Pirates are Running Wild off West Africa’s Coast | System Error

Today, 97 percent of kidnappings at sea take place in the Gulf of Guinea, making this region the piracy hotspot of the world. But why is piracy thriving in these waters?
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[@Richard-ug4el]

Funny how when you dig down into some of the largest problems we face, there's an oil company behind it in the end.

[@coyotesmile8972]

Damn good point!

[@americafirst5142]

You automatically believe them? They’re robbers. Isn’t it fair to assume they’re liars as well? The oil could be their own doing.

[@tictacman1000]

These are people willing to kidnap others and ransom them back to their families under threat of death. If you really take their word for why they're doing what they're doing you're a moron.

[@MrMcQueen_01]

And it just so happens there was also a spill by the same company on the coastal US 🧐

[@TheZombieColonel]

Essentially capitalism is the root cause of most the world’s illnesses

[@narkove7494]

Who knew there was an epic pirate fight in the middle of the ocean to get my $5 wish package delivered

[@ognsk5474]

i lost like 15 packages lmao

[@bugsbro324]

Lol

[@johnedwardzurbito6647]

@@ognsk5474 so do think we were impressed?

[@kimberlyisherwood4564]

Yeah

[@kimberlyisherwood4564]

Ghettos at sea.

[@phil_helix1191]

Watching this breaks my heart, really feel for the locals who just end up getting screwed over in all of the profiteering from oil companies

[@Winner343]

Yup, it also justifies terrorizing civilian seafarers by holding them for ransom and/or killing them. Really makes me feel bad for the pirates.

[@danielseaburg9763]

Maybe if Africans weren't known for stealing, they'd be hired?

[@PostMalone-real]

@@Winner343 wow dude crazy idea. Maybe instead of spending a bunch of money to guard ships against desperate people…you spend money on helping said people. Weird man I know crazy concept. Financial stability and crime go hand in hand. Insane

[@Winner343]

@PostMalone-real why spend billions helping terrorists when a few dudes and a machine gun cost a couple thousand?

[@Akhimed]

@@Winner343 helping terrorists? Stfu you have no emotions for us Africans you think your superior and call all of us terrorists, you incel of a human

[@jessejamez707]

I remember when I was younger my grandparents had a small farm in Northern California. There was a huge pond out in the middle of nowhere that took a decent hike to get to , used to always play in that area as a kid catching frogs grasshoppers and all that good stuff. One day I woke up to my grandpa and a few of the neighbors pulling out the 4 wheelers and tractors with a wagon full of buckets and blankets. I ran out to see what all the fuss was about it and saw my grandpa covered head to toe in oil. We rode out to the pond and it was completely black 🥺 oil and gas was all over the place the smell was horrifically strong. Someone did a huge illegal dump out there and it was one of the most heartbreaking moments I ever experienced as a kid. Dead frogs and squirrels barely alive stuck in the oily mud. The neighbors tried to save 2 but after cleaning them they still ended up passing away. We spent weeks trying to clean that crap up and it felt like we didn’t even put a dent in it. After wildlife started getting affected they finally sent people out to clean it up properly. But it changed the community , the damage was done. My grandparents were more afraid of who these people actually were and what they were up to out there. So I wasn’t allowed to wander and explore anymore 😔 whoever those jerks were completely ruined it for me. Couldn’t play at the pond cause it was restricted and fenced off so no more wildlife could be affected by any remnants of the oil spill. After I got older my grandpa told me he actually ran into a truck full of people on his 4 wheeler one night and they threatened him at gun point. Thankfully it was only words they exchanged that night but it scared tf out of my grandparents and I think that was the final straw that caused them to sell the farm and finally move out 🥺 it sucked that the last days there I still wasn’t allowed to go and explore. But I still went to that pond to say bye one more time but I was heartbroken to see it all dried up and completely gone. Nothing but trash. Oil hurts the environment like crazy. I can only imagine the impact it would cause when a huge oil spill isn’t taken care of and it’s just left to marinate with the land. We’re really destroying Mother Earth 🌍 and she’s pissed tf off at us. Im pretty sure she doesn’t want us here anymore.

[@DG-AI777]

Jesus is all that matters.

[@Pigeon.mp4]

@@DG-AI777 preach elsewhere bro

[@DG-AI777]

@@Pigeon.mp4 Hahaha. Need a tissue, bro?

[@bobjones2041]

When I was a kid I used to read Zane Grey western novels, set in part in Northern California. So where did that Tule Lake mentioned in the books go off to? There aren't any oil fields near it as far as I know? What happened in the Tulare basin? Was it contaminated with oil, or just sucked dry by the good people, the innocent farmers only wanting to eke out a modest living?

[@bobjones2041]

... and oil is 100% "natural". Natives at LaBrea used it waterproof their canoes. How is that okay?

[@blasalvice]

Well...after learning about Shell's responsibility, I don't know if I can even blame them...

[@robertodykirk]

Agreed. You'd have to see things through their eyes. What would I do in their place, with mouths to feed, I'd do what ever I had to. If that means Piracy, so be it.

[@railroadforest30]

Yeah can’t really blame them

[@dscott4465]

What is shell doing

[@RD-eg1df]

@@dscott4465 Watch the video

[@aksmex2576]

@@dscott4465 The river is almost black because of oil spills.

[@hhhx3]

This is the first time I heard pirates tell their side of the story.

[@priceandpride]

Because they dead

[@willcortez78]

What side is there to say? They are thieves and murderers. Nuff said.

[@lodewickvanglock4196]

@@willcortez78 more like desperate people with a logical target of redemption for thier suffering

[@danielzhang5842]

@@willcortez78 Government allowed harvesting oil, allowing the entire area to be fucked up and let everyone there to starve to death. No compensation. What else can they do to stay alive?

