​Laundering The Dragon is a lighthearted, well researched historical novel based upon real-life experience. The story originates in the buccaneering colonies of Hong Kong and Macau, when the Communists seized control of China.
It follows the fictitious adventures of present-day financial pirates now in Canada, as they become rich from money illegally laundered out of Communist China.
The characters’ unchallenged success illustrates Canada’s ineffectual and bumbling efforts to control the situation, or aggressively intruding China.
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“Corruption, manipulation and influence peddling combined with a lax and seemingly disinterested criminal justice system are exposed in this book which chronicles the influx of ill-gotten overseas gain and the system in Canada that permits it. From bumbling and ill-prepared Mounties, to corporate lawyers who are little more than facilitators and loop-hole exploiters, the book peels back the layers in a very revealing and engaging read”
Senior Police Office (retired)
"Just finished it! Great read!
Very entertaining but also gives a great insight into what has happened that nobody wants to openly figure out."
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Leading Canadian Real Estate Investor
John D’Eathe was educated in the United Kingdom in law and urban land economics. After training in the City of London, he set off blithely for an adventurous business life in Colonial Hong Kong and Asia. A decade later he moved to Canada, commencing a long international career in property investment...
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