Sea piracy is not a recent phenomenon. The coastal piracies of Ireland in the medieval era to the most recent Somali mission of capturing the oil supertanker, Sirius Star, owned by Saudi Armco is a long and thrilling story. Hollywood has often glorified the “wild and fearsome pirate captain” in their movies. In fact you [...]
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