An explosive read, full of heart-thumping excitement all the more terrifying for being true' Sean Rayment, author of Bomb Hunters
A brilliantly told story... The laughs and action along
the way make the book's overall sadness even more poignant' Peter Danssaert, UN arms trade inspector & lead researcher, IPIS
In the world's most dangerous and war-torn trouble spots, you will find a small band of men risking their lives to fly the planes that bring in desperately needed aid and supplies. But they're not heroes.
These combat-hardened Red Army veterans fly giant Soviet-era superplanes which carry a dark secret: 15 tonnes' worth of secret compartments which they fill with illicit payloads. Their hidden cargo is virtually impossible to detect, and these cowboys of the air will carry anything, whether it's drugs, guns, diamonds, money or people - whatever you've got, to anywhere you want them to take it. But they pay a heavy price: crews routinely lose their lives to gun-toting pirates, terrorists, hostile state forces and addiction.
Matt Potter has flown with these men, and in Outlaws Inc. he follows their incredible, action-packed story around the world. On the way he discovers a hidden society populated by mercenaries, dictators, secret policemen, gangsters, businessmen and real-life Bond villains as he uncovers the most impenetrable trafficking network the world has seen.
