Even as you read this book, mariners somewhere are being attacked
by armed pirates, their faces masked and the weapons deadly.
Organized crime has taken over where Blackbeard left off. Piracy
today is just as brutal, perhaps even more so. Crew-members may be
murdered, tortured, seized as hostages or simply dumped overboard
to sink or swim. To the big-time gangsters behind much of the
crime, life is cheap and must not stand in the way of profit.
Attacking and stealing tankers or other cargo is a multi-billion
industry. International law enforcement has yet to show sufficient
concerted will to beat organised crime at sea, though it is
awakening from its years of slumber. Additionally since 9-11, a new
and fearful maritime threat has emerged- international terrorism.
Experts agree that civilised nations, American ports and cities far
from the sea, are vulnerable to a variety of terrifying risks from
use of the sea and ships. The book looks at the dangers and what is
being done to defeat the terrorists. The Brutal Seas brings to real
life all the terror of an attack by pirates armed with
rocket-launchers and automatic machine-guns. It tells of
disappearing phantom ships and of a cigarette fraud run by a
fraudster from New Jersey. As it enters the mysterious world of the
Triads, some of the most bloody, cunning and lucrative attacks,
frauds and schemes of the past twenty years are brought to the page
in an exciting and refreshing way. Written with an unprecedented
degree of co-operation from the ICC International Maritime Bureau,
a non-Government agency dedicated to tackling the problems, it is
no surprize that The Brutal Seas has been called the benchmark on
crime at sea by the Bureau'sfounder Eric Ellen.
General
| Imprint: |
Authorhouse
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
December 2006 |
| First published: |
December 2006 |
| Authors: |
Douglas Stewart
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
372 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4259-8710-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
|
| LSN: |
1-4259-8710-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781425987107 |
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