Essays on Somali Piracy

Statistics: The Increase in Attacks Attacks grew significantly in the period from the ‘first’ attack in 2005 until the period of decline in 2011 (The World Bank, 2012, pp. xi). Daxecker and Prins quote IMB as stating that as of 2004 there have been 2,600…

Coast Guard Narrative With the goal of protecting the Somali coastline and adjacent waters from illegal exploitation, fishermen initially formed groups using titles containing nouns such as ‘coast guard’ or ‘marine’ (Tharoor, 2009, pp. 1). As Bueger presents, this evolved into a “grand”, “Coast Guard…

Introduction In today’s modern literature, ‘pirates’ are considered as ‘legends from the dark past’ (Lehr 2007). But in the 21st century, pirates still exist and in great numbers (The Guardian 2017). Although it is not broadcast on the news for the world to see, pirates…

Modern day piracy plagues the coast of Africa and reminds us that this once seemingly far off and distant crime is in fact a present reality. Acts of piracy off the coast of Africa have been going on since around 2005, and got progressively worse…