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by wiradikusuma·11y ago·view on hn ↗
Isn't this "single point of failures" for all criminal activities targeting rich people?

It's like everybody putting their code in GitHub, and all hackers going after GitHub. Wouldn't it make Malta a good target for kidnappers etc? It's not exactly country with high security etc, unless I'm missing something.

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Out of curiosity, what exactly is a "country with high security" then? It's considerably easier to waltz into (say) Switzerland over the unguarded border from France than to make your way to an island nation three hours by hydrofoil from the nearest neighbor.

Also, for what it's worth, Malta actually has a pretty good track record for this kind of thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta

It's actually just 90 minutes on a commercial hydrofoil ferry ;)
Why? The whole point is that few/no rich people are spending significant time in Malta.