Violent Robberies up by Real Pirates of the Caribbean
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 06.02.08 | 2:46 PM ET
Among the targets: those aboard luxury yachts off islands like St. Vincent. Reports the Los Angeles Times: “Most of the hundreds of incidents collected from 30 countries and territories over the last four years involve dinghy and outboard motor thefts or burglaries of boats while passengers were ashore. But guns and knives are being used more frequently, and dozens of incidents involving beatings and stabbings are among the crimes reported.”
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