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Outlaws Inc.: Flying With the World's Most Dangerous Smugglers

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Informationen zum Autor Matt Potter is a journalist, editor and broadcaster. He has reported for BBC Radio from Eastern Europe, Afghanistan and Southeast Asia, and co-presented Radio 1's award-winning global travel shows. His writing has appeared in publications as diverse as the Daily Telegraph , Esquire , Maxim , the Irish Examiner and Q . As a journalist in Belgrade, he broke the story of the NATA 'spy' giving away secrets to Serb forces on the web. Klappentext In the world's most dangerous trouble spots, a small band of men risk their lives to fly in desperately needed aid. But they are not heroes. Their giant ex-Soviet cargo planes are also riddled with secret compartments, which they fill with drugs, guns, money or people. They deliver anywhere, and they rtake their cut. But they pay a heavy price, many losing their lives to gun-toting pirates, terrorists, hostile state forces, jealous competitors and alcohol. In Outlaws Inc. Matt Potter follows their incredible story around the world. He discovers a secret society of mercenaries, dictators, agents, gangsters, businessmen and real-life Bond villains. Updated for the paperback edition, this story is the stuff of spy thrillers and action movies, but all the more terrifying for being true. 'Outlaws Inc. is an explosive read, full of heart-thumping excitement and brilliant detective work which shines a light into the darkest corners of the world' Sean Rayment, author of Bomb HuntersAn extraordinary journey into the biggest, most impenetrable trafficking network the world has ever seen. Zusammenfassung In the world's most dangerous trouble spots, a small band of men risk their lives to fly in desperately needed aid. But they are not heroes. Their giant ex-Soviet cargo planes are also riddled with secret compartments, which they fill with drugs, guns, money or people. They deliver anywhere, and they rtake their cut. But they pay a heavy price, many losing their lives to gun-toting pirates, terrorists, hostile state forces, jealous competitors and alcohol. In Outlaws Inc. Matt Potter follows their incredible story around the world. He discovers a secret society of mercenaries, dictators, agents, gangsters, businessmen and real-life Bond villains. Updated for the paperback edition, this story is the stuff of spy thrillers and action movies, but all the more terrifying for being true. ' Outlaws Inc. is an explosive read, full of heart-thumping excitement and brilliant detective work which shines a light into the darkest corners of the world' Sean Rayment, author of Bomb Hunters ...

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Authors Matt Potter
Publisher Pan Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 01.03.2012
 
EAN 9780330531665
ISBN 978-0-330-53166-5
No. of pages 404
Dimensions 130 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
Series Print on demand
Subjects Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets
Non-fiction book

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