Fighting Somali Pirates Requires Coordinated Global Response

Fighting Somali Pirates Requires Coordinated Global Response
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Even as gunboats from across the globe move into their waters, the desperate, well armed, and increasingly bold bandits of Somalia keep swarming the decks of the worlds largest ships. They take what they want, they dont leave until the (higher and higher) ransoms are paid, and they wont stop until a modern-day war against piracy breaks out.

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