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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
4. 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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5. 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)
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6. 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
7. EQUIPMENT USED BY PIRATES
GRAPPLING
HOOKS
GPS
RADIO
MONEY-COUNTING
MACHINE
SPEEDBOA
Ts
8. WEAPONS USED BY PIRATES
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AK - 47
RPGs
Rocket Propelled
Grenades
Semi Automatic Pistols
TT-30
Hand
Grenades
9. NUMBER OF SHIPS HIJACKED BY SOMALI
PIRATES DURING LAST SIX YEARS.
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
TOTAL
SOMALIA
OTHERS
293/111 410/217 445/77 439/33 297/15 143/2
10. 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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11. HOW RANSOM IS RECEIVED
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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.
13. 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, Thai
land, Australia, Malaysi
a, Italy, Netherlands, N
ew
Zealand, Portugal, De
nmark, Canada, Franc
e, Japan, Germany, U
K & USA.
