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Winner of the True Crime Awards Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award
***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***
A Financial Times, The Times and The Economist Book of the Year
'Gripping... A startling tale of fraud and impunity. ' The…
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What starts as a heist gone wrong opens into a story that lays bare the corrupt machinations of the world's shipping industry. Those we think provide the guardrails against high-crime on the high-seas—the insurance industry, the major banks, governments—are complicit in schemes and willing to look the other way, even when one of their own is murdered by a car bomb. The authors go into great detail on events that will raise your eyebrows in astonishment.
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