The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier /
Urbina, Ian,
The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier / Ian Urbina. - First Vintage Books Edition, September 2020. - xvi, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm.
First published: London : The Bodley Head, 2019. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Outlaw Ocean is a riveting, adrenalin-fuelled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen -- the high seas. The oceans are some of the last untamed frontiers on our planet. Too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these treacherous waters play host to the extremes of human behaviour and activity. From traffickers, smugglers and pirates to vigilante conservationists, stowaways and seabound abortion-providers, Ian Urbina introduces us to the inhabitants of this hidden world and their risk-fraught lives. Through their extraordinary stories, he uncovers a globe-spanning network of crime and exploitation that emanates from the fishing, oil and shipping industries - but to which all of us are connected.
9781101972373
Urbina, Ian--Travel.
Piracy.
International crimes.
Fisheries--Corrupt practices.
Maritime law.
Law of the sea.
Maritime terrorism.
SH319 .A2 / U73 2020
The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier / Ian Urbina. - First Vintage Books Edition, September 2020. - xvi, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm.
First published: London : The Bodley Head, 2019. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Outlaw Ocean is a riveting, adrenalin-fuelled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen -- the high seas. The oceans are some of the last untamed frontiers on our planet. Too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these treacherous waters play host to the extremes of human behaviour and activity. From traffickers, smugglers and pirates to vigilante conservationists, stowaways and seabound abortion-providers, Ian Urbina introduces us to the inhabitants of this hidden world and their risk-fraught lives. Through their extraordinary stories, he uncovers a globe-spanning network of crime and exploitation that emanates from the fishing, oil and shipping industries - but to which all of us are connected.
9781101972373
Urbina, Ian--Travel.
Piracy.
International crimes.
Fisheries--Corrupt practices.
Maritime law.
Law of the sea.
Maritime terrorism.
SH319 .A2 / U73 2020