115: Michael Scott Moore | What It's Really like to Be a Pirate Hostage
The Jordan Harbinger Show
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The Roots of Somali Piracy
When the last stable but also dictatorial government collapsed in Somalia in 1991, they stopped being these national organizations, including a Navy. So there was no Navy to defend the coastline and starting in the 90s, international fishing outfits started stealing their fish. The roots of Somali piracy are in this illegal fishing. And it became such a profitable business that starting in 2005, until 2012 or so, pirates were a real problem of Somalia.
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