Tech savvy pirates are using state-of-the-art craft to plunder famous shipwrecks

‘Indiana Jones of the deep’ fears priceless artefacts and riches are being swiped by modern day Captain Jack Sparrows as looting has been made easier by technological advances View 5 Images Captain Jack Sparrow-like pirates are getting all on the technology bandwagon (Image: Disney Enterprises)

Tech savvy Captain Jack Sparrows are waging war on the high seas using state-of-the-art submersible craft to plunder the riches of famous shipwrecks. ‌

Mensun Bound, 72, dubbed the ‘Indiana Jones of the deep’, fears priceless artefacts and riches on the seabed are being stolen by ‘plunderers’ because looting has been made easier by technological advances in deep water craft. ‌

The Brit maritime archaeologist said he had made ‘heartbreaking decisions’ about which wrecks to surv