- - - Doing right is even harder than it looks o_o?
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued guidelines for armed guards aboard merchant ships
near Somali waters.This is considered a a limited concession to the use of private force to hinder piracy on the high seas.
Some IMO members are thought to have been more than negligent in their belated concession to the world's merchant fleets.
The IMO's de facto support of piracy has puzzled people around the world. But it is no puzzle
to those in the know.
It is simply a case of bribery tinged with a bit of blackmail say some in the international trade community.
It now appears that some unnamed but known persons were receiving favors and gifts (bribes) from parties that
supported pirates. Pirates have hijacked, kidnapped, tortured and killed in waters around the world for decades.
Pirates have committed atrocities with near impunity thanks to the protection of the IMO.
Though their have been no explicit public admissions of guilt on the part of the corrupt officers of the IMO, it was decided that
some minimal concessions must be made to maritime shipping. For now, the IMO has corrected its crazy corrupt course and has allowed merchantmen to protect passengers and crew in some cases. The IMO concessions to combat piracy were begrudging at best. And came only after maritime nations world wide explicitly asked for anti piracy rulings. Many nations as diverse as, China, India and the United States, Russia and France have sent armed warships into seas around Somalia to kill and capture pirates. The IMO insisted on a list of poorly thought out restrictive guidelines for the use of armed guards on sea vessels. But for now the sea lanes around Somalia will be a little safer.
The IMO will review their rulings in September. This delay will give the piracy advocates time to collect more substantial bribes-errr I mean support. Some IMO officers allegedly hope to garner substantially larger bribes- errrr - contributions from concerned parties.
For now, armed guards are legal on ships in some parts of the world.
"I guess the pirates didn't pay enough (bribes) this year past.", quipped one old salt on hearing the news.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued guidelines for armed guards aboard merchant ships
near Somali waters.This is considered a a limited concession to the use of private force to hinder piracy on the high seas.
Some IMO members are thought to have been more than negligent in their belated concession to the world's merchant fleets.
The IMO's de facto support of piracy has puzzled people around the world. But it is no puzzle
to those in the know.
It is simply a case of bribery tinged with a bit of blackmail say some in the international trade community.
It now appears that some unnamed but known persons were receiving favors and gifts (bribes) from parties that
supported pirates. Pirates have hijacked, kidnapped, tortured and killed in waters around the world for decades.
Pirates have committed atrocities with near impunity thanks to the protection of the IMO.
Though their have been no explicit public admissions of guilt on the part of the corrupt officers of the IMO, it was decided that
some minimal concessions must be made to maritime shipping. For now, the IMO has corrected its crazy corrupt course and has allowed merchantmen to protect passengers and crew in some cases. The IMO concessions to combat piracy were begrudging at best. And came only after maritime nations world wide explicitly asked for anti piracy rulings. Many nations as diverse as, China, India and the United States, Russia and France have sent armed warships into seas around Somalia to kill and capture pirates. The IMO insisted on a list of poorly thought out restrictive guidelines for the use of armed guards on sea vessels. But for now the sea lanes around Somalia will be a little safer.
The IMO will review their rulings in September. This delay will give the piracy advocates time to collect more substantial bribes-errr I mean support. Some IMO officers allegedly hope to garner substantially larger bribes- errrr - contributions from concerned parties.
For now, armed guards are legal on ships in some parts of the world.
"I guess the pirates didn't pay enough (bribes) this year past.", quipped one old salt on hearing the news.
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