the high price of copper is leading to crime around the world as people are looking to steal anything copper and sell it.

the Vietnamese government thought it would make sense to allow local fisherman to grab old Vietnam War-era undersea cable lines and resell it for profit.

these local Vietnamese fishermen don't know the difference between old unused war-era undersea copper... and new, important internet- and television- connecting fiber-optic lines.

27 miles of fiber optics have gone missing, and it's going to cost many millions to replace.

the allowance to fish up copper lines has now been rescinded