Piracy in Somalia

Piracy in Somalia Somalia has been dealing with piracy for decades now. Piracy is a major problem in today’s waters, but what exactly is piracy? Piracy is the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea. The piracy epidemic in Somalia is not going to go away overnight. Piracy in Somalia has drastically affected everything about the country. Piracy might now sound like a whole lot of a big deal, but the real fact is, it is a big deal. Solving such an issue as piracy is not an easy task by any

Piracy in Somalia has come about due to years of internal fighting and weakened government. With the overthrow of the president in 1991, Somalia has been a complete anarchy with only the laws of rival clans who have been in power. Though long before that the country has been in constant war between the people of the country because money and food have been always been scarce. Small amounts of money have been made through some exports but the real money came from the fishing off the coast. Recently

Most people do not know this but piracy on international waters and on the coast of Somalia has become an increasingly important issue to global businesses. Since most people are unaware of this growing problem it has just now been noticed. To help stop piracy most crews are encouraged to have trained officers aboard while shipping cargo to avoid attacks by pirates. 95 percent of the piracy on international waters is by somali pirates. That’s right 95 percent. Piracy is robbery/stealing at sea. Not

Many people of Somalia find piracy to be acceptable. The reason being that it is for the good of others, others meaning them. Piracy had become their way of life. Had other nations reached out to Somalia, things would have been different. However, the world is harsh and cruel, and many would rather look after themselves than a stranger. Instead, nations began to trash the land of Somalia. The people no longer see a point in trying to gain profit through ‘morally’ correct manners, more so because

‘M V SIRIUS STAR’ SHIP OVERVIEW: On 17 November 2008, in the mid night, the U.S. Navy announced that Sirius Star hijacked by Somali pirates. Lt. Nate Christensen, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 5th navy, said the pirates hijacked the very large crude transporter at about 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, 15 November, 2008. while she was southbound, about 450 nautical miles (830 km; 520 mi) southeast of the coast of Kenya at 04°41’S 48°43’E — the utmost out to sea Somali pirates have struck. The attack

Protect the Peace in Somalia Popular culture’s depiction of pirates and piracy is romanticized and sanitized through favorable portrayals of characters like Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean; however the real piracy that has been occurring in Somalia is very different from what is shown in the movies. This has been going on for many years and no organization has been able to put a stop to this. Pirates board ships and hold the captain and crew hostage until the ship owners pay ransom,

To begin, pirates have been prowling the seas as far back as ancient times, such as the “Phoenicians and Greeks in the Mediterranean.” As well Muslim piracy as Jihad has existed since the 17th Century along the Barbary Coast of North Africa.2 These pirates were known as Barbary corsairs, and they would attack ships from Christian countries, seizing their ships and, and selling the sailors into slavery. Today, Somali pirates are seizing ships and taking hostages for ransom along the waters off the

waters. Somalia is a place in East Africa. The Somali pirates are a criminal enterprise that is getting in millions of dollars in ransom payments. They have been hijacking ships since the year 2005. Port officials in Somalia are accepting bribes from the pirates to enter the Somali waters (Scott Baldauf 1). These Somali Pirates resorted to piracy because of an economic devastation that happened in Somalia in the 90s. The pirates are Somalians who are raiding ships that come nearby Somalia. They carefully

Saudi to the United States when the ship was hijacked by Somali pirates under the orders of piracy kingpin Mohamed Abdi Hassan. The ship, carrying 25 crewman and carrying $100 million worth of cargo, was released over a year later after a $3 million ransom was paid by the United States. The November 15th attack serves as just one of many examples displaying the terrorist and economical threat Somali piracy has endowed on the world. The pirate acts being bestowed upon ships crossing the Indian ocean

behind the Somali piracy On September 27th “Captain Phillip” premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival. The movie is based on the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama container ship in 2009 where Captain Richard Phillips was taken hostage by pirates for five days before being rescued. “This film will keep you on the edge of your seat, but is also Hollywood propaganda at its finest” In this 40 minute interview I was accompanied by Abdi Mohammed Said who recently visited Somalia. Mohammed Said grew