pirates worse then ever?

[Gelgoog]

wow, ok ive known about this for a while but forget until the history channel had a sepcial on it agian. apparently sea borne piracy is a huge problem these days, especially off the african coast, and in many island areas especially thailand and other pacific areas. since most sea trading vessels arent allowed to arm their crews, pirates have free reign of these areas.

any of these vessels that get near coastal areas have a very good chance of being boarded by a fast speed boat and having dozens of heavily armed pirates on board before they even know it. crews are often murdered, but are also very valuable as hostages. the reason these things arent reported in the news is because for one, alot of these local lawenforcements are pirates, who during the day act like police and at night moonlight as pirates, so people dont report them. also there is the fact that most companies will pay for hostages and keep the issue hush hush. also since alot of these poorer nations cant afford any kind of coastal fleet, enforcement is near impossible. oh and the fact that these people are dirt poor, so all they need to do is grab a weapon and a boat, and go nab a defenseless crew and ship that are worth millions. litterly money for the taking.

its reported that only 1% of sea pirates are ever caught, and they are ever increasingly led by organized crime syndicates and gangs. they dont just jump on, and take your good, they take the whole ship and sell it. if thats not bad enough, alot of navies that can provide security to send to these areas like the US who would love to send send the coast guard to the indonesian islands are barely allowed to even chase pirates, much less arrest them. so basically you have basically international terrorism/kidnapping/murder being allowed because no one knows or cares about it. if this were on land you'd hav a huge uproar about it.

[Gelgoog]

heres an article on modern high seas piracy

http://www.cargolaw.com/presentation...l#Introduction

[jankren]

Hmm, the Barbary Corsair is still in action lol.

[JP226]

Piracy is definitely a problem, I know exxon actually pays out "combat pay" to their crews that travel thru those islands.

[Erich von Manstein]

Interesting how most of the media attention and worldwide efforts are focused on combating internet piracy at a time when actual "Captain ARRGH"-style piracy is still rife throughout the world.

[Gelgoog]

Interesting how most of the media attention and worldwide efforts are focused on combating internet piracy at a time when actual "Captain ARRGH"-style piracy is still rife throughout the world.

yea now thats a crime , where is capt arrgh?

[Giorgos]

amazing......i had no knowledge of piracy in this day and age.

[Dunecat]

This is why we either don't give a **** about the rest of the world, or do everything to fix it. Not this half-cocked we'll-lie-to-the-world-to-fight-the-axis-of-evil-that-doesn't-exist bull.

[RZZZA]

use planes instead of boats.


Boom, piracy solved. I'm a genius, gimme my medal.

[Gelgoog]

pffft if then we have air pirates, they just board like in that movie exectutive decision via stealth fighter

[RZZZA]

pffft if then we have air pirates, they just board like in that movie exectutive decision via stealth fighter

shooot...if the air pirates go through enough trouble to get a stealth fighter, learn how to fly it, then use it to succesfully board a cargo plane....then screw it, they deserve that cargo.

[Caelius]

Wasn't there an incident a few years back where Somali pirates actually tried to attack a US Navy cruiser and destroyer when they intervened to help a disabled cargo ship?

[Gelgoog]

Wasn't there an incident a few years back where Somali pirates actually tried to attack a US Navy cruiser and destroyer when they intervened to help a disabled cargo ship?

yea i think i heard something like that.

also heard that most vietnamese refugees fleeing the area during the war were pillaged or raped by pirates operating in the area. this is probably true for any refugees in poorer areas, as they are super easy targets.

[Matt]

As long that the interests of the West aren't threatened, who care's ?

[Rhinosaur]

I know one steamed away and escaped. Cruise ships are deceptively fast, that's why ships like my city's Queen Mary was used as a troop transport in WW2. It could hold thousands, and outrun subs and most warships.

[Metzgershund]

I know one steamed away and escaped. Cruise ships are deceptively fast, that's why ships like my city's Queen Mary was used as a troop transport in WW2. It could hold thousands, and outrun subs and most warships.

Aww c'mon, no props for "afrijacked"? That took me the time it takes to connect the first two syllables of a word and the entirety of another while adding an adjective suffix.

I DEMAND SATISFACTION!

So did the Nazis ever sink her?

[Rhinosaur]

My city (Long Beach, C.A.) bought her in 1967 and berthed her not too far from my job on pier J on the docks. Here's some wiki stuff about her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary

Btw, kudos for coining the afrijacked phrase

[NaptownKnight]

I once saw a huge boat in for repairs that had been attacked by Pirates on the Amazon. The people at the boat yard said everyone on board was killed.

Rhino: When I went on vacation to Southern Cal I took the tour of the Queen Mary. We went pretty far down into the ship, it's pretty freaky if you ask me, but the Tour People ruined it by having fake "Ghost" attacks. That was funny

[the Black Prince]

there's an international military task force on patrol in the Indian Ocean, focusing particularly round somalia combating piracy, any number of incidents where fire has been exchanged between the warships and pirates in those waters.


Weekly Piracy Report
14-20 March 2007

The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB's Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 14 to 20 March 2007.

ALERT

Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
Forty seven incidents have been reported since 28.01.2006. Pirates are targeting ships preparing to anchor. Ships are advised to take extra precautions.


Suspicious crafts
None reported

Recently reported incidents
15.03.2007 1640 UTC in position 10:14.4N 107:04.8E, 5 nm South of Vung Tau, Vietnam.
A container vessel at anchor was boarded by robbers at forecastle deck . Ship stores were stolen.

12.03.2007 0410 LT in position 06:14.2S – 108:26.5E, Balongan anchorage, Indonesia.
Robbers armed with knives in an unlit boat approached a product tanker at anchor and threw a line onboard the ship at the port quarter. Duty watchmen were standing by with pipes in hand. Robbers aborted the attempt and fled.

12.03.2007 1305 LT in position 18:27.4N – 038:17.8E, Red Sea
Pirates in a wooden boat armed with AK-47s approached a research ship underway conducting surveying operations and fired upon the ship. A Sudanese navy vessel came to its assistance and detained the pirates. After 20 minutes the pirates were released. No injuries to crew.

11.03.2007 1929 LT in position 18:29.02N – 038:19.26E, Red Sea.
15 pirates in a 12 metre wooden boat armed with AK-47s approached a research ship underway conducting surveying operations and fired upon the bridge of the ship . The ship activated SSAS and contacted Sudan authorities and managed to move from that area. No injuries to the crew.

Piracy prone areas and warnings

S E Asia and the Indian Sub Continent

* Bangladesh : Chittagong anchorage and approaches. The area is listed as very high risk.
* Indonesia : Belawan, Tanjong Priok (Jakarta) / generally in other areas.
* Malacca straits
* Singapore Straits

Africa and Red Sea

* Africa : Lagos (Nigeria) / generally other areas in Nigeria, Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania)
* Gulf of Aden / Red Sea : Numerous pirate attacks have been reported by ships and yachts in the Gulf of Aden. Some of the vessels were fired upon.
* Somalian waters : Eastern and North-eastern coasts are high-risk areas for attacks and hijackings. Ships not making scheduled calls to ports in Somalia should keep as far away as possible from the Somali coast, ideally, more than 75 nautical miles.

South and Central America and the Caribbean waters

* Brazil - Santos
* Peru – Callao


International Maritime Bureau and the ICC Commercial Crime Services Weekly Piracy Report

[VALIS]

If the Royal Navy still ruled the waves then these scumbag pirates would be at the bottom of the ocean.