ransoms

A weak government in Somalia is unable to restrain pirate gangs, he said, and ship owners are paying huge ransoms.

他说，脆弱的索马里政府无力约束海盗集团，而船东们正在支付巨额赎金。

Another challenge for the United States, the report says, was to persuade foreign governments to "stop paying ransoms . "

报告说，美国的另一个挑战是劝说外国政府“停止支付赎金”。

Ransoms of up to $3m make it an attractive profession. Money earned can go towards buying faster boats and fancier navigation equipment.

高达三百万的赎金也使海盗事业一本万利，获利后还可以投资购买更快速的海盗船和更先进的导航设备。

Some reckon that the Shabab shares some of the ransoms earned by pirates who operate out of the central Somali port of Haradheere.

有些人猜测青年党和在索马里中部的哈拉尔代雷港口外活跃的海盗有分赃关系。

The men are tortured, the women raped and ransoms demanded from relatives in the United States.

男人遭酷刑折磨，妇女亦遭强奸，要求他们在美国的亲戚寄来赎金。

Chief among the crimes to finance terrorism is kidnapping in return for extremely high ransoms.

以资助恐怖活动为目的的犯罪行为主要是绑架人质以索取极高额赎金。

Germany is suspected of paying several multi-million dollar ransoms, notably for the release in 2005 of an archaeologist held in Iraq.

据发现，德国早在2005年为解救一名被伊拉克绑架的考古学家，付出了数百万美元的赎金。

Pirates flourish off largely lawless Somalia by attacking passing ships, taking hostages and demanding ransoms to free them and the vessels.

海盗组织在无法律约束的索马里不断繁衍壮大，他们袭击过路船只，扣押人质并索要人质和船的赎金。

About half were released after the payment of ransoms, a few have died of abuse or neglect and around 760 are currently in captivity.

支付赎金后，一半的人被释放，少数由于暴力和疏于照顾死亡，还有大约760人现在任处于囚禁中。

Kenya's foreign minister, Moses Wetangula, said pirates off the coast of East Africa have collected ransoms estimated at $150 million.

肯尼亚外长韦坦古拉（MosesWetangula）说，东非沿岸的海盗掠取了约1.5亿美元的赎金。

However, he advocates mitigating the problem by having ships invest more in security and refuse to pay ransoms.

另一方面，为了减少问题的发生，他主张应更多地投资于船只的安全，船东应拒付赎金。

Only one hostage, from Britain, whose government refuses to pay ransoms to terrorists, has been killed.

只有一名人质，他来自英国，由于其政府拒绝向恐怖主义者支付赎金而被杀害。

At present, British law allows ship owners to pay ransoms for the release of hijacked vessels.

现阶段，英国的法律准许船只拥有者支付赎金赎回被劫持的船只。

Who am I to pass judgment on a vast industrial enterprise that cost, and will earn, countless kings' ransoms?

我算老几，对一个花钱无数、赚钱更数不清的庞大工业企业说三道四？

If ransoms are paid, as they have been before, more kidnappings are likely.

如果像以前一样支付赎金，那么，很可能就会有更多的绑架案发生。

If you'll forgive the analogy, the ethics of full disclosure parallel the ethics of not paying kidnapping ransoms .

假如你能接受这样的类推，那麽全面揭露就等于在绑架案中拒付赎金；

There were rumours of prisoner exchanges, ransoms and renewed rescue operations.

其间有传闻交换囚犯，赎买人质和重新展开营救行动。

Making ransoms illegal would only add to the stress and uncertainty that hostage crews face.

将赎金非法化只能增加作为人质的船员所面对的压力和不确定性。

Yet the pirates are still hijacking ships and receiving ransoms with apparent impunity.

此刻，海盗们仍在猖狂地绑架船只并收受赎金。

Outlawing ransoms is neither feasible nor in the hostages' interests.

取缔赎金不但不可行，对人质来说也很不利。