Stolen Seas brings up many of the main points of the other articles on Somali piracy. The film touches on ideas of the causes of piracy in Somalia, such as, weak government and greater rewards. Also the documentary discusses the responses that are available to stop piracy and why nothing was being done. The documentary also uses first person accounts to display what the atmosphere and attitudes surrounding Somali piracy were. Stolen Seas essentially reinforces the ideas about the causes of Somali piracy presented by Christian Bueger and Samatar et al. The movie proposes that the cause for piracy was that Somalia was undergoing a lot of destruction and piracy was a way to escape from the destruction. One of the people interviewed in the documentary said that piracy also fed a lot of people. There was also a discussion about the cost of prosecuting cases against the pirates and how it would be more expensive than just paying the ransom. I think that the pirates must know this is the case and that it is part of the reason why they keep taking hostages because they know the shipping companies will tend to pay the ransom more often than prosecuting cases. Although the negotiation process could be long it was still more …show more content…
I think there is a lot in common with this era of Somali piracy and the Golden Age of piracy. Eventually the large shipping companies will get tired of their cargo getting ransomed and they will either have to use force to stop Somali piracy or they will have to invest more money in insurance on their cargo. They may also opt for a flotilla option similar to how the European powers in the past have protected their treasure. I think that some sort of permanent structured government will have to be established to put an end to piracy in Somalia, this has been discussed by Samatar and Bueger