” governments and navies are rendered legally powerless to conduct security operations on the high seas”
Oh bulls&%t.
We know who is doing this I’m guessing. Our satellites or whatever, can track where the pirates are coming from.
We need to tell the countries or locations who are sheltering these people to “get with the program”.
You take care of your pirate problem, or the US Navy will.
WHY DON’T THE SHIPOWNERS HAVE AN ARMED SQUAD ON EACH SHIP GOING THROUGH THIS WATERLOGGED ANUS??!?