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THE OUTLAW OCEAN
Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier
Every last patch of land is claimed by a government or another but the sea is still a wildly free frontier. It covers two thirds of the planet. Most of it is ungoverned. And some of what happens out there is beyond imagination.
THE OUTLAW OCEAN will be a captivating reportage about the facets of lawlessness at sea, spun into a narrative akin to "The Perfect Storm". Urbina travels to some of the most ungoverned places on earth and lead us through a bizarre netherworld and introduce us to this underworld's tragic souls and unsavory characters.
Ian's intention is to show the costs and human toll of the vast amounts of unchecked criminal activity: from human trafficking to drug trade to environmental crimes and beyond. Global economy depends on a fleet of more than four million fishing and small cargo vessels and 100'000 large merchang ships that haul 90% of the world's goods. But maritime laws have hardly more teeth than they did when the great empires first explored the oceans.
Ian Urbina is an investigative reporter for The New York Times and author of the book LIFE’S LITTLE ANNOYANCES: True Tales of People Who Just Can’t Take it Anymore. He has degrees in history from Georgetown University and the University of Chicago, and his writings, which range from domestic and foreign policy to commentary on everyday life, have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Harper's, and elsewhere. You can see more about him and his work at http://www.ianurbina.com
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