High-tech pirates on high seas! ( New Paper, 22/11/08)
Piracy today is more than just about swords and muskets. It's
such big business in Somalia that pirates there are armed with
the latest technology.
How pirates stalk and attack their prey.
Restaurants for hostages. And a welcoming party for them that
includes accountants, negotiations, luxury cars and laptops.
Piracy is big business in Somalia, so it's little wonder then that
more high-profile and more daring attacks are being carried out
by Somali pirates. Little can be done to scuttle their ships.
When people there hear of a ship being hijacked, they would put
on ties and smart clothes and drive to the port of Eyl in their
landcruisers, taking along laptops. They would even have
accountants and negotiators present. In April, CNN reported that
pirates worked with conspirators, who would fun the operations,
give them details about ship movements and even helped them
buy weapons. The BBC reported that the general going rate for
Ransom payments was between US$300,000 and US$1.5m, and
the piracy industry involved many people.
A visitor to Eyl was quoted as saying: ''The number of people who
make the first attack is small, normally from seven to 10. They go
out in powerful speedboats armed with heavy weapons. But once
they seize the ship, about 50pirates stay on board the vessel. And
about 50 more wait on shore in case anything goes wrong.''
There are even people whose job is to feed the hostages.
In Eyl, special restaurants have been set up to prepare food for
the crew members of hijacked ships because whether the ransom
money is paid will depend on their well-being.
Mr Noel Choong, the head of the International Maritime Bureau's
(IMB) regional piracy centre in Kuala Lumpur, said that these
crooks are so brazen and reckless, they would communicate openly
with the outside world and let captured crew members call their
families.
He told The New Paper yesterday that when pirates hold a ship's
crew hostage, they would sail the captured ship to their bases in
Somalia. Such ships have included a Ukranian ship carrying millions
of dollars in arms and a Saudi oil tanker carrying US$100 million in
crude. Then, they call the ship owners to demand the ransom money.
Mr Choong said: ''They are not afraid. They are not hiding because
everybody knows they are along the eastern coast of Somalia.
There's no central government and policing, and they are not afraid
to go out to sea. The risks are low and the returns are high.''
The BBC reported that the coastal region of Puntland was booming
with grand houses being built and expensive cars being bought in a
country without a functioning central government for nearly 20years.
Observers say that pirates made about US$30m from ransom payments
last year, compared to the annual budget of Puntland, which was about
US$20m. And on Wednesday, the BBC reported that some pirates were
also working with Islamic training them in naval tatics and sharing their
profits with them. Mr Choong said of the attack on the Saudi supertanker:
''It's disturbing that they could go so far out to sea. At that sort of range,
they can go further and attack almost any passing ship they see because it
will take time for help to arrive.''

1. MOTHERSHIP
Using radar and global positioning system, motherships prowl seas for
vessels to attack. Disguised as fishing boats, trawlers or tugs, they blend in
with real fishing fleet when approaching unsuspecting ships, evading
detection by patrolling warships.
2. ATTACK
Breaking away from fleet. mothership launches small speedboats with 6 to
7 heavily armed pirates to attack and surround targeted ships.
3. COMMUNICATIONS
Using satellite phones, they tell mothership about their progress in taking
hold of the ship.
4. ARMY FATIGUES
Pirates are known to be well-trained and don camouflaged fatigues. Some
Somalia anti-piracy groups, supposed to protect shipping vessels, are
pirates themselves, preventing crews from telling friend from foe.
5. WEAPONS
Pirates fire at ship with AK-47 machine guns or rocket-propelled grenades
to force captains to stop.
6. BOARDING
Ship is surrounded by smaller boats, but one boat might go to the front to
distract crew while the rest invade from behind. They shoot grappling hooks,
use ladders or ropes to board vessel.
7. NIGHT-VISION GOGGLES
These help pirates on board navigate through ship to force frightened crew
members to surrender. Then, taking control of ship, they sail it to base in
Somalia, sometimes repainting it to avoid detection.
8. HOSTAGE
Hostages are taken back to the pirate base, where there are special
restaurants set up for them, A healthy hostage makes it easier to collect the
ransom.

This is how really dangerous they are.

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