In the early years of western exploration and trade, men took to the seas where they could serve their kings in the navy or provide goods to colonies. Wars between France, the American Colonies, Spain, and other world powers made being a sailor a dangerous but lucrative profession. Eventually, the wars ended, overseas trade became the main income for many businesses, but that left all of those sailors without a king to protect or an army to transport. Where did all those sailors go once the work was gone?
They tore the king and colours from their backs and they made flags of black and white. When the wars were over, the down and out sailors took on piracy to make a living, putting the skills they learned in the navy to use against their own countries.
Today, piracy hasn’t changed much except that the boats are much larger and faster, and the pirates are meaner.
Transporting freight or cargo internationally, often requires that it leaves the docks and makes its way across the ocean on container ships. Once those ships meet open water, the chances that those ships get hijacked rises. Unfortunately, maritime law in many countries forbids the use of weapons on board, which leaves cargo ships vulnerable to attack, especially ships bound for the Atlantic that must pass through the seas close to war torns countries like Somalia.
Somalian pirates make hundreds of thousands of pounds a year by hijacking container ships, holding them for ransom, and/or selling the goods. Pirates may be the stuff of legend, but they are also a real threat to international freight companies.
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