“He also finds that many widely held beliefs about pirates are wrong, including allegations that they are controlled by international criminal cartels, have alliances with Islamist rebels, or use sophisticated intelligence networks. Such assumptions help shape the multibillion dollar fight against piracy.”
By their own admission, they are the good guys. Why wouldn’t we believe them?
Interesting! The questin is however how the international community can use the guy findings? How can we stop this attacs on trading vessels? Think that if the shipping industry doesn’t find the solution very quickly, the Russions will do it rather in a very short period – please remember about their action when the Russion crew were involved. In my opinion somalian piracy was always business (illegal but business) and it sholud be treated as such, i.e. similiary like drugs trffiking.
“He also finds that many widely held beliefs about pirates are wrong, including allegations that they are controlled by international criminal cartels, have alliances with Islamist rebels, or use sophisticated intelligence networks. Such assumptions help shape the multibillion dollar fight against piracy.”
By their own admission, they are the good guys. Why wouldn’t we believe them?
Notice how he never elaborated on the “investors in the pirate teams.”
The kid’s got a lot of guts, partly fueled by naivete’. With some more life experience, he could become a world class journalist. Good Luck.
Interesting! The questin is however how the international community can use the guy findings? How can we stop this attacs on trading vessels? Think that if the shipping industry doesn’t find the solution very quickly, the Russions will do it rather in a very short period – please remember about their action when the Russion crew were involved. In my opinion somalian piracy was always business (illegal but business) and it sholud be treated as such, i.e. similiary like drugs trffiking.