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I'm Miles Johnson, and I'm an investigative journalist with The Financial Times. And the story I'm going to tell you, it's not a love story, but it starts with a wedding.

It's a wedding that takes place in Dubai in 2017.

It's a hot summer's day at the Burj Alarab, one of the most expensive hotels in the world.

It's a skyscraper, shaped like the sail of a ship, rising up from the glittering water of the Persian Gulf.

Guests can arrive across a private bridge in the hotel's fleet of Rolls Royce Phantoms, or fly-in,

landing on the helipad on the roof.

The wedding party that day has been told to keep things discreet, no photos, and no social media.

Security is tight.

The groom is a young Irish entrepreneur, and some of his most important business partners have come to celebrate his big day.

But these aren't your average businessmen.

Some of them hang priceless stolen masterpieces on their walls.

They've got multiple passports with multiple identities,

and they can order the assassination of almost anyone, anywhere in the world.

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