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M/T Brillante Virtuoso was a Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged suezmax tanker damaged beyond repair as part of an insurance fraud, which involved a faked hijacking by Yemenis posing as Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on 6 July 2011. A British High Court found that the faked attack was orchestrated and instigated by the vessel's beneficial owner, Marios Iliopoulos, who was at the time experiencing significant financial difficulties. As of 2022, Iliopoulos has not faced criminal prosecution for his role in the staged attack on the Brillante Virtuoso.

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  • Die Brillante Virtuoso war ein VLCC-Rohöltanker der griechischen Reederei Central Mare Inc. in Athen. Das Schiff geriet am 6. Juli 2011 nach einem angeblichen Piratenangriff vor der Küste des Jemen mit einer vollen Ladung Rohöl in Brand. (de)
  • M/T Brillante Virtuoso was a Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged suezmax tanker damaged beyond repair as part of an insurance fraud, which involved a faked hijacking by Yemenis posing as Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on 6 July 2011. A British High Court found that the faked attack was orchestrated and instigated by the vessel's beneficial owner, Marios Iliopoulos, who was at the time experiencing significant financial difficulties. As of 2022, Iliopoulos has not faced criminal prosecution for his role in the staged attack on the Brillante Virtuoso. David Mockett, a British marine shipping surveyor and consultant who was investigating the incident, was reported to have believed that the attack on the Brillante Virtuoso was carried out by a criminal gang as part of an insurance fraud. According to the testimony of the ship's crew members, Iliopoulos and his employees were aware that Mockett's investigation had come to disagree with Iliopoulos' insurance claim. Before he could act further, Mockett was killed by a car bomb in Yemen on 20 July 2011. As of 2022, his murder remains unsolved. A book on the events surrounding the ship by Bloomberg reporters Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel, entitled Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy, was published in 2022. (en)
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  • 1992-03-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries, Geoje, South Korea (en)
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  • Sailors from USS Philippine Sea rescue the crew of the Brillante Virtuoso (en)
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  • Liberia (en)
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  • Scrapped (en)
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  • * St. Romauld * Nandu * Stainless * Brillante Virtuoso (en)
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  • Suez Fortune Investment Ltd., Greece (en)
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  • Marshall Islands (en)
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  • Oil Tanker (en)
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  • Die Brillante Virtuoso war ein VLCC-Rohöltanker der griechischen Reederei Central Mare Inc. in Athen. Das Schiff geriet am 6. Juli 2011 nach einem angeblichen Piratenangriff vor der Küste des Jemen mit einer vollen Ladung Rohöl in Brand. (de)
  • M/T Brillante Virtuoso was a Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged suezmax tanker damaged beyond repair as part of an insurance fraud, which involved a faked hijacking by Yemenis posing as Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on 6 July 2011. A British High Court found that the faked attack was orchestrated and instigated by the vessel's beneficial owner, Marios Iliopoulos, who was at the time experiencing significant financial difficulties. As of 2022, Iliopoulos has not faced criminal prosecution for his role in the staged attack on the Brillante Virtuoso. (en)
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  • Brillante Virtuoso (de)
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  • * Brillante Virtuoso (2008–2011) (en)
  • * Nandu (1992–2005) (en)
  • * St. Romauld (1992) (en)
  • * Stainless (2005–2008) (en)
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