"Has anyone plotted a map that is public of piracy events worldwide? Would love to see a heatmap or something of it."
Try http://www.icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre/live-piracy-m...
Try http://www.icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre/live-piracy-m...
"Al Shabab has been terrific at stamping out piracy from its ports, due to its harsh interpretation of Shariah and the personal animus between profit-seeking pirates and Islamist militants.
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"Now that Al Shabab is in retreat, the emerging power vacuum in Somalia’s southern ports may lead to ‘sweet-spot’ conditions for pirates to resurface."