What are the goals of pirates, and how have their activities affected Africa’s economy?

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Research Question: What are the goals of pirates, and how have their activities affected Africa’s economy?

Thesis: Pirates have a negative impact on Africa and their people because they mess with the economy, they take innocent people, and they also steal their supplies including electronics and fuel.

• Topic Sentence #1: Pirates mess up Africa’s economy because they steal a great deal of money from the ships, they steal oil, and sometimes hold crews for ransom and ask for a lot of money in return.

• Topic Sentence #2: Pirates do bad things to people by taking them captive, hurting or torturing them, or locking them in a room to freeze to death.

• Topic Sentence #3: Pirates steal the crew of the ship, their cargoes and fuel, and their cash and electronics.

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