> Well not Steve Wynn personally but I mean how do you think the Somali pirates got paid? Parachute: > >TME: Can you tell us about how you would arrange for r

> Well not Steve Wynn personally but I mean how do you think the Somali pirates got paid? Parachute: > >TME: Can you tell us about how you would arrange for ransom deliveries? > We developed a special mechanism that allowed us to drop the ransom out of an aircraft by parachute. The pirates would collect the money after it fell into the water, take it to the ship, count it and then leave. At that point another team that we had already pre-positioned would board the ship, cross load supplies, help the crew get it underway again and escort it to the nearest safe port. * https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/q-a-with-rob-phayre-author-of-the-ransom-drop https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/q-a-with-rob-phayr... Once that's done you'd probably go to the 'standard' techniques that (e.g.) drug lords would use with cash. Assuming it wasn't spent on hookers and blow: * https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/02/world/africa/horn-of-africa-piracy-loot/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/02/world/africa/horn-of-africa-p...