Updated: January 3, 2009 (Originally published September 23, 2007)
In this modern age with AIS tracking and global satellite coverage you may ask how a pirate can get away with stealing an entire ship. Occasionally referred to as Seajacking this video shows how legal ships are stolen and redocumented to appear legitimate.
Seajacking and phantom ships:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebk1X7jTdRk
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