Piracy on International Waters and on the Coast of Somalia

Now, the film Sea Hawk can be quite deceiving unless you look at the somewhat hidden meaning behind these pirates. In the back of all of these pirates' minds, they were doing everything to supply their own self-fish needs and wishes. The pirates portrayed in the movie placed themselves on the side where they

During the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries, piracy was rampant in the Atlantic, specifically in the West Indies. Piracy has existed since the earliest days of ocean travel, for a range of personal and economic reasons. However, one of the major reasons why piracy was wide spread and rampant in the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries was Great Britain’s endorsement and usage of piracy as an asset; in wars fought in the New World. Great Britain with its expanding power and conflicts with other nations would make piracy a lifestyle and lay down the foundation for the Golden Age of Piracy and eventually bring what it created to a screeching halt.

Pirates were the thieves on the sea that came on the land to steal what ever they saw. When they came to the Caribbean, it was right after war when all regulations were down and not enforced. “As the nation battled law and order broke down entirely; pirates grew bolder… after 1700 the Caribbean became a battleground for the European natives” (Document 8). When the government was recovering around the 1700’s from war, no one regulated trade and many of the Native’s along with the European’s things were stolen. Pirates were very strong and successful in stealing and robbing the Natives, and that is why Pirates made trade a negative affect of the

For years and years the leaders of Tripoli which is located in the Middle East had been taking over merchant ships from either the Americans or the or the Europeans. The Tripoli pirates would take over ships and sell

“After the 1890 season, the Pittsburgh Alleghenys signed several players from rival American Association teams- including the Philadelphia Athletics star second baseman Lou Bierbauer. The Philadelphia team loudly protested the move, complaining to league officials that the Alleghenys’ actions were “piratical.” The Alleghenys made sport of being denounced for being “piratical” by renaming themselves the Pirates for the 1891 season.” Pirates have had a strong presence throughout the ages; their presence has often garnered acknowledgment from governments- both foreign and domestic. For the most part, pirates are more real than ninjas based upon their presence and the acknowledgment of their existence by governments throughout history.

The Atlantic pirates were after gold or booty as Disney producers portray it to be, but this wasn’t there main goal, instead the Atlantic pirate’s main goal was revenge. After several centuries of poverty and being in the bottom social rank people took to themselves to solve their economic problems by going against king and machinists. Many of these pirates either had worked for this mechanist or for the kingdom’s fleet. As stated by Dr. Marcus Rediker “Merchant seamen got a hard, close look at death: disease and accidents were commonplace in their occupation, rations were often meager and discipline was brutal… Some pirates had served in the navy where conditions aboard ship were no less harsh” (Rediker 206-207). These severe conditions were the driving force for revenge at whatever the cost maybe. The previous experience of being at sea made these pirates very knowledgeable because they also knew that the American colonies were doing their own thing. Even though they were

.Gacy was caught because of trace evidence found on college rings in his house. After tracing missing 15 year old Robert Piest to John Gacy, the Des Plaine place were able to receive a search warrant because of Gacys previous sodomy conviction. When they searched the house, they collected driver's license and college rings. The detectives also noticed a strong, strange odor coming from beneath his house. Forensic evidence on the ring traced it to missing teenager John Slye. After getting a second search warrant they did a more meticulous search on the craw space under his house. They found 27 bodies of young boys and men. There wasn't a profile of Gacy, it was a lucky break. The Des Plaines Police Department had no knowledge of Gacys crimes.

Each state exercises its jurisdiction within its territory. Piracy is one crime when a state may exercise jurisdiction, because it is a crime that falls under the definition of jus cogens, considered being so critical to the international order that all nations must fight against it. The acts of piracy do not only have impacts on human life, but it affects the navigation on the seas, the environment and it has severe financial consequences. It is significant to stop the piracy attacks, but who have jurisdiction and rights to do it? The Somali government has been having trouble since 1991 and their priority is to handle the domestic economical and political situation. Unfortunately, the government doesn’t have the strength or capacity to handle the pirates alone. During many years pirates were seen as hostis humani generis – any enemy of all mankind, thus all states should fight them.

