Pirate Hunting: Meet the Counter-Piracy Task Force | ENDEVR Documentary

Is there really a dedicated effort to stop Somali piracy? Different interwoven stories from the world of piracy give a new and unique perspective on this issue.

The majority of people have no idea just how lucrative and dangerous piracy is in the areas mentioned in this documentary. Additionally, people do not realize just how vast and open these areas are and how much "action" is going on across such a huge area. I spent many years helping to defend from piracy in those areas and it was at a minimum once a week we were engaging and being engaged by pirates. Our main goal was to immobilize/destroy their vessels as quickly as possible and often times we would deal collateral casualties to the crew of those pirate vessels, the pirates really never stood a chance, but they were determined and it was heartbreaking to watch them fight for nothing in the end. I am now retired from it all and some things still haunt me to this day. EDIT: This documentary was great and it still only shows a "taste" of how every day "business" really is. Unfortunately, people will do horrible things for money/wealth.

"you can't start a war at 8 o'clock in the morning because nobody's at work yet" my favorite line

A couple of trained marksman with automatic weapons, 50 cal mounted machine guns on both deck sides! No muss, no fuss, no pirates!

Unbelievable that the Norwegian navy provided the pirates with food and drinks. As captain of a merchant ship, I would certainly want to have weapons on board. There are probably a few among the crew who can handle weapons.

The best way to discourage this kind f behaviour is that none of them are heard from again. No Repeat offenders.

Wow. Catch a boatload of pirates, give them food and water and then escort them home. How wonderfully nice of you. The world has gone crazy.

56:54 "we feel compelled to begin cutting the throats of our hostages" chilling final words from the "head" pirate. If they start doing that, then that's my sympathy gone, and I say take whatever action is needed to stop them for good. The ransoms that have been paid already to these pirates should allow all of the pirates and their friends and families and relatives to live well ... no need to escalate things and continue to go around attacking vessels and hurting people. It's just greed of the part of the pirates. Blaming the USA and Europe for depleting their fishing is ridiculous lies.

awesome doc. very real, right down to the distrust and sniping between the civilian and military crews. no holds barred

The problem has a very simple solution. They just need to give a standing kill order whenever the pirates try to enter the ship. This should fix everything.

If there is no law about owning weapons in international waters, there should also be no laws prohibiting the confiscation of these weapons. If it's a lawless land, anything goes. One suggestion is to control the movement of the pirates and when it is time for them to attack a ship, sink their vessel, with or without them on board. For big problems, big solutions.

I know a soldier who works in the counter task force. On his last deployment they had a boat shooting at them so the opened fire and sunk the dingy and killed a few of the pirates and wounded one guy. After the firefight they had to save the surviving pirates from drowning. No countries in the vacinity wanted to take the pirates into jail and charge them with piracy (costs noone wants) so they all ended up being set free at sea in swimming distance from the shore exept the one wounded guy who needed medical attention. Because of rules of engagement the wounded pirate ended up being transported all the way to scandinavia (where the soldiers came from) to get treated AND charged with crimes of piracy. -And yes, being wounded he was the only one getting charged for crimes while the others was set free because of bureaucracy... Whats is the funny but absurd outcome? -The danish state is required to help the pirate heal and literally get back on his feet... So the pirate is getting a wooden leg paid for by my taxes... I repeat; WE ARE PAYING FOR A WOODEN LEG FOR A PIRATE!! :D

Production value is off the charts

Leaves the question: Why do these pirates attack the cargo vessels now but not the illegal fishing vessels before?

Prior to World War Two. Merchant vessels in pirate water would be armed. Rifles, pistols, machine guns and even small cannons usually under 76 mm (3 inch) in size.

A fighter jet can show up to defeat the Pirates way quicker than a slow moving ship.

excellent video journalism. no dramatization and showing all perspectives and different narratives.

If you're not shooting to kill then it is a poor deterrence.

That pirate is a true PoS. When they attack a warship, the navy just gives them water and tells them to be on their way and he’s so mad about being “mistreated,” he’s going to start killing hostages…

Number pirate attacks in 6yrs from 2010 to 2015 - 358, in 7yrs from 2016 - 2022 - 8. The military interdiction worked.