The Steel Project
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Last published Mon, Jan 7, 2013
American authorities are baffled when they stumble upon two Australian men concealing nearly one billion dollars in their airline luggage by pure luck. In Australia, detectives come to the conclusion that it was stolen. But how do two men from poor backgrounds scrape up $1 billion and nearly get away with it? What were they planning to do with it in America? Suddenly the two countries find themselves plunged into a secret black market that was for two years, under the radar. When New Zealand and China are found to have ties into the mess, countries are sent into a frenzy where anyone is involved. In a world where money is everything, will the people overthrow the force?
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