Piracy is a problem that did not stop in the 1700s. The pirates off the coast of Somalia attack ships and take hostages for ransoms. The United States is one of the countries being attacked. Along with France, China and Russia. Regarding the U.S foreign policy and interactions with Somali pirates, the U.S should use force because there will be less of an of a financial hit on the families of the victims, piracy will decrease when the incentives decrease, and less money will be given to the terrorist organizations that are feared.

When the word pirate is mentioned, many people think of ship carrying men across the seas as they pillage other ships. While this is true to some extent there was much more to the lives of the men that were known as pirates. Pirates were mostly men from French, English or Dutch heritage, and were privateers or merchants. Many of these men were sanctioned by their government. By the Spanish they were call piratas or unsanctioned sea-raiders, and would have a heavy influence of trade in the Caribbean and on the Spanish Empire.

The pirate lifestyle was different. Pirates were better treated and had more freedoms and rights than normal sailors.The reason why I choose pirate lifestyle because they had many accurate facts about pirates in the movie such pirates drinking rum, stealing a boat, they were they dress and more. For example, Pirates only had rum to drink when they were on board because they did not have not enough water for the pirates on board. Rum was also easily obtained in the sugarcane rich Caribbean and olden day South Seas Pirates and that's what made rum the drink of choice which was all sown in movies when Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) was trying to escape from the ship of Black Pearl, they showed Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) drinking a bottle rum after capturing Elizabeth. The second reason why I say pirate lifestyle is accurate is that of stealing a ship. At the start of the movie when Jack Sparrow was to be hanged by the British

Pirates from one area though have been given the burden of media attention more so than any other, Somali pirates. While the media likely won’t even mention pirates operating in India or China there was a flurry of media activity regarding Somali pirates thanks to two major incidents. The first was the hijacking of the MV Maersk Alabama in 2009, and the second was in an incident in 2011 where, “four American yachters killed by Somali pirates” (Hoag and Tibbits, 2011). These attacks are what brought the issue of Somali piracy to the attention of the citizens of the United States, but in reality, the pirates had been around for well over a decade by the time of the attack on the MV Maersk Alabama. While several publications dutifully reported the attacks, it seemed that very few wanted to address something just as important, the reason there were pirates in the water in the first

Many people of Somalia find piracy to be acceptable. The reason being that it is for the good of others, others meaning them. Piracy had become their way of life. Had other nations reached out to Somalia, things would have been different. However, the world is harsh and cruel, and many would rather look after themselves than a stranger. Instead, nations began to trash the land of Somalia. The people no longer see a point in trying to gain profit through ‘morally’ correct manners, more so because their endeavors are fruitless. “It began with fishermen who were tired of foreign fishing fleets taking advantage of the instability in the country, dumping toxic waste and illegally fishing in the Somali waters. These activities hampered the economic, environmental and health of the country and its people” (Johnson). The people of Somalia

Piracy in Somalia has come about due to years of internal fighting and weakened government. With the overthrow of the president in 1991, Somalia has been a complete anarchy with only the laws of rival clans who have been in power. Though long before that the country has been in constant war between the people of the country because money and food have been always been scarce. Small amounts of money have been made through some exports but the real money came from the fishing off the coast. Recently because of the lack of laws commercial fisherman from all over the world have been over-fishing the waters and leaving the Somalis with too few fish to survive. European companies have used this lack of laws as a way to easily dump their

Maritime piracy in recent weeks has been on the rise around the Gulf of Aden, the Somali Basin, and the Indian Ocean. As stated in the text book, “In the first six months of 2011, there were 266 pirate attacks on the world’s seas. More than 60 percent of those were by Somali pirates who are increasingly bold in their actions.” For example, in 2011 there was an attack by Somali pirates which shocked most. The Somali pirates during monsoon season targeted a ship and proceeded to shoot at it in the Indian Ocean.