It is no doubt that ending Somalis piracy is tough as it certainly won’t happen unless the situation in their lawless country of origin improves to the point that they can reasonably hope to make a living in some legitimate line of work. Experts believe that it is due to unstable government in Somalia. The piracy has infiltrated so deeply that it will take tough time for a stable government to end this.
It is found that the recent successful hijacking about 480 miles off the coast of Somalia of a Saudi-owned supertanker, the Sirius Star, carrying more than $100 million worth of crude oil, focused international attention on the pirates. But they’ve been operating off the coast of Somalia for 10 to 15 years according to Somali officials, the New York Times’ Jeffrey Gettleman reported in October.
It is told that the piracy started in response to illegal fishing. After Somalia’s central government fell apart, the lack of patrols along the shoreline allowed commercial fishing fleets from around the world to plunder the country’s tuna-rich waters. Somali fishermen turned vigilante and began confronting illegal fishing boats, demanding that they pay a tax.
The pirates’ spokesman Sugule Ali confessed to a media saying that they don’t consider themselves sea bandits. He said they consider sea bandits those who illegally fish in our seas and dump waste in our seas and carry weapons in our seas. He said that they simply patrolling their seas like a coast guard.
