Sailormongering

Sailormongering is the practice of waylaying ships coming into port and luring sailors away from their posts with prostitutes.

Greenpeace charge

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.