The Pirates of Somalia: Ending the Threat; Rebuilding a Nation

Publisher:
World Bank
Publication Date:
11 April 2013
Tags:
Somalia, Oceans and Rivers, Legal and Judicial Affairs

Although piracy episodes off the Horn of Africa have fallen in the last 12 months, a new World Bank analysis of its human and economic costs says that “Somalia cannot ‘buy’ its way out of piracy; nor can the international community rely solely on its law enforcement agencies to defeat pirates whether at sea or land.

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