Horn of Africa - The High Costs of the Fight Against Piracy

... failed attempts to intercept pirate boats in 2014 and no activity recorded thus far in 2015. The decline in Somali piracy is attributed to the large numbers of coalition forces, best practices by ships and private armed security guards. Indeed, with Somalia unable to control its waters, piracy became a problem that governments saw as theirs to solve, especially because of the strategic role of the Gulf of Aden, where crude oil is shipped regularly from Persian Gulf to Europe and America. Three coalitions of naval forces have been fighting ...