[@lodewickvanglock4196]

@@americafirst5142 sry i cant take someone serious whose acc name is „America First“ i think your brain got damaged by to much low quality chees or something

[@dtharve]

These big oil companies need to be held financially accountable for the destruction they cause to the local environment. Not by pirates but they should have to pay fines or be forced to have programs setup to restore the local environments they hurt. To think that people will just accept the destruction of their land and lives without repercussions is crazy.

[@joeredman9354]

These pirates have legitimate concerns and reasoning. It's too bad most of the international focus will be on securing the further plunder of their resources by multi-national companies. There needs to be an international navy to make sure illegal fishing doesn't decimate local fish populations.

[@thsudy]

as the saying goes. teach a man to fish and you feed him for a day, take away his fish he'll start pirating

[@eddyfitzgerald2518]

didn't Gandhi say that

[@seththebest5494]

*he'll start pirating away*

[@Chris-sf7ug]

They should include a small helicopter and training in one of their ransoms and be able to pirate more effectively.

[@isiahlozano5098]

Amazing 😂

[@mikehannigan848]

@@eddyfitzgerald2518 No Gandhi said ,"Where dem bik booty hoes at?" this was during his 11th mission to the planet Mars during the Jupiter Wars.

[@fullboostturbo1]

SHELL needs to be held accountable for their actions regarding the environmental damage they have caused to this, and many more countries. Not to mention the damage to the citizens lives of the countries they profit from. Its just plain disgusting to say the least.

[@mikehannigan848]

100%

[@melkormorgoth9022]

Thats just the Start of what Shell and every other big energy company needs to be held accountable for....

[@lacai527]

You know right that those kind a crimes are OK for our goverments , its not our soil, and we need the Oil. And it goes like, kick someone long enuff it will kick back! And if ransom are not paid they will become more vicious, maybe even developed that kind a mentality they simple sunk the cargo ship if no protection money has been paid xD Then even onboard security forces is no can do.

[@mikehannigan848]

@@lacai527 I dunno, 10 or 12 browning 50's with 5-6 trained shooters...can do a lot to one small boat...

[@lacai527]

@@mikehannigan848 sure can, but all it takes is To land a RPG shot To tanker 500m easy shot, way harder than hitting small boat from floating object

[@johnwick-ii6il]

My father witnessed and photographed the public beheading of over 100 pirates in one day. During the Indo China war. It was actually quite common, and his photos were seen in several old wartime newsreels.. These modern pirates are directed by warlords who do not benefit the local communities. Many would still be criminal factions even without the excuse of oil company exploitation.

[@jaybelle1909]

Exactly they need strick punishment on piracy to put it in check

[@slickstrings]

People dont like to talk about how the tribalism has long prevented a structured government in this country. Its not "the west is bad" enough for them.

[@adrukova1407]

@slickstrings You decimate their local fish population, deplete their resources, pollute their waters/land, destabilize their government / economy, and still manage to blame THEM for your evil, lol... Unbelievable!....

[@adrukova1407]

@@slickstrings White arrogance at its best

[@arandomzoomer4837]

It’s weird because I can’t help but sympathize with these pirates despite the fact that they would definitely kidnap me. These pirates probably wouldn’t even be a problem if these oil companies hired local people for their work or at least offered some kind of stipend to the villages that were hurt by the oil. I can’t imagine hiring doctors would be more expensive than hiring mercenaries

[@atlas3870]

When will people realize that when you completely obliterate a group of peoples way of life they will inevitably turn to desperation

[@whywhywhywhy7559]

Corruption of the government is the key

[@tuchus8781]

Never acceptable

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

Atlas the gay guy

[@jjj-bl8yf]

@@tuchus8781 they need to feed their families

[@network3492]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIC7fHpriL57Z8k ....

[@sonwig5186]

Poor illegal pirates vs rich legal pirates.

[@thing8357]

I think you need to look up the definition of piracy man

[@tempsikandersuckskilla4112]

@@thing8357 I think this person needs to learn that most of these "illegal pirates" are rich and have been more advance because of it. People are stupid

[@thegoddessrising6115]

@@tempsikandersuckskilla4112 they deserve it. Atleast their winnings go back into their economy while shell steals their resources destroy their environment and do nothing to give back to the community.

[@salvagemonster3612]

Do you feel better now

[@hakimgaraad1306]

I’ll side with the Poor ones.😂😂😂😂😂

[@dhruvaagarwal8460]

I am a sailor on merchant ships. I sailed these waters for first 5 months of 2023. I completely agree the pirates are wreaking havoc in GoG region. The fear and the risk are tremendous.

[@sosume5]

Horrific abuse of the local people 😢 The law and police are supporting the illegal fishing vessel from outside nations, by opressing thier own people.

[@bhmcrumbs1348]

I remember my Caribbean friend once told me, "I'm so thankful my country does not have oil", so true, big corporations will plunder your resouces & destroy your homeland while they are at it.

[@jessicabelievejesusislord5207]

Now is the time to Turn to The Lord Jesus Christ! His return is very near . Jesus Christ bled and died on the cross for our sins , was buried, and rose again the third day 🙏🏼 today is the day for your salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ today . ❤️🙏🏼 May God Bless you all. The King is returning

[@gil7335]

@@jessicabelievejesusislord5207 heh you guys have been saying that all the time. If we tally it, it would be like zero predictions correct lol

[@Popikawaii]

It's so true that big corporations will plunder and destroy your homeland? Oh dear. All those big corporations in Liberia, Congo, and Somalia. Damn them big corporations, like those in Silicon Valley destroying people's homeland.

