Kapring var i virkelighed forsikringssvindel

I juli 2011 blev det græsk ejede tankskib Brillante Virtuoso kapret og efterfølgende stukket i brand af somaliske pirater. Nye oplysninger viser nu, at der i virkeligheden var tale om avanceret forsikringssvindel og mord, der skulle redde en forgældet forretningsmand.

Foto: US Navy.

Journalisterne Matthew Campbell og Kit Chellel afslører den skræmmende historie i en ny bog med titlen: Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy.

I bogen skriver de to journalister bl.a., at tankskibet i virkeligheden ikke blev angrebet af somaliske pirater, men yemenitter der var betalt for at udgive sig for pirater, og at en skisinspektør der undersøgte kapringen og kom på sporet af forsikringssvindlen, blev slået koldblodigt ihjel.

Ingen er nogensinde blevet dømt for hverken svindlen eller mordet.

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