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    "content": "What I am trying to say is that without trawlers, there would still be pirates because they can use other boats to physically go and board the ships. Piracy is like any other criminal activity. These people forcefully board the ship and take it hostage. So, the trawler is just a mechanism or an equipment that is used. Therefore, we should not address the symptoms but the cause of the issue. That is what we are trying to deal with here. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Konchella has made a suggestion and I agree with him. The Minister of State for Defence has taken note of the National Defence Conference to talk about the security situation in the country. We are grateful to the hon. Member for his useful suggestion. Mr. Yakub was concerned about the money, and not just the piracy money but also the drug money. Last week, I addressed this House at length on the issue of narcotics. I went at length to explain how money comes to the country through money laundering and so on. That is another source of illicit funds which come into our economy. I also explained in great detail, steps that the Government has taken to deal with that issue of drug trafficking. I just want to inform the House that as I gave an undertaking last week, the Government is setting up a serious crimes unit to deal with organized crime. This morning, I set up a task force which is in the process of working out strategies to create that unit in our country."
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