[@himdarius]

@@jessicabelievejesusislord5207 Now is the time to Turn to The Lord Spagetti Monster! His return is very near . Spagetti Monster bled and died in the pot , was buried, and rose again the third day 🙏🏼 today is the day for your salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord Spagetti Monster today . ❤️🙏🏼 May Spagetti Monster bless you all. The King is returning

[@ThePerimeters]

Minerals, water, there's many things to plunder besides oil.

[@sexyjesu]

All these "solutions" seem like they're addressing the symptoms rather than their root cause.

[@deoxyribomorph99]

Exactly. How are you going to solve piracy without addressing the poverty that drives people to this lifestyle?

[@cameronash5492]

@@deoxyribomorph99 Because it's not the job of foreign nations to solve Africa's problems.

[@The3751FAN]

@@cameronash5492 ironic when a lot of those foreign nations are sucking them dry of their resources

[@dopaminedreams1122]

@@The3751FAN ironic they are also the only reason nigeria is rich, without shell nigeria would still be poor

[@cameronash5492]

@@The3751FAN Damn that's kinda hot

[@leonhenry4861]

Let’s blame the pirates, not the corporations that are robbing and plundering the poor countries.

[@axlh.1827]

If the corporations weren’t polluting their country then they wouldn’t feel the need to fight back.

[@jmc8973]

New Pirates of the Caribbean movie getting out of hand

[@aryans.3010]

I don’t blame them at all.. multi national oil companies go into their country for their own profit regardless of the environment cost..

[@balyeetbhagaloe6416]

Its actually not an oil companies fault this time. Somali pirates used to be fisherman but because of overfishing from predominantly illegal chinese fishing vessels they are out of work, Somalia cant do anything about it because they have taken investments from china

[@gd.5528]

@@balyeetbhagaloe6416 this is not about Somalia this is about west Africa.

[@franco7928]

And once they've taken what they wanted and moved on, a trail of destruction is left behind.

[@network3492]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIC7fHpriL57Z8k ....

[@anthonynyantakyi8549]

The government’s sign deals that don’t hold these companies accountable for their actions.

[@lukasboscher9674]

So you say illegal pirates are attacking illegal corporations? 🤔

[@alexpavlovsky3775]

😁

[@sivartb7273]

Fair game.

[@wagner977]

Wait are there legal pirates ?

[@IamHueGraves]

@@wagner977 privateers, not that those are still a thing

[@Elis_Gallacher]

@@wagner977 Used to be, the British had paid pirates, well, they weren’t supposed to act like pirates, but yah, called privateers. Kinda like a modern day private military. It was after the war between the British and Spain, everyone was poor. And the privateers were like - let’s plunder Spanish merchants! I’m making it a lot more simple than it is, but that’s kinda the gist of it.

[@thoumotherdearest9041]

Hears they’re pirates: “I hate them, and nothing can excuse them” Hears Shell is involved: “Oh nevermind, that’s a pretty damn good excuse”

[@ioncamin5]

Thank you Shell

[@hoii962]

"When the last tree is cut down ,the last fish is caught and the last river has been poisoned,then man shall realize that they can't eat money"

[@1214801]

Sounds like a speech pirated from a native American!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mohammadsabirkhan1560]

More like copying Quran's style: 10. “And when the scrolls (of the deeds of mankind) are spread,” 11. “And when the heaven shall be unveiled,” 12. “And when Hell is set ablaze,” 13. "And when the Garden is brought nigh (for the righteous),” 14. “Every soul shall (then) know what it has produced (of its deeds)".

[@hoii962]

@@1214801 Not pirated sunshine , " quoted"😁

[@hoii962]

@Purchase Orders I'm not sure who exactly composed this,I do know that it's an old native American proverb.

[@hoii962]

@@mohammadsabirkhan1560 don't think so

[@du9267]

Oil companies should be held accountable for their actions, provide food the villages that have been affected greatly

[@datdude15]

Or the government can quit being so corrupt and do something for their people

[@SaRa-gx2qg]

@@datdude15 and u know what happends then? He's being labeled a dictator and would.be killed. Open up your eyes u are the problem. Its happening litterlay RIGHT FUCKING NOW

[@datdude15]

@@SaRa-gx2qg lol I disagree

[@SaRa-gx2qg]

@@datdude15 u can't disagree the truth. Oh right u can if u are western clown.

[@datdude15]

@@SaRa-gx2qg you sound upset

[@evanraz4568]

How would you feel if some random dude showed up on your lawn and started digging a hole, leaving a giant mess, then refusing to clean it up?

[@Knox-7]

good point

[@steveduerr6367]

Better question, how about someone kills one of your loved ones trying to steal a ship. Would that change your point of view?

[@kimberleymansfield1099]

Sailors have known about the absolute risk and likelihood of pirates in that region for at least the last 30 years that I am aware of.

[@Bread-nx9fo]

“That’s got to be the greatest pirate I’ve ever seen” “So it would seem…”

[@tannerdylan5972]

I I can’t wait for the new movie “Pirates of the west Africa coast : curse of the black oil” 😆🤣😆😂

[@smolpp585]

@@tannerdylan5972 im dead

[@jesuschavez8417]

Wow!!! Everyone's making a return: Spider-Mans, Talibans and now real life pirates! What a time to be on earth.

[@baconstrips6260]

Yay but Nay...... Good luck!

[@unapologetic2992]

Lmfaoo. The only one missing is Rihanna the singer.

[@blueface2774]

Pirates have always been real 😂😂

[@jinijini1740]

Becouse the ones fighting against them not fixed the roots

[@y2k21]

Okay doomer..

[@gilnk8534]

Thank you VICE for showing both sides!!!!

[@MangooodnessGracious]

Poverty does not lead to immorality.

