Chapter 3555

Charlie then asked again, “So, are there frequent pirate activities in the Gulf of Aden now?” “Yes. Very frequent.” Autumn explained, "The pirate activities there have never stopped. The more popular the ocean shipping industry is, the more active they are. They will hijack a merchant ship, and they will detain the ship and then demand a ransom from the shipowner. It would usually start from at least a few million US dollars and sometimes, it would even go up to tens of millions of US dollars. The shipowner would not dare to refuse to give the money as it would be a waste of time and money for them to go back and forth. If you waste the money for a trip, you might lose tens of millions of US dollars or even hundreds of millions of US dollars’ worth of freight income. So now, the shipowners have begun attaching great importance to international security, and almost all large merchant ships will spend this money." As she spoke, Autumn then said again, "By the way, after the incorporati