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Ian Urbina’s investigative reporting takes readers 5,000 miles offshore to expose the wild, law‑less frontiers of the world's oceans. With vivid accounts of traffickers, pirates, wreck thieves, and clandestine oil dumpers, he uncovers a global network of crime and exploitation that thrives within the fishing, oil, and shipping industries. Urbina shows how these activities underpin economies worldwide while exposing astonishing courage and brutality beneath the waves.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Travel & Geography/Travel Writing
Authors: Ian Urbina
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