[@islandmanmikep]

"Them belly full, but we hungry. A hungry mob is an angry mob" Bob Marley

[@savagex466-qt1io]

2 Jamaicans once told me Bob Marley had over 100 kids. Clearly he had money lol

[@te9591]

We hungry but they belly full.

[@GDL364]

@@savagex466-qt1io he was clearly speaking for the people. Also he may have had more than most Jamaicans but was by no means wealthy.

[@Dios7518]

wow so deep

[@jessicabelievejesusislord5207]

Now is the time to Turn to The Lord Jesus Christ! His return is very near . Jesus Christ bled and died on the cross for our sins , was buried, and rose again the third day 🙏🏼 today is the day for your salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ today . ❤️🙏🏼 May God Bless you all. The King is returning

[@IDC45]

Imagin earning $36.000.000 while multiple villages starve to death and then just chilling in your pent house like it ain't your problem

[@ismth]

absolutely despicable

[@rickstewart5934]

Yes, these companies are disgusting.

[@annasibert2958]

It’s disgusting. All of these corporations that are using resources in underdeveloped countries should be forced to invest in those communities. It’a an ethical responsibility but it should be law. And I’m not talking about employing the native people for pennies. Actually improve their lives there. It’s a small price to pay while you’re raking in billions.

[@lechsiz1642]

The oil companies are wrong, but so are the pirates and politicians and so are the dirt-poor people who have kids they cannot afford. And, so are we for buying crap we don't need that requires oil to be made, shipped, and to get our cars to the store to buy it. We're all guilty

[@bluejays6223]

People say this, but if they where in the same shoes of the rich man I'd bet they do the same 👏

[@sgtty69]

Another great video from vice😑

[@worshipthecomedygodseoeunk4010]

3:27 that is literally, the arlong park arc in one piece (except they actually have a reason)

[@mvp1116]

"I'm the captain now"

[@westonsmith7772]

Eat my shorts

[@cherokeefit4248]

Ride captain ride

[@wokeaf1337]

alright, pay me my salary already :D

[@vervetech9395]

Jack Sparrow would be proud

[@redjupiter2236]

I ham teh captehn naw

[@jamesbat09]

I'd like to see a 5 part documentary on this, this is fascinating

[@chrisf8855]

It has to be a FIVE part documentary though, absolutely no three, four, or six part documentaries!!!!!

[@djebble1]

Not a 6 part, 4 part?

[@xithappens]

@@djebble1 5

[@southjerseysound7340]

If you're actually interested there's a part 1 on how the war lords have been stealing oil,refining it illegally and destroyed the environment themselves. Then once oil dropped they started piracy.99% of the damage is from themselves.

[@cazzsplinter3276]

Yep chaos, fascinating they say.

[@shanestan9951]

Amazing video! These pirates are not without reason, they are hungry, their children are hungry, their agriculture land has been ruined, their waters exploited, and they haven’t received anything in return.

[@m.lhenderson5885]

Notice how when it was when it was mostly on the east african coast ( close to the straight of hormuz) there was some serious military backing to stop it.

[@Music-lf8st]

This is reason we africans should start telling our own stories, as much as i disagreee with violence, there is always a genesis to something.

[@IAmHereForeve]

And Europeans still wondering why Africans are going to Europe? You went and got their oil, polluted their land and took their fish...well they are going where the food is.

[@Briggsian]

The pirates are essentially just very desperate and angry people. African nations have long been subjected to the will of foreign governments and corporations. A lot of these pirates would be fishermen if industrial fishing from foreign parties hadn't stripped their waters of most of its fish.

[@puritybenson5008]

@@Briggsian I wish dey show them pepper

[@everythingisfine9988]

Oh you want to know the Genesis to the story? Extremely poor people found a way to make some money because there are no other options. Local fish stocks depleted by foreign vessels, strip mining of resources by paying off corrupt politicians and environmental destruction ruining the ability to live off the land. Does that sound about right?

[@mrsleep0000]

Maybe instead of victimizing others, they should clean up the corruption in their countries? They couldn't be taken advantage of by foreign governments if their own governments weren't so corrupt.

[@jeanaraya3733]

That's whats happened when you overfish and dump waste in someone else's ocean

[@jaybartgis5148]

It's always somebody else's fault

[@jeanaraya3733]

@@jaybartgis5148yeap the real terror is imperialism and colonized minds..

[@nkosistrainbullies5806]

No one owns the oceans. You shouldnt wanna dump and Fk up the same eco system you also depend on.

[@nkosistrainbullies5806]

@@jaybartgis5148 it usually is. Cause and effect.

[@wherewhen9849]

@@jaybartgis5148 you should do so research on what's going on over there you may learn a few things.

[@lukedavis6668]

It’s absolutely sad how money has destroyed this earth, including the livelihood of people across the world. Struggling people who are forced to do crazy things out of survival.

[@armanarmani8647]

This is the second time i heard pirates tell their side of the story

[@Enoxificatti]

Soon they'll start looking for the One Piece.

[@ski8480]

Lol

[@Edits-vd5ru]

Lmao

[@sjappiyah4071]

Loool

[@freshandoriginalname]

😂😂😂

[@mohamadraymie5525]

It's so funny that i can't even laugh

[@doroteoarango6340]

That's what pisses me off the most that reach powerful companies take advantage of poor countries and leave those people poor and without resources and when those people are trying to stay alive they are treated as the bad guys

[@kerlie5625]

U should go to war over it

[@yetlin8386]

That is what they did in my country Somalia. They fished everything and dumped toxic waste, then when the fishermen defended their waters they were painted as thieves.

