2007-03-07 05:24:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
They try to make an example out of some people with a lawsuit seeking huge damages. I think that most pirates don't get caught, so the average would be very low.
The trick is to not get caught.
2007-03-07 06:13:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Navy actually has had to deal with pirates as a result of the increased number of US Naval ships in the Indian Ocean. When the USS Gonzalez sank a pirate ship last year, the Navy turned the survivors over to the closest country not in total anarchy, which was Kenya. The pirates got 7 years.
A pirate ship fired on the USS Cape St. George, a US Navy cruiser in the Indian Ocean last year, but I don't know what happened to the pirates if any survived that mismatch.
2007-03-07 06:52:18 · answer #2 · answered by mattapan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