After the Portland Marine Police Force was built and went active by early 2012, incidents of Somali piracy drastically reduced because instead of ships chasing pirates all over the Indian Ocean, they went after pirate logistics by identifying where they are off the coast and intercepting their vessels as they came back to land with captured ships.
Lisa Forte talks about how she got into the world of cybersecurity after helping a shipping company navigate maritime laws to protect themselves and then securing ships from pirate attacks. She shares how piracy evolved in the Horn of Africa, becoming as sophisticated as ransomware groups in cybersecurity.
This podcast discusses the reasons behind why humans engage in risky behavior, from exploring the seas to breaking out of a factory in the middle of the night.
The Pittsburgh news team discovered suspicious properties owned by a law firm now known as the Parker Law Group, involving mortgages taken out on lookout properties and companies with unclear connections.
A stolen SUV may have been traded for drugs by a known drug user. The report did not confirm whether the woman's claims of the theft were true or who was driving it at the time.
The hosts of a popular podcast attempted to move their court case to a bigger venue because of their large audience, but the judge did not understand the concept and the case remained in a normal small court.