Is the costa concordia fare game for plundering?

anhedonia · 20-01-2012 3:26pm #1

I was just thinking that the costa concordia is an excellent opportunity for some plundering.

head out in a little dingy and grab some flat screen TVs, iPads from the rooms etc. Half the ship is still above water so there would be much to plunder.

If there was a casino on board then there would be plenty of hard currency floating around.

If there was a jewellery shop on board, some of those watches would be water-resistant up to 300 metres. The possibilities are endless.

So whats the craic with maritime plundering laws?
Is it fair game?

My other fear, and I would have to check with my accountant here, is that my findings may bump me up to a higher tax bracket.

/In before typo on 'fair'.

Big Nasty · 20-01-2012 3:27pm

Ah yeah, sure why not?

Sindri · 20-01-2012 3:29pm

People died you bastard.

Bring me back something nice.

John Doe1 · 20-01-2012 3:29pm

Just dont trip over the the undiscovered dead bodies

anhedonia · 20-01-2012 3:31pm

John Doe1 wrote: »

Just dont trip over the the undiscovered dead bodies

i'll make sure to check their pockets for any valuables while im at it.

44leto · 20-01-2012 3:31pm

It would be difficult to get away with, but you could pretend you are looking for bodies.

Nothingbetter2d · 20-01-2012 3:34pm

anhedonia wrote: »

i'll make sure to check their pockets for any valuables while im at it.

if you get caught just tell them the Captain Coward ordered you to retrieve those nice shiny expensive objects

Pherekydes · 20-01-2012 3:37pm

If you are caught you could just say you tripped and fell on board from the coast.

Has anyone got a (very) large container for some diesel?

shanered · 20-01-2012 3:40pm

Fantastic Idea.
Now to thumb a lift to there.

Victor · 21-01-2012 12:45pm

I imagine there is an exclusion zone around the ship.

As the ship's owners have done a salvage deal with a firm of salvage contractors, who are in attendance, you can't claim salvage rights.

Fart · 21-01-2012 12:58pm

Jahsus, some of those watches would be great for going for a swim at the bottom of the Irish Sea.

BunShopVoyeur · 21-01-2012 1:21pm

Ah yeah, the coast guard, police and rescuers won't even notice.

Nothingbetter2d · 21-01-2012 1:24pm

BunShopVoyeur wrote: »

Ah yeah, the coast guard, police and rescuers won't even notice.

if your found by one pretend you were a passenger onboard that has been trapped in the ship since it sank

Run_to_da_hills · 21-01-2012 1:50pm

Best way to go about it is to dress up in scuba gear and mingle in with salvage crew and carabinieri.

just make sure you have a very large waterproof lunch box.

anhedonia · 21-01-2012 1:54pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Best way to go about it is to dress up in scuba gear and mingle in with salvage crew and carabinieri.

just make sure you have a very large waterproof lunch box.

yeah exactly. and a yellow high-vis jacket. the authorities love high-vis jackets.

Biggins · 21-01-2012 2:11pm

The ship was not fully abandoned completely, its not in international waters, legal 'agents' of the shops owners have been consistently on board.
For the above reasons and more, the ship and its contents could not be claimed as 'plunder'.
Probably won't stop anyone from taking something if it was to wash up somewhere but as for actually going on board now and removing items, it would still be seen easily as stealing.

ejmaztec · 21-01-2012 2:22pm

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Best way to go about it is to dress up in scuba gear and mingle in with salvage crew and carabinieri.

just make sure you have a very large waterproof lunch box.

This is more effective and you won't be interrupted.

Samsgirl · 11-11-2013 3:19pm

Four divers have been arrested for allegedly boarding the ship for souvineers

Agent Smith · 11-11-2013 3:22pm

Maybe anhedonia closed their account to cover their tracks...

Agent Smith · 12-11-2013 9:49am

Turns out one of the 4 were Irish....

The plot thickens....

kneemos · 12-11-2013 10:01am

The insurance company presumably owns any valuables on board?What about sentimental valuables,will they be returned to their owners or will they have to buy them back if they have been paid out on?

So many questions.

gobnaitolunacy · 12-11-2013 10:13am

Agent Smith wrote: »

Turns out one of the 4 were Irish....

The plot thickens....

Irish people do bad things?
Never!:D

Tabnabs · 12-11-2013 10:16am

Agent Smith wrote: »

Turns out one of the 4 were Irish....

The plot thickens....

Unless you have a different source, they were Paddy Englishman, Paddy Irishman and two Paddy South Africans.

The 42-year-old London man, who has not been named, and three others - a Dublin man, 35, and two South Africans, 24 and 26 - were all staff of the salvage group Titan which had been employed in the laborious operation to raise the Costa Concordia from the seabed.

Police said the men were spotted by CCTV cameras positioned around the vessel and a boat was immediately dispatched to the scene to investigate before the divers were caught with a rucksack.

Titan has now dismissed all four men and they have been bailed by authorities in Grosseto until they appear before a court at a later date accused of theft and of breaching a sealed crime zone.

Lt Elisabette Spoti, of the paramilitary Carabinieri police, said: "The men were spotted by CCTV positioned facing the Concordia and the security firm employed alerted us and Titan as to the unauthorised presence of the four men.

http://news.sky.com/story/1166609/costa-concordia-british-diver-stole-from-wreck

kneemos · 12-11-2013 10:19am

Agent Smith wrote: »

Turns out one of the 4 were Irish....

The plot thickens....

Just proves the theory that wherever you go you'll meet an Irishman.

Is the costa concordia fare game for plundering?

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