Sailormongering
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Sailormongering is the practice of waylaying ships coming into port and luring sailors away from their posts with prostitutes.
[edit] Greenpeace charge
Main article: Greenpeace#US charge of "sailormongering" fails
In 2003, the United States Justice Department invoked a law that was enacted to prevent sailormongering in 1872 to attempt to prosecute Greenpeace for boarding a ship that was importing over $10 million worth of Brazilian mahogany. The case garnered widespread ridicule and was dismissed on the second day of the trial.
