And if the booty is anything like this article describes, the Corsairs will come fit with guns and lawyers, and a meager link to Barclay's (bank)
... such operations cost about $1m, not including the ransom.
...the ship-owners hire professionals, from specialist negotiators to private security firms, to transfer the ransoms.
"The professional negotiators, acting on behalf of the ship owners, get about $100,000 for their services and the lawyers receive a fee of about $300,000 for ensuring that the shipping companies are not putting themselves in any dubious positions," he explains.
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