Philosophical Quandry: Piracy

[Loser]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
You're not gonna get much help from the navies of the world if you report that your 10,000 tons of cocaine was snatched by a rival cartel.

I would have to disagree with this, though not in such a way that it invalidates your point in any way.

You can get plenty of help. Just hand the right information to the right people. One cartel determines what another cartel is doing and when (they can use resources and facets of human intelligence gather no longer available to mainstream government intelligence), and reports it to The Law. They got help, though not in the same way that a legitimate business would get help.

It is said that no big drug bust occurs that is not the result of a tip or an accident. I wonder if that applies to other illicit activity like human trafficking or stolen goods.