http://www.lrb.co.uk/ >From the current issue Vol. 25 No. 24 :: 18 December 2003 The New Piracy Charles Glass: Terror on the High Seas
"Ninety-five per cent of the world's cargo travels by sea. Without the merchant marine, the free market would collapse and take Wall Street's dream of a global economy with it. Yet no one, apart from ship owners, their crews and insurers, appears to notice that pirates are assaulting ships at a rate unprecedented since the glorious days when pirates were 'privateers' protected by their national governments."
