November 2012 The problem of piracy is no doubt an international one. India in particular suffers negative consequences, because they account for a relatively large proportion of global trade. The Indian Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri took the time earlier this month to remind the rest of the world that it remains an international problem, not […]
Italy Jails More Somali Pirates
December 2012 Earlier this month, eleven Somali pirates were sentenced to three and a half years in jail by an Italian judge. The pirates had attempted to hijack a ship about 200 nautical miles off the coast of Oman on January 17th, 2012. The ship they attempted to hijack was an oil tanker belonging to […]
Understanding Somali Piracy
November 2012 Thanks to increased international naval presence and the placing of armed guards aboard merchant vessels, the Indian Ocean has seen a recent decline in piracy. However, in reality, this decline is merely a decline in the symptoms of a much deeper problem. In the early 1990’s, Somalia was torn apart by a civil […]
Somali Pirate King Retires
One of Somalia’s most infamous pirate lords has officially called it quits. Mohamed Abdi Hassan, who goes by the nom de guerre Afweyne, meaning “big mouth” in Somali, called a press conference to inform journalists of his decision. Afweyne led a feared pirate action group for nearly a decade, claiming several multi-million dollar ransoms and […]
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