So I missed this the first time round, shame that, because I've lost count of the number of actual real life stories I've read over the last 5 years involving real hijacking at sea.
It's not just actually on the open sea, at these secluded bays.. it's happening there too. I read one story where pirates had commanded or stolen a powerboat and were using it to rob other boats and islands.
It's not like pirates of the carribbean where they are using interceptors and the black pearl.. they are keeping up with modern times and using modern techniques..
What makes Pirates different from terrorists or any every day person that commits a crime?
Nothing.. the fact they come from a different country means squat to me.. because they've done the crime so they should do the time..
The solution is to have a co-existing fully operational customs team that can launch at full speed to intercept these pirates and stop this from happening.. hey even if it reduces the amount of attacks then I can welcome it.
That guy who said we should pay them wants casting out to sea!! Make him walk the plank...
A story I heard about, was one about 3 years back, a group of people were on one of those island cruises.. there were about 20 of them on this personal boat.. and they anchored at this small island to sunbathe, after about 45 minutes to 1 hour of being there, this powerboat came out of nowhere and these guys brandished all sorts of weaponry from personal guns to long machetes and threatened all sorts of things with the tourists, they made off with so much money from the holiday makers and threatened to shoot the tourist guides and the skipper of the boat (which would essentially mean the tourists would of been stranded).
For the most times i've read this it seems to happen far out from governed areas, such as Africa and South America.. I think theres always a solution to the problem. I mean if a country doesn't care about it's population that has to be addressed and it shouldnt be ignored. After all if we can go to Afghanistan and Iraq to sort out that country.. shouldn't we do it with the African ones as well? Or is it because those two particular countries.. have something of resource, where as Somalia doesn't..