Wednesday, April 22, 2009

How to get 1 million dollars to a Somali pirate?

Former FBI agent Jack Cloonan now specialises in negotiating with Somali pirates in hostage cases. 'They're not stupid. They know it's a successful business model.'??
Jack Cloonan: "Delivering money is an extremely difficult part of the negotiation process because once you strike a deal, you do have to deliver the ransom. We used to rent tugboats in Mombasa. But the tugboat captains -- some of whom have delivered ransoms repeatedly -- have actually charged more for the delivery of the ransom than the actual ransom amount. What we do is, we cruise to a certain agreed-upon location with coordinates, you get within sight, the delivery is made from a bagman to the bad guys and then you hope that the pirates do the right thing. They generally do." ..more..http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2220211.ece/How_to_get_1_million_dollars_to_a_Somali_pirate

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