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The Outlaw Ocean - Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier

English · Paperback / Softback

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A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas. There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world''s oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense regions of treacherous water play host to rampant criminality and exploitation. ;;;; Traffickers and smugglers, pirates and mercenaries, wreck thieves and repo men, vigilante conservationists and elusive poachers, seabound abortion providers, clandestine oil-dumpers, shackled slaves and cast-adrift stowaways--drawing on five years of perilous and intrepid reporting, often hundreds of miles from shore, Ian Urbina introduces us to the inhabitants of this hidden world. Through their stories of astonishing courage and brutality, survival and tragedy, he uncovers a globe-spanning network of crime and exploitation that emanates from the fishing, oil, and shipping industries, and on which the world''s economies rely. ;;;; Both a gripping adventure story and a stunning exposé, this unique work of reportage brings fully into view for the first time the disturbing reality of a floating world that connects us all, a place where anyone can do anything because no one is watching.

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Authors Ian Urbina
Publisher Vintage USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.09.2020
 
EAN 9781101972373
ISBN 978-1-101-97237-3
No. of pages 576
Dimensions 132 mm x 203 mm x 33 mm
Subjects Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
Travel > Sports and active travel > World, Arctic, Antarctic

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