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    Outlaws Inc.: Under the Radar and on the Black Market with the World's Most Dangerous Smugglers
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    Outlaws Inc.: Under the Radar and on the Black Market with the World's Most Dangerous Smugglers
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    Outlaws Inc.: Under the Radar and on the Black Market with the World's Most Dangerous Smugglers

    By Matt Potter

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    This riveting account reveals the secret corners of our supposedly flat world: black markets where governments are never seen but still spend outrageous amounts of money. Journalist Matt Potter tells the story of Yuri and his crew, a gang of Russian military men who, after the collapse of the Soviet Union found themselves without work or prospects. So they bought a decommissioned Soviet plane-at liquidation prices, straight from the Russian government-and started a shipping business. It wasn't long before Yuri, and many pilots like him, found themselves an unlikely (and ethically dubious) hub of global trading. Men like these are paid by the U.S., the Taliban, and blue-chip multinational companies to bring supplies- some legal, some not-across dangerous borders.


    In a feat of daring reportage, Potter gets onto the flight deck with these outlaws and tells the story of their fearless missions. Dodging gunfire, Potter is taken from place to place by men trafficking everything from illicit weapons to emergency aid, making enemies everywhere but no reliable friends. As the world changes, we see the options for the crew first explode, then slowly diminish, until, in a desperate maneuver, they move their operations to the most lawless corners of Africa, where they operate to this day.


    The story of these outlaws is a microcosm of the world since the end of the cold war: secret contracts, guerrilla foreign policy, and conflicts too thorny to be handled in public. Potter uses the story of these men to articulate an underground history of the globalized world. At once thrilling, provocative, and morally circumspect, this book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in espionage, or in how the world works today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury USA
    Release dateAug 1, 2011
    ISBN9781608195398
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    Outlaws Inc.: Under the Radar and on the Black Market with the World's Most Dangerous Smugglers
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    Matt Potter

    Matt Potter is a journalist, editor and broadcaster. He has reported for BBC Radio from Eastern Europe, Afghanistan and Southeast Asia, and co-presented Radio 1's award-winning global travel shows. His writing has appeared in publications as diverse as the Daily Telegraph, Esquire, Maxim, the Irish Examiner and Q. As a journalist in Belgrade, he broke the story of the NATA 'spy' giving away secrets to Serb forces on the web.

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