A libel claim against a UK journalist has been dismissed, the BBC reports. Tom Burgis’s 2020 book Kleptopia “follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies.” Kazakhstan-based mining company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) claimed Burgis defamed the company “because the real meaning of part of his book was that the company had three men murdered to protect its business interests,” according to the BBC. Judge Justice Nicklin read the book before the proceedings and determined that the case would not to go trial because “every reader would know that only individuals can […]
