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**jagxj12** · 02-03-2010, 05:07 PM

Piracy won't end because the supply of potential pirates has dried up, it will end because the return on investment drops to the point where no one will put up the money for a mother ship.

You think a bunch of guys who are going to storm a giant cargo vessel in order to hold its crew and cargo for ransom in fairly heavily patrolled waters is going to buy a mother ship? No, they first seize a mother ship, which is usually just a fishing boat, and turn it into a mother ship. The only way to stop it is to ruin the country’s fishing industry. That’s what makes this such a thorny problem.

02-03-2010, 05:07 PM	#30
jagxj12 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 609 Senior Member	Piracy won't end because the supply of potential pirates has dried up, it will end because the return on investment drops to the point where no one will put up the money for a mother ship. You think a bunch of guys who are going to storm a giant cargo vessel in order to hold its crew and cargo for ransom in fairly heavily patrolled waters is going to buy a mother ship? No, they first seize a mother ship, which is usually just a fishing boat, and turn it into a mother ship. The only way to stop it is to ruin the country’s fishing industry. That’s what makes this such a thorny problem.
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