Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Yemen navy charges $60,000 for safe passage in pirate waters | The Australian

Yemen navy charges $60,000 for safe passage in pirate waters | The Australian
YEMEN'S navy is charging commercial vessels up to $US55,000 ($60,800) each to guarantee transit through the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden under a deal that has reaped about $US30 million over 18 months.


For an historical precedent for this sort of thing, study the castles on the Rhine, lairs of the original robber barons.

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