User blog comment:Sulahvardhan/Luffy.D.PIRATE KING/@comment-3569609-20121105065852/@comment-1595565-20121105081306

Bounties are based on threat level, not strength. Influence, control, and connections have more to do with someone's bounty than their physical abilities. Also, if the World Government and Marines don't have something in their intel, that something won't go into bounty consideration. Like attacks, things that happened in countries outside their jurisdiction, and events that get covered up. Just because we, the readers, know about something doesn't mean the WG or Marines do.