TY - BOOK AU - Urbina,Ian TI - The outlaw ocean: journeys across the last untamed frontier SN - 9781101972373 AV - SH319 .A2 U73 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - New York PB - Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC KW - Urbina, Ian KW - Piracy KW - International crimes KW - Fisheries KW - Corrupt practices KW - Maritime law KW - Law of the sea KW - Maritime terrorism N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -