The Outlaw Ocean

The Outlaw Ocean
First edition
AuthorIan Urbina
LanguageEnglish
Subject
GenreTrue crime
Investigative journalism
Published2019 (Knopf)
2020 (Vintage Publishing)
Publication place
  • United States
Media typePrint
Pages560

The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier (also published as The Outlaw Ocean: Crime and Survival in the Last Untamed Frontier) is a 2019 book by Ian Urbina about crime and extralegal activity in international waters. The book was based on an investigate journalism series Urbina wrote for The New York Times. Topics covered include illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, modern slavery and violent crime committed at sea, as well of the work of organisations, governments and companies in international waters. The book was critically acclaimed.