[@jdlc903]

That's so dumb

[@danieljunior3164]

@@jdlc903 it's not

[@rr4298]

@@yetlin8386 talk to Ilan Omar

[@amigongbrian]

🇵🇭🇵🇭 ingat lagi mga marinong pinoy❤

[@p7272]

Wonder where they're getting all the hardware from?! 🤔🤔🤔

[@ahmedopone4080]

Hmmm. I've watched enough on illegal trawlers and Chinese fish factories draining the seas around Guinea to say this was expected. Same with Somalia. Piracy only started with illegal fishing ships taking peoples livelihoods.

[@ahmedopone4080]

@@feralmode How so?

[@kingzod8536]

@@feralmode other pushes towards poverty in the region did help to, but the illegal fishing and pushes out of local fishermen is one of the main drivers of the problem

[@philipmolina1114]

@@ahmedopone4080 It’s not just China taking advantage of African nations that leads to poverty but the west also. Destabilization of Africa is profitable for most 1st world countries. And arguably the west is much more detrimental to Africa than China at least China builds infrastructure along the way when they steal resources, the west just plunders. This is coming from a Filipino who really fucking hates China btw. Edit: I know the Dangers of Chinese influence/debt but the pressing issue right now for Africa (mostly west africa) is its own management of its currency. France holds 50% of their foreign reserves and only allows them to withdraw 10/15% per year. How are they supposed to pay loans of western/eastern countries and build schools if they are cockblocked by France. Many European foreign ministers are already disgusted by France’s actions in Africa most notably Italy’s. Their best way out of this was during Ghaddafi when he proposed a united African currency backed by gold but we all knew how that end up.

[@kingzod8536]

@@philipmolina1114 yeah, china form of exploitation is just more beneficial to the nation getting exploited. We take your resources and build enough infrastructure for you to be more developed but not enough to fully break off from us.

[@ahmedopone4080]

@@philipmolina1114 Lol I am not blaming China. Chinese will do what you let them. Obv The corrupt politicians with neoliberal "policies" are number 1 problem. Chinese fish factories aren't even controlled and they poison + overfish. Ofc a little bribe helps them get away with in. In such a situation a citizen takes up arms and takes action. Sad.

[@andrewnava8348]

Looks like the big companies are the one doing the pirating

[@darcolow330]

That's legal piracy

[@kif02]

always doing it and always getting away

[@artistaprimus7080]

Big companies dont kidnap private citizens and attack ocean going vessels. Perspective.

[@gttv406]

It’s cause when they do it they aren’t deliberately kidnapping humans for extortion of funds from their family or government. This is a different level of piracy and evil compared to drilling for oil in a new place and having issues there.

[@Eusantdac]

These companies don't care if they destroy the land Nigerians live on, or land Canadian Indigenous people live on, or any people for that matter. They just come in, take the resources, make a killing in profit and leave wasted land that cannot be used, behind them.

[@georgiestinch]

My dad is an armed guard on ships like this, doesn’t help that you can’t shoot them until then shoot you so theoretically your whole crew could get beaten up and you can’t shoot

[@fernandoyyo1]

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act". George Orwell

[@unaccompanied.minor.problem]

A lot of companies mottos seem to be “ if they can’t stop me or defend themselves…it must be right!” 😌

[@avienated]

"Greed is good" =(

[@cauchyschwarz3295]

& 'Might makes right' But this has been US policy 101 irrespective of which resources US corporations want to plunder.

[@ajcyrilldy]

@@americafirst5142 they don’t need to be liars. It’s well known that oil companies like Shell dump oil into bodies of water and having little care for the local population and the environment.

[@avienated]

@@americafirst5142 lol, so ignorant :-D

[@realfolo]

actually thats how psychopaths reason, they think that if you can be taken advantage of, you deserve it and its your own fault for being able to be taken advantage of.

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

Besides the oil... It's kinda wild that m'fers from whole ass different continents are fishing African waters out of people's livelihoods too.

[@chobai9996]

Lol, the real wild thing is countless thousands of Chinese fishing boats are across the whole world overfishing other countries' waters and it seems like no one in developed countries know about this...my South American friends, Filipino friends, and some African and SE Asian friends tell me all the time how Chinese boats are literally draining their waters bone-empty of fish. You'd think Argentina would have cheap fish and stuff because it's got a massive coastline, right? Nope, fish has become a luxury item because their navy can't protect their coast and Chinese boats get all the fish and attack the few Argentine fishermen that try to fish, sometimes even destroying their boats. They literally have to get most of their fish from PERU, across the bloody mountains, since Peru has a better navy and can defend themselves better.

[@tbando2253]

@@chobai9996 it’s literally the same here in Somalia the entire coast is full of Chinese ships it got so bad that the government allowed the Chinese to fish if they pay 5 million because they were already doing it

[@sebastienc.2257]

@@chobai9996 if this is the world we live in, I’d hate to see what our grand children will experience.

[@otroflores91]

@@chobai9996 people in "first" world countries only care when they learn that Chinese fishing boats are at the Galapagos Islands. China has been getting away with illegal fishing for way too long.

[@prestigeworldwide6488]

S.C. AL if our children even make it….

[@teddlemmon2599]

Nice to hear the truth!

[@jeffkeyleey4931]

Great Video.

[@leohallo9920]

Shell should pay for everything. Cleaning the river and the landsides. Hospitals, food and shelter

[@buttafan4010]

yes

[@sd906238]

The Nigerian government is also guilty for allowing this to happen and by taking bribes from Shell.

[@mauriceschaeffer5070]

@@sd906238 Exactly, the citizen doesn't stand a chance.

[@armandogonzales1227]

Seriously , how about the how about maybe African Government start taking are of the people .

