On Tuesday, in the first use of the 2001 Patriot Act against a virtual currency, the Treasury Department invoked a section of the law to choke off Liberty Reserve from the U.S. financial system.
The site is also deemed an important ecological reserve and the trust has sought to manage and protect the flora and fauna found on this rugged section of coastline.
Perhaps the most compelling and revealing section of the book is the part describing O'Neill and U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan as outraged by corporate chicanery.
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has promised that the section of the road through the Serengeti will be surfaced with gravel to minimize its impact on the reserve.