The Wild Hijacking Of A $100m Supertanker - Kit Chellel

Kit Chellel is a senior reporter at Bloomberg news, an investigative journalist and an author. The Brilliante Virtuoso was a Suezmax Supertanker. The largest class of ship that can go through the Suez Canal. It had a million barrels of oil on it and was supposed to be escorted by a security team. It was hijacked and burned by Somali pirates, nothing was stolen and the owners claimed $100 million for insurance. The British investigator is killed overseas, a Greek millionaire threatens people in court and no one can work out what's happened or how to discover who has committed the crimes. And that's just where the story starts... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get up to 47% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Protect yourself from identity theft online with Aura. Try 14 days for free at http://aura.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on the amazing 6 Minute Diary at https://bit.ly/diarywisdom (use code MW15) (USA - search Amazon and use 15MINUTES) Extra Stuff: Buy Dead In The Water - https://amzn.to/3PsfI57 Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #truecrime #brilliantevirtuoso #deadinthewater - 00:00 Intro 00:30 Is Piracy Still Relevant? 04:53 How Modern-Day Pirates Operate 10:44 Hijacking the Supertanker 16:03 The Wild West of Salvage Laws 25:18 What Yemen Was Like 29:18 Reigniting the Investigation 34:39 Suspicious Characters 39:51 Seeking Justice in a Dangerous Business 54:14 Current State of the Investigation 57:38 Where to Find Kit - Join the Modern Wisdom Community on Locals - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Kit ChellelguestChris Williamsonhost

May 26, 202258mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 26, 2022
Duration: 58m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kit Chellel is a senior reporter at Bloomberg news, an investigative journalist and an author. The Brilliante Virtuoso was a Suezmax Supertanker. The largest class of ship that can go through the Suez Canal. It had a million barrels of oil on it and was supposed to be escorted by a security team. It was hijacked and burned by Somali pirates, nothing was stolen and the owners claimed $100 million for insurance. The British investigator is killed overseas, a Greek millionaire threatens people in court and no one can work out what's happened or how to discover who has committed the crimes. And that's just where the story starts... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get up to 47% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Protect yourself from identity theft online with Aura. Try 14 days for free at http://aura.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on the amazing 6 Minute Diary at https://bit.ly/diarywisdom (use code MW15) (USA - search Amazon and use 15MINUTES) Extra Stuff: Buy Dead In The Water - https://amzn.to/3PsfI57 Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #truecrime #brilliantevirtuoso #deadinthewater - 00:00 Intro 00:30 Is Piracy Still Relevant? 04:53 How Modern-Day Pirates Operate 10:44 Hijacking the Supertanker 16:03 The Wild West of Salvage Laws 25:18 What Yemen Was Like 29:18 Reigniting the Investigation 34:39 Suspicious Characters 39:51 Seeking Justice in a Dangerous Business 54:14 Current State of the Investigation 57:38 Where to Find Kit - Join the Modern Wisdom Community on Locals - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Kit Chellel
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Kit Chellel and Chris Williamson, The Wild Hijacking Of A $100m Supertanker - Kit Chellel explores insurance Fraud, Piracy, And Murder: Inside A $100M Tanker Plot Journalist Kit Chellel recounts the bizarre 2011 ‘pirate attack’ on the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso, carrying $100m of crude, which quickly appeared nothing like conventional Somali piracy. The ship was mysteriously set on fire, the crew escaped, the supposed pirates vanished, and the first marine surveyor on scene, Briton Captain David Mockett, was later assassinated by a car bomb in Yemen.

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