[@southjerseysound7340]

@@buttafan4010 the destruction of the delta came from years of illegal refining of gas and dumping what was left. They only resorted to piracy after oil prices dropped. I dare you to look it up.

[@josh1234857]

“I blame the shell company for pirates” Is what I got

[@BuddyLee23]

Vice is happy to have such a good villain for their audience. Oil is one step below tobacco companies at this point.

[@josh1234857]

@Mr. Morbid that’s a side note

[@amosnymos3455]

As they should be blamed?

[@rsod85]

Well maybe if leftists embraced nuclear and didn’t fear monger we could have more environmentally friendly energy sectors.

[@truthboom]

@Mr. Morbid I heard politicians who goes against them get assassinated then they install a puppet and bribe

[@LanielPhoto]

Reference the sea going pirates - Seems to me you simply arm the ships with handheld rocket launchers and high powered machine guns. Heck, drop grenades over the side into the pirate boats (when they get alongside).

[@bobbyjones2293]

Ain’t way you boarding my cargo ship from a little ass boat, don’t even need a gun.

[@jamescilliers9426]

Even in South Africa where I live there is so much Chinese illegal fishing and is destroying our country's echonomy.

[@imadeanaccounttocomment7800]

Yeah i’m sure a few illegal chinese fishing vessels is the cause of economic problems in South Africa.

[@604h22a]

Why are these Chinese ships not getting held hostage ?

[@blacktainfalcon7097]

@@imadeanaccounttocomment7800 you're account's a little fishy. Get it?

[@imadeanaccounttocomment7800]

@Purchase Orders thank you for approving free reign piracy on a selective race that is so very nice of you gosh the extent western media goes to make people hate China and they call the Chinese brainwashed

[@untitled6391]

@@imadeanaccounttocomment7800 You're being an ahole on purpose. He didn't imply the illegal Chinese fishing is the cause for all the problems, just that it is a factor.

[@Tis_I_SirJames]

How about hunting down and prosecuting illegal fishing ships instead of those who are trying to protect their land and livelihood? This is so ass backwards.

[@starventure]

Who can stop the EU or China? No one has the might to do so.

[@generalpopcorn6427]

How does capturing a cargo container and holding its perfectly innocent crew hostage "protect their land"? It doesn't, and you're making excuses for reprehensible conduct.

[@salvagemonster3612]

If they are in international waters they are not illegal. Do you understand?

[@boshinimperialofficer3250]

@Ambassador Of Kickyourassador Exactly

[@balyeetbhagaloe6416]

@@salvagemonster3612 they arent international waters chinese fishing vessels are fishing in somali waters

[@Knorrrrrrrr]

Completely forgot how hard it is to hire professional armed security for tankers especially in this region

[@dawadnaeem567]

Right on ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@Paraplegicoctopus-jh3mn]

"Shell, Chinese and European fishermen are running wild off West Africa's coast: Meet the locals who are pushing back!" ~ Title fixed.

[@NEG1738]

Loud dat 🗣

[@brucelee5576]

You do what the Chinese do then you already a losers.

[@marcostation1000]

Europeans ? Lol is only china doing ilegal fishing in africa, Europeans pay for it and respect the laws better than african fishermen.

[@DoggyBingBong]

Nigerian pirates did nothing wrong

[@Brandonhayhew]

Developed countries just wants to make money. Developing countries are poor, and easy to take advantage by developed countries

[@assa45547]

Both sides are killing each other, but the third one gets double incoming..

[@getthegoods420]

Of course they found a way to blame it on colonialism smh 8:55 ya know vice, China and all of Latin America were colonized at one point too but they dont have these problems there

[@MohammedAhmed-qn9fo]

@@getthegoods420 They have exactly the same problems only difference is they plant narcotics because america up north loves drugs. If narcotics isn't viable they will definitely switch to piracy at some point. And the colonialism part isn't completely wrong, after all they didn't say anything that didn't happen

[@tobiasgriffin4263]

@@getthegoods420 the west hate China Latin America have drugs problem high murder rate and people trying to go to the usa you know nothing you probably get Ur info from the tv

[@tobiasgriffin4263]

@@getthegoods420 west Africa has all why had this problem you just think it was only the somila

[@network3492]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIC7fHpriL57Z8k ....

[@MrMorrisonAF]

I was at camp lemmonier for a tour of duty… place was hoppin with activity. Some of the greatest and worst months of my life 🤣

[@vamp.n8te632]

Gives me Captain Phillips movie the one with the Tom Hanks “I’m Da Captain Now”🤓

[@Franksoocold]

Crazy to think there’s gonna be space pirates one day

[@inafrica4942]

Pirates bay

[@ssg9offical]

That's if the Human Race Survives for that long.

[@cruxmind]

I don't think the government can own space. Its got a martial law. If you can conquer it, you can have it. Technically, an astronaut taking minerals back from, Say, the moon is pirating on a basic level

[@Franksoocold]

@@cruxmind It will most definitely happen. we said the ocean couldn't be own, right? look at china building literal sand islands in the middle of the china sea (which they do not own all of) because maritime laws state that a country only owns land like 100 miles off their coast.

[@yellow01umrella]

Or land pirates

[@whoisnumber8665]

Never thought I’d actually empathize with pirates. The world is greedy asf

[@jeffp6134]

Well you shouldn’t. Stealing from their own countrymen, tourists, etc and brutally murdering them doesn’t get back at shell in anyway nor is it justified. In any way. Execution time.

[@bryanlopez7627]

@@jeffp6134 If they can change the course of ships to not go around and take all of their fish, and also not dump oil in their waters. I would say it is effective. They aren't just doing this because they want to, they are doing it because they have no other option. Do you think shell responds to their emails? Probably not.

