PIRACY AT SEA BY

SOMALIA

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HISTORY OF SOMALI PIRACY STARTED

“It was started after civil war in Somalia in 1991 Somalia's navy fell apart and disbanded. This left Somalia's coast line unprotected, and as a result fishing vessels from other countries started to poach in the region. In addition, other ships came and started using the unguarded Somali waters as a dumping area for toxic waste, including radioactive nuclear waste”. The dumping of toxic waste was started in the late 1980’s.

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HOW SOMALI PIRACY STARTED ?

World best quality Fish was found in this reagion it was effected badly when TOXIC WASTES were dump on the coast of somalia.Fish start dying and Somalia coast got too much polluted which causes serious diseases also.

ILLEGAL FISHING by other countrie‘s fishermen also started which also effect the local citizens of somalia.

In response, the local fishermen began forming armed groups to stop the foreign ships. They eventually turned to hijacking commercial vessels for ransom as an alternate source of income.

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AREAS COVERED BY SOMALI PIRATES

South East Asia & India Sub Continent

• Bangladesh• Indonesia• Malacca Straits• Singapore Straits• South China Sea

Africa & Red Sea• Lagos (Nigeria)• Cotono (Benin)• Lome (Togo)• Abidjan (Ivory Cost)• Gulf Of Aden (GOA)

METHODOLOGY USED WHILE HIJACKING

75% Attacks happened in Early Morning or late evening during Sun rise or Sunset and in calm Sea.

Pirates use Mother Ships to come close to the VESSEL and then use SKIFFS (small speed boats speed up to 25 knots looks like Fishing Boats) to attack.

They use Light weight Aluminium ladders and Grappling Hooks to get on board. 6

EQUIPMENT USED BY PIRATES GRAPPLING

HOOKS

GPS

RADIO

MONEY-COUNTING MACHINE

SPEEDBOATs

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WEAPONS USED BY PIRATES

AK - 47

RPGsRocket Propelled Grenades

Semi Automatic Pistols TT-30

Hand Grenades

NUMBER OF SHIPS HIJACKED BY SOMALI PIRATES DURING LAST SIX YEARS.

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

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TOTALSOMALIAOTHERS

293/111 410/217 445/77 439/33 297/15 143/2

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WORLD LARGEST VESSELE HIJACKED BY SOMALIA.

Vessel Name : MT Sirus Star (Super Tanker VLCC)

Hijacked Dated : 15, November 2008 Crewmen : 25 Vessel Worth : US$150 million Cargo Worth : US$100 million Ransom Money : US$3 million Release Date : 9, January 2009

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HOW RANSOM IS RECEIVED

Ransom money is delivered in Sacks which are either dropped from helicopters or cased in waterproof suitcases loaded onto tiny skiffs. Ransom money has also been delivered to pirates via parachute as happened in January 2009 when an orange container with $3 million cash inside was dropped onto the deck of the supertanker MV Sirius Star to release the hostage.

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SAFETY MEASURES USED BY VESSELS

SECURITY FORCES TO STOP PIRACY....

1. Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) is working to inspect & stop this “ WAR OF TERRORISM” in horn of Africa and in Indian Ocean.

3. Command is Transferred to every country for 04 to 06 months.

2. Countries presently contributing to CTF 150 are, Pakistan, Turkey, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Australia, Malaysia, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Denmark, Canada, France, Japan, Germany, UK & USA.

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