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A startling tale of fraud and impunity.’\u003c\/em\u003e - The Economist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘I read it in one sitting, and I know it’ll stay with me for a long time.’\u003c\/em\u003e - Oliver Bullough, Sunday Times bestselling author of Moneyland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInside the corrupt and secret business of global shipping, the explosive true story of a notorious international fraud and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working for Lloyd’s of London, inspected the damaged vessel, he was left with more questions than answers. 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