News Incredible Cases of Modern Piracy

[Alex Wright]

The word "pirate" is primarily associated with the 17th century (the period when piracy flourished), daring adventures, walking on boards, sword fights, and treasure chests. But who would have thought pirates still exist today? Only now modern pirates are not at all like those to which we are so used in the movies. Pirates of our days are violent criminals, not romantic heroes fighting for love and friendship.

What seems fascinating on cinema screens, in real life turns out to be incredibly cruel and scary. If you like to experience thrills, then you can safely experience it at 22Bet.

Well, in this article we will tell you the most amazing stories of modern piracy! Everyone is on deck! Let's set sail on our adventure!

Somali Pirates Who Seized $20 Million Worth of Loot​

In November 2008, a story about Somali pirates made headlines after they seized a Ukrainian cargo ship 320 km off the coast of Somalia. Imagine their surprise when they had $30 million worth of loot in their hands, namely grenade launchers and other heavy weapons. After that, the pirates decided to start negotiations on a ransom for $ 20 million in cash, "This is a good deal," the leader explained. "We don't consider ourselves bandits... Better think of us as the Coast Guard." The authorities managed to negotiate with the pirates, and the ship, along with the crew and cargo, was released.

Somalia is considered one of the largest breeding grounds for pirates in the world. Most of the pirates are ordinary fishermen who engage in piracy to survive in one of the poorest regions of the world.

Real “Pirates of the Caribbean” Who Robbed a Family on Vacation​

Luxury yachts floating on the waters of the Caribbean Sea, full of rich tourists, often attract the attention of local pirates. In December 2014, a group of vacationing friends anchored their 20-meter yacht in the harbor near the picturesque village of Chateaubelair. Immediately after that, three armed men boarded. After taking jewelry, cash, cameras, and cell phones worth several thousand dollars, the bandits ordered the ship's captain to take the ship to sea, otherwise, they threatened to fire RPG grenades at the ship.

One of the vacationers, the mother of triplets from Cleveland, said that she thought they were attacked by real "Pirates of the Caribbean." "When something like this happens, you think it's not real," she said. "One of them said, "If you don't find your wallet, I will kill you," and I was so horrified by his words that I forgot that I didn't take my wallet on the trip. I repeated: "My God, I can't find him! I need to find him!" and at the same time I was thinking about the children left at home."

Pirates Who Used Old-Fashioned Swords to Attack the Ship​

Most modern pirates are armed with the latest technology, but these looters used more old-fashioned means during the attack on the ship in May 2016. 9 men armed with cutlasses climbed onto a fishing boat, tied up the crew of four, threw the captain overboard, took all valuables, and then sailed on a twin-engine vessel. Later, the captain, who was drifting in the ocean, was rescued by another fishing vessel.

Cruise Ship Passengers Who Used an Unusual Item to Scare off Pirates​

The Seabourn Spirit cruise ship was about 160 km off the coast of Somalia and was en route from Egypt to Mombasa, Kenya when it was attacked by a pair of Somali pirate ships. All 302 passengers, among whom were mostly Americans, were very scared when their ship was fired from firearms and RPGs. "My daughter saw pirates in our window," says Edith Laird from Seattle.

The crew of the ocean liner, who did not have a suitable weapon, decided to cause an acoustic shock to scare off the pirates. They decided that they were under fire, and quickly left the ship.

 

[Shagger]

Are you for real? You can't even write an article about modern piracy on a gaming forum (Even that alone is kind of weird) without plugging a casino? It's not even done well, just a paragraph thrown into the middle of it with no subtly at all, like somebody taking a dump on the dining table.

At least when you were posting article after article about gambling to insert your shameless plugs into it made some sense as the shameless plug fit with the subject matter, but this is just embarrassing. Have you no pride?

 

[Dakota]

Are you for real? You can't even write an article about modern piracy on a gaming forum (Even that alone is kind of weird) without plugging a casino? It's not even done well, just a paragraph thrown into the middle of it with no subtly at all, like somebody taking a dump on the dining table.

At least when you were posting article after article about gambling to insert your shameless plugs into it made some sense as the shameless plug fit with the subject matter, but this is just embarrassing. Have you no pride?

This is more censorship than freedom of speech

 

[Shagger]

This is more censorship than freedom of speech

This about a a so-called "journalist" posting a rather irrelevant and random article for no reason other than to peddle an affiliate casino. This is a complaint about spam, it has absolutely nothing to do with censorship nor freedom of speech. You obviously don't even know what those terms really mean nor how they don't apply here.

Want an example of freedom of speech? I don't think it's appropriate for somebody, especially in a position of responsibility and representation on JoyFreak, to use the the site like his personal market stall. That is freedom of speech. An expression of an opinion that doesn't impact on another's rights. That's why hate speech, for example, isn't considered freedom of speech by law because that potentially violates somebody's safety. Alex was hot impaired in his right to express his views in that article by anything I said, so all either of us did was express our own rights to freedom of speech.

Censorship is, by definition, "the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security." I mentioned nothing about about obscenity nor politics and made no attempt to supress anything he said. Hell, even if I wanted to I couldn't.

I know you're used to pandering to people who are slightly stupid, but just throwing the words "censorship" and "freedom of speech" in with no context isn't going to convince anyone with a brain larger than a grape, nor older than a grape for that matter, to stand behind you on this. So do yourself a favour and consider this a lesson. Don't throw terms around as weapons when you don't understand what they mean.

 

[Dakota]

Dictating to Alex what can and can't be discussed is suppression

 

[Shagger]

Dictating to Alex what can and can't be discussed is suppression

No it's not because I couldn't supress what he writes about even if I wanted to. However, by posting it on a public forum, the entire world has a right to question, discuss and disagree with what he writes about as well as his motivations for writing it, whether he, or indeed you, like it or not. If you think I'm doing something wrong, report me. Otherwise, shut up or start discussing the topic, because I will report the next post you make directed at me that's off-topic.