Piracy: He Was Ahead of the Game

A few weeks back, Wichita proposed in this venue that we fight the piracy problem by letting people pay for the privilege of making war on them. Turns out somebody was reading Underbelly:

Luxury yachts offer pirate hunting cruises

Luxury ocean liners in Russia are offering pirate hunting cruises aboard armed private yachts off the Somali coast.

Wealthy punters pay £3,500 per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders.

When attacked, they retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rocket launchers, reports Austrian business paper Wirtschaftsblatt.

Link. That's all well and good but I still think we can go a step further. Years ago, it occurred to me that someone could make money with a "Mafia Tour"--they'd fly you to Palmermo and meet you with a black bulletproof liimo. Then they'd whisk you back to the boonies where you would share ricotta salata and plump Sicilian olives in the company of plump Sicilian dancers.

Don't know why you couldn't transport the whole concept to the Indian Ocean. Avast, ye mateys! Management secrets of Captain Kidd!