Pirates of Africa: Abductions and Ransom | Villains of the Sea, or Local Heroes? Pirates Documentary
Published 2022-09-06
The kidnappers see themselves as Robin Hood figures, targeting the hated oil companies who they accuse of plundering the country’s natural resources without giving anything back. They attack drilling platforms on powerful speedboats, abducting foreign nationals to later exchange for ransoms. Last year, there were 73 of these attacks, resulting in 62 abductions.
For several months, we tracked the soldiers, sailors and pirates, accompanying them on raids to reveal how they operate.
This documentary was first released in 2016.
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All Comments (21)
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Stealing from the rich is called theft, but stealing from the poor is just called business! Let that sink in
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the fact that you go lecture student about piracy...why dont you also show them how those european companies are milking nigeria dry..and exploiting their resources
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It’s really sad and heartbreaking that our leaders don’t care about their people living around those oil fields. I don’t blame those pirates because they don’t have a choice than doing this.
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We Malaysia used to be a third world country and been exploited by colonial before. However, having a good leader really help us to overcome this imbalance of employment issue (too many expatriate). Our government had established our own entity in managing Oil & Gas sector and set the quota system (for foreign company to hire not less than certain percentage of local engineers or workers). We are now moving towards 80-90% localization, regardless of which company, Shell, Repsol,Hess, OMV, you name it, there is always more local people than expat.
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I respect these guys. Those huge oil corporations make billions from other peoples resources and don't give them shit. Someone needs to do something about it.
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This guy is brave he’s taken journalism to the next level! Yikes 😳
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Can somebody give this man a raise? This guy literally interviewed pirates
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This is horrible. Think of outsiders coming to your country, taking billions and not giving you anything. How this can go on, in this day and age, is ridiculous. I'm not saying piracy is the answer but these Nigerians deserve so much better. 😥
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Without prejudice, I can't help but marvel at the level of courage the journalist has.
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I support these pirates 1000000000000%, we are tired of being exploited we are taking back what is ours by force
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That 1 million dollars a month on security could be used to build hospitals on the areas where the oil is mined- projects could be set up to utilise the locals- food could be bought thus encouraging agriculture- the list is endless but this could be a win win situation for all
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The man dead ten days after u left sound like y'all set up John
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The fact that you hide the face of the boss tells alot about who the real thieves are.
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The risk of going to the creeks in Niger- Delta in Nigeria is too high. The chance of being killed by opposing pirates , Nigerian army JTF or intense clash between pirates and Nigeria military forces is very high. Avoid those places if you love your life and family.
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These guys are doing humanity a favour, shame to hear some of them have died, I hope their fight continues still
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You have elevated journalism to a new level. I applaud your bravery. I enjoyed and learned a lot from the documentary on why certain people behave the way they do. In the case of the Niger Delta, it is difficult to blame the pirates when listening to the pirates and local leaders and amidist all actions, but killing hostages is inhumane. See you in Uganda soon! Oil and it curse!
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We have been going through this in Cameroon because of ungrateful leaders may the souls of our lost ones rest in peace
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Wow this page has amazing documentaries! I scrolled through them and man just amazing stuff. Definitely subscribed and will watch a bunch of them
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He secretly gave the army and gov their location 23:15 that’s why those pirates were killed, I can’t be the only one to have noticed.
