Currently, pirates are being especially bothersome in multiple ways. For one, pirates are allowing large drug rings along the border of the United States and Mexico to be reopened. The largest being a former wing of the Gulf Cartel, called Zeta. Zeta seems to have good control over this area and their trade, selling dope and robbing fishermen of everything valuable, because the boats they use are faster than the boats used by the coast guard, “Border Patrol agents tried to follow a Mexican boat filled with men wearing ski masks, but it was too fast for the agents and entered Mexican waters, where U.S. law enforcement is forbidden,” (Washington Post 9). Also, the pirates here have gone past the point of simple robbery or piracy, and have ventured into
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In March of 2017, the first few major attacks occurred, taking control of an oil tanker dubbed Aris 13, “Pirates hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia on Monday, the first successful hijacking of a commercial ship by Somali pirates since 2012,” (Graham 1). This is only the first of four major, successful attempts to capture ships this year, and they are already re-employing their main money making tactic, ransoming. These pirates capture innocent boaters and commercial fishermen and hold them for up to two years in some cases, and the decreased military presence in this area heavily contributes to this fact. Northwood, the chief operating officer of the Maritime Risk Management Consultancy, informed the press of the issue of decreased military, saying, “Those who orchestrated the attack would have been acutely aware of the decreasing military presence in the area and the increasing numbers of ships which are not sufficiently capable of defending themselves against a hijack,” (Graham
In March of 2017, the first few major attacks occurred, taking control of an oil tanker dubbed Aris 13, “Pirates hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia on Monday, the first successful hijacking of a commercial ship by Somali pirates since 2012,” (Graham 1). This is only the first of four major, successful attempts to capture ships this year, and they are already re-employing their main money making tactic, ransoming. These pirates capture innocent boaters and commercial fishermen and hold them for up to two years in some cases, and the decreased military presence in this area heavily contributes to this fact. Northwood, the chief operating officer of the Maritime Risk Management Consultancy, informed the press of the issue of decreased military, saying, “Those who orchestrated the attack would have been acutely aware of the decreasing military presence in the area and the increasing numbers of ships which are not sufficiently capable of defending themselves against a hijack,” (Graham