Piracy off the coast of Venezuela to emerge in 2018. Pirates also make an income by smuggling goods from Trinidad and Tobago into Venezuela, where there is scarcity of numerous common products due to economic issues. With the two countries being two hours apart by water, Venezuelan pirates can receive high profits selling Trinidadian goods in their native country and then return to the island nation to sell discounted Venezuelan contraband. Venezuelans also fear government authorities who are just as desperate, calling law enforcement pirates as well. The violence in the area lead "Trinidad and Tobago Newsday" to name the waters the "Gulf of No Return".
Hardwicke Island Hardwicke Island Hardwicke Island is an island in British Columbia, Canada, measuring approximately 35 square kilometres. It is part of the Discovery Islands, an archipelago between Vancouver Island and the mainland, whose waters connect the Strait of Georgia with Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Strait. Hardwicke Island lies directly off the coast of the village of Sayward and to the east of its neighbour West Thurlow Island. Hardwicke Island is located within Electoral Area C of the Strathcona Regional District. Hardwicke Island is closely connected to the Bendickson, a Norwegian family who began logging operations on the island beginning in