Cameroon.

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Thanks to the VOA and the tip from the blog Jungle Trader.

Piracy once again, this time with a twist.

Piracy as was done in the days of Sir Francis Drake and Henry Morgan.

The pirates coming ASHORE, RAIDING some target on land, escaping to their boats and ships, making good their getaway!

This time, the getaway not with success!

"Cameroon Army: Troops Kill 18 Bank Robbers"

"Cameroon's military says its forces have killed 18 pirates who came ashore and raided a bank in the seaside city of Douala."

"Authorities say the pirates were among 25 armed men who arrived in Douala by speedboat late Friday. Officials say the gang robbed a bank in a raid that left at least seven people dead."

"the gang escaped by boat and was pursued by the military in the Gulf of Guinea, where a gun battle broke out."

The Gulf of Guinea is a new venue for the pirates? Nigeria and Somalia of course are constantly in the news, the latter more so than the former, but Cameroon is now on the list of "targets"?

Piracy is now all the rage. Understood as a crime the rewards of which are pretty good with law enforcement rather sparse and often non-existent? A growth business which will spread predictably to other parts of world, regrettably so!

Drake and Morgan in their own time became esteemed SIRS, nobility of a minor sort, Morgan even becoming the governor of Jamaica. Don't expect any of the same for these bad guys in the Cameroon.

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