Sea Pirates Crime

Somali pirates have become a threat to international shipping since the second phase of the Civil War in Somalia in the early 21st century. Since 2005, international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization and the World Food Programme, has expressed concern over the increase in acts of piracy by the pirates. Piracy has contributed to increased shipping costs and hamper deliveries of food aid. Ninety percent of the World Food Program shipments that are sent by sea using a ship through the territorial sea Somalia always need a military escort.

A UN report and some of the news sources stating that piracy off Somalia occurred because it is caused by a number of illegal fishing and toxic waste dumping in Somali waters by foreign vessels which makes local people, who are mostly fishermen increasingly difficult to find living. This has forced many of them switched professions to become pirates.

Another reason that led to the increasing number of Somali pirates is that 70 percent of local coastal communities are very supportive of piracy as a form of defense of national territorial waters of that country. The rest is a reason that pirates believed if their actions are part of protecting their waters as well as efforts to demand justice and compensation for marine resources are being stolen.

Some pirates also stated that in the absence of effective security of the state to keep the beach after the outbreak of civil war in Somalia and coupled with the disintegration of the Armed Forces, they finally chose to be pirates to protect their waters. This belief is also reflected in the names taken by some pirate networks, like the National Volunteer Coast Guard (NVCG).

Somali pirates but is expected to grow rapidly over recent years in terms of number no more than a simple reason, namely acts of piracy itself is a very much more profitable and make money in abundance and this is touted as the main motive that most pirate acts growing rapidly.

The threat posed by acts of piracy by Somali pirates have also been causing concern in India because most of the country's trade is through the shipping lanes that pass through the Gulf of Aden. The Indian Navy responded to these concerns by deploying warships in the region on October 23, 2008.

In September 2008, Russia announced that they too would join international efforts to combat piracy. Some reports also accused certain government officials in Somalia are also involved with the pirate action. One of the Somali government from the local authority administration in the north on the Hobyo also reportedly tried to use a gang of pirates as their bulwark against Islamic rebels from the southern zone of the area.
(source : http://karodalnet.blogspot.com/2011/04/perompak-somalia.html)

COMMENT:


The UN should be cracking down more firmly on the case of sea pirates in Somalia, because many countries are disadvantaged by the action of such piracy.
Countries that do shipping merchandise or other goods suffered huge losses, the process of trade transactions they become stunted, and of course the company and also the country concerned will be busy wait on the pirates who demanded a ransom in large numbers. Transaction and delivery of goods in the world became very disturbed by the case of piracy, the crew members had threatened his safety
The Somali government also should take action on these criminal cases, they are fully responsible for the security of the state of Somalia, and should be able to create a safe country, not a criminal state, especially sea pirates.