The parlous recovery of Captain Richard Phillips is only single episode in a global revival of sea buccaneering started about ten years before.
When majority of Americans looked upon sea piracy before first week of April, Johny Depp sprang to mind, no Somalia. But the hijacking and safe recovery of Captain Richard Phillips is just the one most high-profile part in a global revival of sea piracy started about ten years ago.
At its heart: the rapid development of worldwide economy in the past twenty years, which crowded our seas with cargo ships, dry-bulk carriers and super-tankers amply loaded with each good you can think of. The world presently ravishes about 80 percent of all international freight by oceans. More than ten million cargo containers, in all, are traveling across the world’s seas every time.
The World’s Most Dangerous Waters
The heavy sea traffic (including cargos) had engendered a surge in sea piracy as well as a fresh breed of pirates, the most crashing, man has seen. More than twenty four hundred incidents of piracy were told to be happened around the world from 2000 to 2006; it is almost double than the figure reached in the preceding 6 year period. In spite of the fact that these pirate attacks at least increased three times within that time period, the factual number of attacks is still not clear. Shipping firms often don’t tell about piracy attacks out of concern because it could increase insurance premiums.
And about all groups of government monitoring such sea piracy thinks that this estimated figure is seriously undercounted. The Australian authorities guess that the factual number of piracy attacks is 2,000 percent higher. Piracy is calculated to cost between 13 billion to 16 billion US dollars each year. This could cost considerably more in future.
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There are many ways of doing something very exiting and entertaining but above all is traveling. Traveling is the hobby of many individuals in this great world. People usually go to spend some time with their family once a year. This is really great fun but it depends on the location you choose. Sometimes the location can be dangerous. If you are planning to travel one of the following countries it could be dangerous. The countries mentioned below are famous for their kidnap cases and the ransom demand usually in six to eight figures. You must have heard in news about these kidnappings. The average money paid for these cases ranges up to 6 Million USD.
It is one of the least developed countries in America. Eighty percent of the population is living below the line of poverty. They kidnap the rich Haitians, envoys, NGO workers and tourists. Over half of the population is illiterate and they make up their revenue by kidnapping. Portau Prince, the capital city of this country is flourishing with the street crimes and gangs. If you are still thinking to leave for Haiti, then the multicolored art, fascinating and vibrant culture and music and spiritual people are its main attractions.
This is the country which is flourished by Sumerians and Babylonians in ancient times. After the invasion of America in 2003, the country is in the state of disorder and chaos. Kidnapping cases (of foreign tourists) are reported on regular basis in this country but it comes to surprise that it is one of the most visited place in this era.
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