Put Pirates And Kidnappers Out Of Business

Pirates used to hunt ships for the treasure they carried. These days, the crew usually is the most valuable cargo. A gang of Somali pirates recently received a reported $3.3 million ransom in exchange for the 36-member crew of a Spanish trawler they had captured. The International Maritime Bureau reports that more incidents of piracy occurred in the first nine months of 2009 than in all of 2008. A total …