[@CompletedGamesOfficial]

*Uses a boat with yellow and black duct tape.* “They’ll never see us coming.”

[@flintson2268]

SEND IN HER MAJESTIES NAVY!

[@tonynemcich1756]

After seeing the damaget the oil companies and foreign fishing has caused I don't blame the locals for resorting to piracy.Aftee all that's what the foreign corporations are doing against these people but funny no one calls it that

[@chobai9996]

Ok, so, go ahead and put on a mask and go commit crime then, if you think it's commendable. You think life is fair? You think taxes are always fair? No, but it doesn't give you the right to go pillaging and murdering out of a sense of revenge, you become no better than the people you think are doing you wrong. This is why conflict remains in the world, because people are always lashing out at perceived wrongs, when things could be solved if they sit their arses down and take the punishment and allow it to strengthen them to pick themselves back up

[@humdedum723]

@@chobai9996 Okay but their land and soil is polluted. Can tell me how can they work their land? I am just asking

[@avakiin6614]

@@chobai9996 No one is saying they should go to piracy, dumbass, or that they shouldn't be held responsible when caught. People are just acknowledging that if you want to solve the problem, catching and killing pirates is just a band-aid solution that could probably make problem worse than it is. You're right. Life isn't fair. So looking for revenge against these pirates doesn't help anyone and should not be promoted.

[@shlomoshlomo963]

@@avakiin6614 bruh u seem to think the problem for west is the suffering of the african people, the problem for the west is the attack on supply ships and disruption of global supply lines and ofc the supply of oil. Same for somalia .

[@starchild5689]

Fun fact: Pirates wore eye patches to increase night vision, not cover a missing eye

[@highviewbarbell]

night vision is correct but doesn't give the full story: its for going belowdecks, even during the daytime, because they were very dark

[@kevbrink767]

Wait they wore a patch because below deck is dark i dont get it do you see better in the dark with one eye?

[@thundercookie1741]

@@kevbrink767 you can try it yourself, because having one eye covered up, making it produces something that usually lets you looks in the dark on that eye (that is why you slowly see better in the dark, and why it's so bright when light suddenly comes back on) so basically if you placed a patch on one eye, when you go below decks, by switching the patch of the the other eye, the eye that is patched will let you look in the dark much better

[@kevbrink767]

@@thundercookie1741 okay soo the eye patched all day is for below deck. So you put patch on all seeing eye. Look around then switch the patch back before you go to upper deck again to all seeing eye. Pirates had no candles?

[@thundercookie1741]

@@kevbrink767 well to be fair i guess it's depends on the ship, you wouldn't want to bring a candle into a place with alot of gun powder don't you now

[@sakhile5914]

Where do they get the weapons from

[@orlandocarrillo7132]

Sometimes one has to put himself in the pirate's shoes. They won't find a way of having a decent life by following the law, so they have to act outside of it. The way of ending this is not through use of soldiers and weapons, but by creating life conditions where they have more to lose than to win if they become pirates.

[@adrukova1407]

So true... 👍

[@steveduerr6367]

Not starting anything but, go ahead, put yourself in the pirates shoes. When said pirate kills your father, mother or kids trying to hijack a ship, let me know how you feel then. Easy to judge when you have zero skin in the game.

[@orlandocarrillo7132]

@@steveduerr6367 if i can avoid it by killing the pirate, I would of course. First of all I'm in my shoes. And by putting myself in the pirate's position, I understand why he does whatever he does but understanding doesn't mean forgiving.

[@martincardoen3771]

I agree with their reasons, and if I were a very important diplomat I’d work to stop the oil rich companies that are destroying their lives and killing their fish. Something must be done and fast NOW.

[@kunchenliang8772]

That's what I was thinking, wouldn't it be better to put more effort into helping their locals and economy than directly combating piracy?

[@grootsyt]

they held two people hostage threatening to kill them. I bet if that was you with an RPG pointed at you, you wouldn't agree with them anymore.

[@braeden816]

Of course you agree with murderes and kidnappers. Bunch of low lifes who kill others for their own profit. Maybe the should fix their own government before killing foreigners for ransom.

[@baverfjant]

@@braeden816 Spoken like someone who has no fucking clue what's going on. Do you really think these destitute people have any power to "fix their government" when that government has death squads and a huge army to quell any hostility? Like stated in the video, no one leaves their comfort zone to become a pirate just like that. You see with your own eyes what the situation is like for these farmers and fishermen who have their livelihoods completely ruined by foreign companies and fishing vessels. Is it really that surprising that they resort to desperate measures when Shell and the likes are literally taking away any chance of living a decent and honest life?

[@braeden816]

@@baverfjant Not reading that, sorry

[@fuckFARC]

This video should be titled: Pirates who fight for their people against corporations

[@jareddixon9108]

As long as they take oil and not hostages that is.

[@terrykrubu3978]

Exactly

[@mauricejohnston7352]

@@jareddixon9108 blood for blood

[@lechsiz1642]

the pirates and politicians are unlikely to share the money

[@Marcelg13]

Nope it´s not the Oil Companies fault. It´s the Governments fault.

[@jamesdavidson7604]

In east Africa the Somalis reverted to piracy because the Chinese over fished the Somali territorial waters then dumped hazardous waste destroying the fishing grounds. This was reported on and is well known from the 2010s. West Africa is because the governments there will not allow private security to operate within their territorial waters. Seems to always lead back to corruption within governments...

[@BraydonHopfner]

500 years ago : *bangs of cannons* Now: *fully automatic machine guns, rpgs and just weapons in general*

[@GR-sg2lv]

Down to the west african governments to implement the social and economic alternatives. And Shell should take responsiblity for the natural damage and help support the local community they are benefiting from.

