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International law dictates that all ships are required to be registered with a territory somewhere, and come under the jurisdiction of that territory, as do their passengers - i. Sometimes people register their ships in places with more relaxed labour laws, like Panama, in order to employ people on their boats for very little money, while also paying no taxes.
Certain crimes - slavery, piracy and illegal broadcasting - come under the category of universal jurisdiction. This means a ship from any state can intervene in the act, wherever upon the high seas they take place and whatever the origins of the people perpetrating it. Sign up for the ShortList newsletter Get exclusive shortlists, celebrity interviews and the best deals on the products you care about, straight to your inbox.
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I remember going fishing off the coast of South Carolina when I was 11 or I spent most of the time curled up in a ball, totally seasick.
Later in the day, a shark was gutted on the deck. That was probably my first time on rough waters. They spend months or, in some cases, even years at a time out on the open sea. Whereas land dwellers tend to abide by a strict set of laws and regulations, life at sea is relatively unconstricted and fluid in a legal sense. Countries often lack the willpower and resources to enforce maritime law, creating a culture where crimes go unpunished. This lawlessness is critical to the issue of poverty.
The whole video is worth a watch, but the most interesting nuggets are when the narrator predicts what might happen if an astronaut commits a crime in space? Aboard a rocket orbiting the Earth, the same rules that govern international waters apply to spacecraft — it would be up to the country that owns that vessel to decide whether they want to prosecute the perpetrator, and how they would go about that.
If you stab someone on the moon, what then?
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