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Learn more at equinore. At Aquinore. 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 Burge 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 businessman.

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.

Because this isn't just a wedding.

This is an international crime summit.

It's a meeting of what will come to be known as the Dubai Supercartel, a shadowy criminal network that controls a multi billion dollar cocaine empire spanning the globe.

Over the years, I've written about a lot of different things, but more recently, you could perhaps describe my beat

as the places where crime and business collide.

I've written about Russian billionaires who control private mercenary armies and the Italian mafia laundering

their cash through the city of London.

I've covered Vatican financial scandals and

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