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Øystein Bogen
Lars Løge & Johnny M Holmvåg
Åge Aune. Christer Fasmer
Geir Ørnholt
Olav Øyehaug
TV2, VFS, Fritt Ord, NFI
I produksjon
TV2, 18 november 2009
First Hand Films v/ Esther van Messel

Fra fregatten Fridtjof Nansen og parallelt fra et sivilt handelsfartøy i gjennomfart gjennom Adenbukta vil vi her fortelle historien om de somaliske piratene, som de siste årene har terrorisert internasjonal skipsfart. Vi møter ofrene, profitørene, bakmennene og sjøfolkene som daglig trafikkerer de farlige farvannene utenfor Østafrika. Se mer på www.tv2.no/pirater

TV2 NYHETENE, 7 AUGUST 2009
TV 2 skal som eneste medium være om bord når den norske fregatten KNM «Fritjof Nansen» legger ut på piratjakt i Adenbukta.Fra midten av august skal fregatten være på plass i Adenbukta. Med på toktet er TV 2 Nyhetenes utenriksreporter Øysten Bogen og fotograf Aage Aune, samt produsent fra Flimmer Film, Lars Løge. Se hele artikkelen.

NORSK FILMFOND 8 JUNI 2009
Flimmer film AS får 600 000 kroner i produksjonstilskudd til TV-dokumentarfilmen Pirater.
Se hele artikkelen.

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PIRATE HUNTING
How much do we really want to get rid of Somali piracy? Different interwoven stories from the world of piracy give a new and unique perspective on this issue.

The film takes us on board while several encounters with Somali pirates take place 'live' between an EU War Ship and a chemical tanker in the passage of the Bay of Aden from Suez to the Maldives.

'Pirate Hunting' is the first film that takes a deeper look at piracy and its reasons, showing international big business interests behind the acts of greed and violence.

The film features exclusive footage from the homes of the pirates in Somalia as well as from the hijacked Russian vessel MV Faina, where the crew filmed with a hidden mobile phone, smuggled out in one of the crew members’ underwear.

Piracy is big scale theft, but when risk hits one of the aortas of world shipping, the Somalian pirates aren’t the only ones making big bucks. Huge investments and expensive cargoes are at stake. The piracy capital of the world is not necessarily Eyl in Somalia, but just as much London. Here we find insurance companies, lawyers, specialized negotiators and professional ransom handlers. It’s all big business, and more money is probably spent here than what actually ends up in Somalia.

The shipping companies that don’t trust the might of the EU force and are reluctant to cash out the extra insurance premiums might make other, more controversial arrangements. An industry freshly adapted to the situation is the security business. The films shows a secret training camp of one of these companies.

Based in Italy, young western men with a taste for adventure are recruited and trained to become armed sea marshals. Their methods are controversial, and their presence on ships much debated. The argument goes that violence towards pirates might well cause a more violent pirate attitude, remembering that few, if any, have yet died at the hands of Somali pirates. Few want to change this statistic.

And the bill for this growing, lucrative pirate industry? The shipping companies raise their prizes for transport and the insurance companies do the same. The bill finally ends up on the average consumer’s table. Everyone else seem to win; the pirates, the navy, the lawyers, the insurance companies and maybe even the shipping companies – all but normal people and of course a few sailors.