Piracy may hit Egypt's Suez Canal revenues

Summary

November 21, 2008: Somalia-based piracy has become so frequent that it is starting to affect shipping through the Red Sea significantly - and with it, the revenues Egypt collects from the Suez canal. Some shipping companies have announced that they plan to reroute their ships along the Cape of Good Hope of South Africa.

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Game and Story Use

• Crime and lawlessness in one region can have large repercussions in other parts of the world, and GMs can use that when plotting their campaigns. If one region deteriorates, which countries and companies suffer - and which benefit? Answering this question will make it easy to come up with political and intrigue-based adventure ideas.