pirates hijack ship in red sea

Background

• Piracy: act of criminal violence at sea
• Somali Pirates
• Somali had a lot of hijacking of ships
• Hundreds of ships have been stolen since 1980s
• Since 2012 there has only been 1 successful hijacking

Current Issues

• MV MARZOOQAH- most current successful hijacked ship
• Merchant ship in the Red Sea 
• Has been taken south towards Somali waters
• Sent a distress signal from the Red Sea 
• Was then turned towards the Gulf of Aden

Solutions

• The number of attacks by Somali pirates dropped in 2013
• This is due to the large effort of an international naval 
• No ships have been successfully hijacked since
• Problems will remain as long as gangs are not banned from land
• Current stability after 20+ years of chaos has raised hope