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47 Cornell Int'l L.J. 299 (2014)
Refusing to Negotiate: Analyzing the Legality and Practicality of a Piracy Ransom Ban

handle is hein.journals/cintl47 and id is 311 raw text is: Refusing to Negotiate: Analyzing the Legality and Practicality of a Piracy Ransom Ban Yvonne M. Dutton' & Jon Bellisht Introduction ..................................................... 299 I. The Modern Maritime Piracy Problem .................... 303 A. The Rise and Continued Threat of Somali Piracy ....... 303 B. The Somali Piracy-For-Ransom Business Model ......... 305 II. The Ethical Dilemma of Banning Ransom Payments ...... 307 A. Countries' Ransom Policies ............................ 309 B. Banning Piracy Ransoms: Arguments For and Against.. 312 III. Analyzing the Legality of a Piracy Ransom Ban ........... 315 A. Kidnapping, Extortion, and Bribery .................... 316 B. Financing Terrorism .................................. 319 IV. Analyzing the Practicality of a Piracy Ransom Ban ....... 322 C onclusion ...................................................... 328 Introduction In 2009, retired engineer Paul Chandler and his economist wife, Rachel, set off in their 38-foot yacht for a sailing trip around the world.' The trip did not go as planned. On October 23, 2009, while the couple was en route from the Seychelles to Tanzania, they set off their emergency bea- con.2 By October 28, it was clear that they had been captured by pirates.3 The pirates threatened to use the Chandlers as insurance to derail a rescue attempt for another set of hostages.4 The evidence, though, showed that f Associate Professor, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Yvonne Dutton gratefully acknowledges the support she received for this project from an Indiana University New Frontiers Exploratory Travel Grant. ft Project Officer, Oceans Beyond Piracy; Nanda Center Fellow, University of Denver Sturm College of Law. 1. Brian Flynn, John Coles, & Neil Syson, Brits' yacht seen on way to port, SUN (Oct. 28, 2009), http://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2009/Oct/12604/brits-yacht seen-on-way _to.port.aspx; Xan Rice & Sam Jones, Somali pirates claim to have seized British couple's yacht, GuARDIAN (Oct. 27, 2009), http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/27/ somali-pirates-british-yacht; Caroline Davies, Sam Jones, & Xan Rice, Tunbridge Wells couple on dream voyage seized by pirates, GuARiAN (Oct. 27, 2009), http://www.guardian .co.uk/world/2009/oct/27/pirates-seize-tumbridge-wells-couple. 2. Rice & Jones, supra note 1. 3. Flynn, Coles & Syson, supra note 1. 4. Caroline Davies, British couple seized as insurance, say pirates, GuARDIAN (Oct. 28, 2009), http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/28/britons-seized-by-somali-pirates [hereinafter British Couple Seizedl. 47 CORNELL INT'L LJ. 299 (2014)