In the space of three weeks, pirates may have murdered as many as nine fishermen at sea but there has been no urgency by the government or the joint services in solving these crimes or preventing recurrences.
What is clear is that fisherfolk, particularly those in the Corentyne area, are fed up with the situation and what they have described as the inaction of the police on repeated occasions.
From the two most recent suspected cases there has been only one survivor, who has related a harrowing ordeal that has left more