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This week on Mystery Ships, we bring you a special report on Russia’s shadow fleet. Nine days before Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a man from Belize established Nord Axis, a new shipping company, in Hong Kong. Coincidental timing? Maybe.

Mark Lombardi was on the cusp of international recognition for his vast hand drawn diagrams mapping connections between criminals, politicians, and corrupt institutions. His sudden death leaves his friends and family with troubling questions. Was Mark’s tragic end truly of his

Weekender this week: Syria, Spies and Succession Problems https://t.co/8CLzGESLrn

Lawyers for Swizz Beatz, the rapper and DJ best known for being married to Alicia Keys, responded this week to a lawsuit accusing him of receiving over $7 million in funds stolen during the 1MDB saga. Check out our Whale Hunting newsletter for full read:

A rare opportunity arises when global financial institutions implode: a brief window into how the world really works. This week on Whale Hunting, @bradleyhope is joined by a man who had a front-row seat: former IRS and DEA undercover agent Robert Mazur, who was the key witness

Mark Lombardi’s friends are worried. His art - vast drawings mapping networks between the world’s most powerful and corrupt - is gaining more recognition. Mark’s paranoia starts to escalate, and those around him are increasingly left to wonder: could Mark’s art be putting him

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Artist Mark Lombardi carried business cards promising “death defying acts of art and conspiracy.” It’s a wry joke, a nod to his vast hand-drawn diagrams mapping out global connections between politicians, criminals and powerful financial institutions. But those close to Mark

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Mark Lombardi is on the brink of his big break. The Whitney Museum is interested in his art, and he’s got a momentous show coming up at MoMa PS1. But the more success he finds, the looser Mark’s grip on the world becomes. When his master work is destroyed in a devastating

For the right price, a billionaire can buy almost anything in the private intelligence industry. This week on Whale Hunting, @bradleyhope is joined by fellow aficionado of the private intelligence industry @AlexiMostrous , Investigations Editor at Tortoise Media. They discuss

Hidden in the ancient Temple of Seti I in Abydos, Egypt, lies a hieroglyph known as the Abydos hieroglyph. At first glance, it seems to depict modern vehicles - helicopters, submarines, even what looks like a flying saucer. But how could Egyptians 3,000 years ago have known about

Mark Lombardi carried business cards promising "death defying acts of art and conspiracy." It’s a wry joke, but in truth, Mark’s loved ones are worried. A conceptual artist, Mark’s work is exposing disturbing connections between the world’s most powerful politicians and

On this edition of the Weekender…we are sharing a movie that's the talk of this year's film festivals, as well as a new investigative podcast and long reads on shipping sabotage and an amateur art sleuth. Let's get into it! https://t.co/4lfJoKRXg5

Mark Lombardi has a secret. He is known to most as a struggling artist, honing his style in a groundbreaking new form: vast diagrams that draw connections between the world’s most powerful and corrupt people. But for a few select clients, he lends his talents to a different end,

Iran's war with Israel and the U.S. has been waged through numerous proxies - Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis in Yemen - but more recently, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This week on Whale Hunting, @bradleyhope is joined in the studio by Reuters features editor

Explore Mark Lombardi’s BCCI piece in digital form from the Whitney Museum’s collection. The piece was licensed by Scala and is a courtesy of the Lombardi Family and Pierogi Gallery. https://t.co/9dRZs9Gauv