Somali pirates now protecting illegal fishing vessels, says UN report

26/07/2013

Extraordinary development. One the key reasons for the upsurge in Somali piracy was the illegal fishing off its coast, which forced indigenous fishermen with their livelihoods threatened to arm themselves with AK47s and attack cargo ships. Now, with hijackings much more difficult, following the widespread ...

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