a dead man being put on trial.
That man, the late lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, was found guilty of tax fraud by a Moscow court on 11 July 2013, as was his former boss, US-born investment fund manager Bill Browder. Mr Magnitsky died in prison in 2009 - allegedly after beatings - but Russia dropped an investigation into his death.

Who was Sergei Magnitsky? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20626960