This article is about the country Somalia. The article goes over the issues that this country has with piracy. Many pirates try to hijack ships of Somalia's coast. A lot of hostages were involved in the hijackings as well. The pirates are doing it for money. The pirates take hostages in hope to hold them for ransom. The article goes over how the pirates take over the ship, how hard it is to stop the pirates, and why the pirates hijack the ships. The article also goes over how hard it is to convict a pirate due to the difficulties in prosecuting them and Somalia not having a government.
This article reminds me of the movie Captain Phillips that was based on the true story about Somali pirates. I think this is a very scary issue that needs to be dealt with. I am going to read more on why the pirates cannot be charged with something because the article was kind of unclear when it talked about this topic.
My boyfriend is an underwater oil worker and he has worked of the coast of Nigeria. He told me they had several lock downs due to pirate attacks near by their ship. There was a pirate attack about 30 miles away from him. His ship would do drills once a month so all crew members on the boat would be aware of what to do if pirates attacked their ship. Also, all doors were locked at 7pm every night. These aren't the same pirates as Somalia pirates, due to these pirates are on the east coast and Nigeria pirates are on the west coast but they are still a threat to ships.
Also, even though this article was published in 2011 these attacks are still happening and are still a major problem in the ocean.
"Q&A: Somali Piracy - BBC News." BBC. BBC News, 21 Jan. 2011. Web. 06 May 2015.
http://www.bbc.com/news/10349155
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