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Shadow World

Based on Andrew Feinstein’s globally acclaimed book The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, Shadow World reveals the shocking realities of the global arms trade – the only business that counts its profits in billions and its losses in human lives.

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Shadow World reveals the shocking realities of the global arms trade, the only business that counts its profits in billions and its losses in human lives. Based on Andrew Feinstein's acclaimed book The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, the film explores how governments, their militaries and intelligence agencies, defense contractors, arms dealers and agents are intertwined.

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    Shadow World - "Politicians Are Like Prostitutes" - Clip

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    In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film Shadow World, a memorably blunt and possibly shady European arms dealer named Riccardo Privitera explains how global politics is dictated by the whims of the arms industry. He likens politicians to sales reps...and prostitutes.

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