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Milo:

Ahhh... OK... Neat site, never seen it before... Thanks...:ok:

So whose crime stat's are they? The mayoral team working for re-election, the Police Chief trying to get additional funding, or the Chamber of Commerce working on a new tourism drive? Everyone has a different view of "crime", especially if you are a victim. When Disraeli came up with "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" it was already an old idea. The disclaimer from that site is boiler plate "you can't sue me if it all goes wrong" but nervertheless, they are hardly standing by their word!

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Originally Posted by cliff

They only show the guys on the boats on the news. They are the pawns. The heads of the pirate organizations live in NBO, JNB, London and Canada. If their faces were on TV, then they would be arrested that day.

Interpol needs to find the money flow from the Pirate Heads into Somalia, track the Head Pirates down and put them in prison, and shut off the money flow.

It is similar to the Barbary Pirates. The money behind the scenes belonged to the Heads of the Ottoman Empire, and the governments along the Barbary Coast. They never went in the boats and did any physical pirating.

Ironically, a lot of the Barbary Pirates...the ones in the boats....came from England, The United Provinces (Netherlands today), Spain, etc.

An excellent point that may well sadly fall on deaf ears.. Does anyone seriously believe that those pirates we see who are living in mud huts have the means, the know how, the capability and even knowledge to arrange the transferring of large sums of money into bank accounts that then can be easily accessed?

Not paying ransoms is so easy to say and in theory I totally support that stance, but if it were the children of a President, Prime Minister or even a politician, do we seriously for one milli-second believe they would be treated in the same way as Joe Bloggs, ransoms will always be paid but not I doubt for those without power or influence.

We need our heads of state to ALL agree to take a stance, to mount a combined operation and show the World this type of behaviour will not be tolerated. Instead we are happy to spend billions of dollars trying to police a vast area of ocean with at least one hand tied behind our backs and the other hand making excuses...

Point well made, Glojo. Time to start playing hardball.

probably significant ...

or they could all be asked to attend counseling to be taught the error of their ways.. pamphlet drop in local lingo should do the trick ..:{

I support the general idea, especially since my mates are down there right now.
But: As long as no one aims at the criminals behind those sandals wearing individuals and they only have a handful of helicopters on scene, it all seems a bit pointless.