West Plans New Hi-Tech Crackdown On Somali Pirate Gangs -- The Independent
Satellite pictures reveal areas transformed by ransom riches.
A modern-day treasure map of pirate strongholds in Somalia may hold the key to solving the maritime crisis off the Horn of Africa. Experts using satellite images of the main cities and ports in Somalia's most active pirate havens have traced the money trail from the multimillion-pound ransoms earned from captured ships.
The results suggest that while cash is trickling down from pirate gangs to the wider economy, comparatively little of it is benefiting the coastal areas used by the pirates to launch attacks on international shipping.
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My Comment: This strategy will fail. Unless you start bombing and attacking the safe havens that pirates use .... eliminating the leaders and captains that are involved .... Somali piracy will continue for a very long time.
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