The Costs of Piracy.

According to the Journal of Commerce, negotiating with pirates can backfire:

"The initial ransom demand — $3 million — was negotiated down to $1 million.

But by the time the ship, which was carrying a knockdown oil rig and a crew of four Russians and five Filipinos, was returned, Scan-Trans had spent $5 million."

And then try to get your insurers to cover some of this...