The ultimate pirates

There was a priceless feature on Channel 4 this evening about people in Somalia who make good money ($200 a day was mentioned) by posing as pirates for gullible Western TV crews. It's more or less the perfect crime. Fair play to the lads is all I can say.

If these TV people want to see real pirates, they should try sailing round the coastline in a luxury yacht or something. I suppose what would be even better if it turned out that these people are actually real pirates who are creating a cover story for themselves, i.e. no cop in the world would want to risk arresting them and charging them with piracy now.