My sister lived on Sint Maarten for 25 years. There’s an island called Isle Forche or Four Finger Island hald way to St. Bart’s. Worst kept secret in the Caribbean. They are most definately there.
What I don’t understand about this pirate take over of ships is why don’t they just have navy SEALs storm the pirate ships by boarding them from underwater. There would be no way the pirates could see them coming and they wouldn’t stand a chance against well trained naval commandos?