Somaliaan Pirates In The 18th Century

“Throughout the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century, the major world government waged forceful and ultimately successful, campaigns against large pirate groups around the world.”(Stock ,1).The somali waters were affected which started the conflict with Somalian Pirates . The Somalian Pirates had an unfortunate beginning that resulted in the need to protect their waters from being polluted, which caused the International Community to get involved. However, foreign companies dumped toxic, and radioactive wave waste into the somali waters , which lead pirates to attack. Swiss and Italian companies were the cause for this outbreak when NGO and Greenpeace confirmed they were the one for the hazardous waste being dumped in somali waters. These pirates made their living by fishing which was now a problem for them. “Militias began to form , at first for self-defense against foreign vessels.Yet they soon hit upon piracy as a way to make a lot more money than they could make by fishing.” (Stock,4) For the pirates, this outcome was better for them which made them to continually do it for the money and weapons these ships carried.

They first established a coast guard to keep their waters safe but, soon turned to pirating. “They began to fight back, using the waters.” (Stock,2) They used their surroundings to their advantage. They had different effects on people. For them this was an advantage but to the international community it was a major disadvantage.This increased their profits helping them in their financial crisis. “Countries in the region suffered from serious losses in their tourism and fishing industries.” (Stock,3) This caused problems in the community making people frightened to visit places harming popular sites economically. A downfall was caused in companies for fishing making the economy