Piracy

SUBJECT OF

FACTS (6)
EVENTS (7)

Jul 2004	Percentage change since 2002 in the annual number of attacks by pirates on ships worldwide : +20	Harper's Index Source: International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Centre (Kuala Lumpur)
Nov 2001	Percentage change since 1999 in the annual number of ships worldwide attacked by pirates: +57	Harper's Index Source: International Chamber of Commerce (London)
Jun 2000	Estimated number of “river pirates” operating on New York City's waterfront in 1850: 500	Harper's Index Source: Luc Sante, Low Life, Vintage Books (N.Y.C.)
Jun 1999	Percentage change since 1991 in the number of armed pirate attacks worldwide: +122	Harper's Index Source: International Maritime Bureau (Barking, U.K.)
Apr 1999	Number of farmers that Monsanto has investigated for “seed piracy” since 1997: 500	Harper's Index Source: Monsanto Co. (St. Louis, Mo.)
Jun 1998	Number of people killed worldwide last year by pirates: 51	Harper's Index Source: International Maritime Bureau (Essex, England)

November 25, 2005	Somalia's transitional government awarded U.S. firm Topcat Marine Security $50 million to fight pirates for two years.	Weekly Review By Paul Ford Source: BBC News
January 3, 2005	the United Nations said pirates were threatening relief supplies,	Weekly Review By Theodore Ross Source: CDNN
January 28, 2004	Sea piracy was up 20 percent last year.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Business Times Singapore
December 10, 2003	Elephants in Thailand were said to be hijacking sugarcane shipments.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Washington Times
June 19, 2003	Senator Orrin Hatch said that he favored the development of technology that would automatically destroy the computers of people who violate copyright restrictions. It was then discovered that Hatch's own website makes use of pirated software.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Wired.com
April 16, 2002	A woman in New York was suing the makers of Pirate's Booty because the snack food has three times more fat than the label claimed.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge
August 28, 2001	A Canadian man, one year into a ten-year sailing expedition, was forced to cut short his trip after being attacked by pirates with a bread knife.	Weekly Review By Margaret Cordi and Elizabeth Giddens

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