[@blitzz4741]

It never happens, you want social justice on each natural resource exploitation, then start to mining yourself and don't let outsider controlling it

[@Meike164]

I dont blame them. Shell invades and destroys their lands. Fighting back is a pretty normal response.

[@richardg1426]

And China will fish-out their waters like they did the South China Sea !

[@goldengodworshiper9537]

@Daniel W ya. Did the westerners pay for the docs in the 1950's when they colonized people using weapons of mass destruction? 🤔

[@PurgatoryVLM]

@Daniel W yes. Nobody gives a f about western privileges when their children starve.

[@PurgatoryVLM]

@Daniel W no one chooses their kind of human

[@truthboom]

@Daniel W Make Shell pay the ransom. They earned so much money in their land anyways

[@colemair5367]

Privatized maritime security or privateers is really what ended piracy around Somalia. Meaning cargo ships with armed security typically Don't get robbed by pirates. However, a lot of people are against such measures for political or ethical reasons. Sure, the military helped. However it wasn't the deciding factor in the region They can't be everywhere at once. They only respond to situations after they happened

[@TheChosenChad]

A 45 second ad, really? No skip!?

[@dave_riots]

It's the corporations who own these ships that are running wild.

[@kronikkronolov9793]

Absolutely. The West is still plundering Africa, and they shocked pikachu over the locals response. And then their corporate media like Vice play it up like its some failing of the locals.

[@roeuth]

Even with all the technological advances humans still haven’t learned how to keep a few humans on a small boat from overtaking their giant multimillion dollar vessels.

[@moroteseoinage]

Supreme cash gun or RPG?

[@lvpatfleming7465]

Do nothing . Just like when Exxon Valdez , Alaska and B. P. On gulf coast . Copy America we really no how to fold .

[@roeuth]

@@moroteseoinage idk but these people are there to rob and kill you over ransom. In that case I believe it's killed or be killed, so sink their boat or something, because no law international or whatever should give pirates a right to be protected, of course no cruel and inhumane torture or something lest we be worse than the people we defend ourselves against.

[@franco7928]

The more things change... The more they stay the same.

[@proculusjulius7035]

@@franco7928 general shepherd reference. Lol.

[@rayelgataa346]

It seems like they've got a dilemma there

[@trentappleman4597]

I found the one man's comment at minute ~4:44 fascinating because one did not expect to find the analogue to monkey wrenchers and deep environmentalists in Nigeria, a country one was exploring for other reasons. It's notable that there is an element of fishery poisoning and perceived overfishing by outsiders to the incidence of the Somali piracy as well; which makes quite a striking pattern between the two piracy hotspots on opposite sides of the continent. It's clear it does to look for monkeywrenching in unexpected places and as something much broader than just the Western context I mainly know of it.

[@martinlopez-servin3091]

The word pirate doesn’t mean “attack the guys in the small vessel”

[@wildyamtarot2488]

Still not worse than the corporate pirates that run wild all over the world.

[@God-w-]

You dying poor and angry at rich people makes me sleep better.

[@TheSilverGate]

Truth

[@TheSilverGate]

@@God-w- you assuming that he's poor and angry remembers me how stupid humans are

[@alx8571]

@@God-w- Sounds about white

[@blue-9-2-199]

"Look at me, Look at me! Im the Captain now"

[@legneil]

Life is hell and some are living it everyday.

[@Aiden_Muslim]

Sometimes when you rip someone of their land and riches stuff like this happen, we see it in Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia etc.

[@TheBenLemonade]

Imagine if those people had a right to the profit/resources that were found beneath their feet. Instead the only ones who profited were the ones doing the extraction and the ones who signed away the people's land, leaving everyone else to starve and suffer. Ridiculous.

[@Murfster]

I used to work as a mining engineer for a multi national. Most resource extraction is incredibly capital intensive. You need to spend $10 million to earn $50 million. It's not as simple as just digging a hole and going straight to the bank. In most cases these people have no ability to harness the resources underneath their feet without bringing in multi-national mining companies. This is the reality after hundreds of years of extracting all of the "low hanging" fruit as far as accessible minerals/petroleum

[@valentijnrozeveld3773]

@@Murfster Where in the world do the people get a part of the profit of the continent they live in?

[@Murfster]

@@valentijnrozeveld3773 fantasyland

[@jaketyson3556]

@@valentijnrozeveld3773 America.

[@valentijnrozeveld3773]

@@jaketyson3556 All citizens get a share of oil and gold found in the ground?

[@JK-br1mu]

That pirate met the US 50 cal machine gun 2:21 ....the crew did not fare well.

[@user-nw1jj4qt9e]

Let's see if I can ever!!!! Get this feed again. Tommy!

[@ThursonJames]

This is a problem with an underlying cause of desperation. Military solutions don’t alleviate that desperation…

[@DClean]

This is a global distribution of wealth problem, you're right

[@Pathetique.]

My father was a sailor and I recalled him telling me a story that their cargo shipped was intruded but the "Pirates" were all just asking for food...

[@Willesden_Rab1_TV]

thats deep bro 👍

[@jeffburnham6611]

Remember Somalia in 1993? The International Community came together to provide food for the people, and the Warlords seized the food shipments for themselves. These people aren't looking for an alternative means to piracy, all they care about is the power they have and will lose if other countries step in to aid them. It's happened before and will happen again.

[@nicholasbarber3644]

@@jeffburnham6611 he talking about different pirates

[@dearilee7954]

​@@jeffburnham6611 ,

[@Skolkostoitsamolet]

Simple solution - give every crew member a rifle and basic weapon training. Put cameras everywhere on a ship in case you need a proof of self-defense. Why are people still sailing through pirate infested waters unarmed?