This week, we have a new on-going feature at Whale Hunting: interviews with
authors about their forthcoming books. There's no more perfect book for us to
start with than the explosive, new work of Dutch journalist David de Jong.
He spent four years digging into this book despite
by Alex Finley
Welcome to Vladivostok!
On March 31, Nord, the 142-meter megayacht reportedly owned by Alexei Mordashov, a Russian steel and mining magnate, became the first of a fleet of Russian oligarch megayachts to reach the port of Vladivostok since the imposition of sanctions due to Russia’s invasion
By Lucy Woods
Operating largely in the shadows, the Wagner Group has been dubbed the "Kremlin’s private army." Now in Ukraine, they are emerging from the shadows.
In late February, The Times reported that 400 mercenaries were sent to Kyiv by order of the Kremlin. They are
By Alex Finley
Now that a number of yachts allegedly owned by Russian oligarchs have been detained (nine, at the time of this writing), I thought we should take a look at what may happen next, practically speaking. Spoiler alert: no one really knows, and all the players in the
In all my years of journalism, William "Bill" McMurry is the single most
impressive law enforcement official I've ever met. He has what feels like the
perfect combination of trustworthiness and resolve, open-mindedness and the
ability to take on massive challenges. Tom and I first heard
Broker: Hey, hope all is well. Got an interesting deal for you. One of the world's premier yacht-building companies is for sale.
Hedge fund: Oh, interesting. What's the rush? The world is on fire.
Broker: No reason really. Owners just want to sell – you know how
Artists and cartoonists across the world have responded to the Russian war against Ukraine over the past weeks. What's especially remarkable is the geographic diversity of the artists. We wanted to share some of the best.
My personal favorite:
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Among the cadre of journalists writing about the opaque and often bizarre world of the world’s richest people – both legitimate and illegitimate – the writer Atossa Araxia Abrahamian has one of the most unique voices. Her book Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global Citizen explores the hardly understood business of
As the corruption trials of five U.S. Navy officers get underway in a federal court in San Diego this week, we’re excited. But we're also angry.
Excited because our hit podcast “Fat Leonard” has become a central part of the trials. And angry? Well, angry because
Welcome to the inaugural column of Yacht Watch (Tagline: "We're going to need a bigger boat") from Whale Hunting Contributor Alex Finley, a novelist and former CIA officer with the insight to explore who runs the world through the prism of super yachts. This will be
