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The article features Anthony Clake, a hedge fund executive who is considered the most successful shipwreck hunter in modern times. Topics include Clake's development of a successful portfolio system that reviewed stock recommendations from 1,000 or so analysts to generate trading ideas, his involvement in the Enigma project which sought an historic wreck called the Napried, and his attempts to tap into the deep's resources which converged on a single company called Ocean Infinity Group Ltd.

The article discusses how a group of gamblers led by a Croatian named Niko Tosa managed to beat the roulette casino game at the Ritz Club in London, England in March 2004. Topics explored include the gaming strategy of Tosa and colleagues, Nenad Marjanovic of Serbia and Livia Pilisi of Hungary, the investigation conducted by Ritz security chief John Wootten into the possible techniques employed by Tosa to win, and the way Tosa practiced the roulette before playing at the Ritz.

The article presents a discussion of the destruction of the Brillante Virtuoso oil tanker by pirates in the Gulf of Aden in 2011, adapted from "Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy" by Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel. Details of the investigation into the ship fire that resulted to insurance payouts to owner Marios Iliopoulos are presented, including the involvement of marine engineer Vassilios Theodorou in salvaging the ship.

The article describes the EverGiven crisis in the Suez canal in Egypt, which took place in 2021. For six days the canal was blocked by a container ship called the EverGiven, which disrupted global trade and resulted in the German ship management company Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) being asked to pay about $550 million to the Egyptian government for damages.

The article focuses on Paul Commins, also know as "Cuddles," an oil stock trader in Essex, England, who started buying and selling oil within London's International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) in the 1980s and who made millions during the April 20, 2020, oil stock crash. The incident, causing crude oil prices to go negative, and the role of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures is explained.

The article looks at Irish entrepreneur Sean Quinn, founder of the conglomerate company Quinn Industrial Holdings.

The article reports on the distributed denial of service attacks against Liberia by computer hacker Daniel Kaye. It mentions the attack on the servers of telecommunications company LoneStar Cell which disrupted internet services, how the attack spread to German and British services, and the implication of Daniel Kaye as the perpetrator.

The article reports on the theft of 112 tons of cobalt in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It mentions the security measures taken by the warehouse that held the cobalt, the theft of commodities in Rotterdam port, and the investigations into thefts by organized crime.

The article describes the London, England-based Vega Capital London Ltd., a boutique investment managing firm, and how they may have caused the crude oil crash of April 20, 2020. The firm made $500 million dollars after about a dozen traders sold oil in unison before the May West Texas Intermediate contract settled at 2:30 p.m. in New York on that day. Regulators at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Great Britain's Financial Conduct Authority, and CME Group Inc., owner of the Nymex exchange where the trading took place, are examining whether Vega’s actions may have breached rules on trading around settlement periods.

The article discusses Chinese-born prisoner Stern Hu in relation to a computer hacking incident involving the Rio Tinto Group mining company, and it mentions the Chinese government's relationship with Rio Tinto Group. It states that Stern Hu was convicted for bribery and trade secret theft. Chinese demand for iron ore is assessed, along with Chinese hackers, Australian-Chinese relations, and chief executive officer Tom Albanese.

The article discusses the results of the June 23, 2016 Brexit referendum on whether Great Britain should leave the European Union (EU). Topics include the role of hedge funds in using exit polling to bet on the value of the British pound, the relation of researcher John Curtice to media-funded exit polls and polls by hedge funds, and the work of the polling firm YouGov. Statements by politician Nigel Farage and YouGov official Joe Twyman are discussed.

The article discusses Bill Benter, the billionaire who wrote an algorithm that accurately predicted the outcomes of horse racing. It discusses his education, his stint as a card counter and an international gambler, being blacklisted at casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada, his partnership with Australian gambler Alan Woods, and his research into mathematical models to predict horse racing. His success at betting at the Hong Kong Jockey Club is described.

The article examines the July 2011 hijacking by Somali pirates of the "Brillante Virtuoso" oil tanker owned by Suez Fortune Investments Ltd. It provides information from court documents, private and government records, and interviews to discuss the incident and the aftermath and how it reflects financial complexity, violence, and lawlessness associated with the shipping industry. Particular attention is given to the murder of marine surveyor David Mockett who was hired to investigate the hijacking.

The article examines Libya, focusing on business opportunities and the economic climate there. Particular focus is given to Muammar Gaddafi, the former prime minister of the country and his influence on the country's economy. Additional topics discussed include the banking company Goldman Sachs and their presence in Libya, the oil industry in Libya and insights on businesspeople involved in Libya including Laurent Lalou, Youssef Kabbaj and Driss Ben-Brahim.

The author discusses the Chinese government's call for Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. workers who publicly supported pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong to be banned from flying into and over China due to safety concerns. Topics include China's demand for Cathay to create a plan for improved flight safety and security measures, the resignation of Cathay's Chief Executive Officer Rupert Hogg following massive protests at Hong Kong International Airport, and boycotts against Cathay by state-backed companies.

The article profiles Stuart Bray, a former banker who with his former wife Li Quan created a project to protect the near-extinct South China tiger species by bringing cubs from Chinese zoos to the Laohu Valley Reserve in South Africa to re-wild them, with the ultimate aim of creating a nature preserve and ecotourism venue in China where the tigers would return. Topics include Li and Bray's divorce and criticisms of the financial instruments they used to fund the project.