Nell’edizione settimanale dell’Economist, uscita ad inizio del mese February, was treated the problem of piracy in Somalia. From its pages the magazine in 2010 revealed that Somali pirates have captured more than 1800 seafarers. In 2009 were 1050. These are the crews of ships seized by Somali pirates in the course of criminal conduct their activities in the sea with open-mindedness of the Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean. The magazine disclosed that half of these hostages were released after payment of a ransom. At the same time also explained that others had instead died of abuse in prison or because of poor prison conditions to which they were subjected by Somali pirates, at least eight. This is generally the same ship them to also become their prison. Many times, however, the captured ship is instead used as mother ships by Somali pirates in small boats to support assault to make boarding on the high seas. The Economist published an estimate according to which, at the end of last December, in the hands of Somali sea pirates were still being held hostage at least 760 seamen and 28 of the 49 captured ships. Men and ships kept waiting for someone to pay their ransom. E 'was estimated that in 2010, the total amount of redemptions paid into the coffers of the Somali pirates, has reached a record $ 238 million. Although this is due not only to increase the number of captured ships, but also by the figures as requested redemptions. Over the years we have moved from an average of 150 thousand dollars to ship in 2005 with U.S. $ 5-6 million in 2010. The fact that during the first 50 days of 2011, attacks on cargo have been forty, and at least a dozen have gone through, brings to estimate the number of attacks of 2010, well 219, will certainly be exceeded. In support of this prediction that Somali pirates have so far 'worked' in the bad season, the monsoon the sea impassable for the high waves that rise. Therefore, the month of March when the monsoon season ends, we expect a strong escalation of the phenomenon. Unfortunately 
face this emergency of Mogadishu, the Somali authorities can do little. The weak Somali government is engaged in a struggle against the Islamic militias of the al Shabaab who day after day, wrested control of large slices of territory. A fact that prevents him from handling the fight against maritime piracy and the safety of coastal ports. This is despite the strong financial support it receives from the international community, in Italy head. All of this ultimately is beneficial to the Somali pirates who do not encounter any difficulties in organizing their attacks using the coastal villages as their bases. A fact that has transformed the Somali coast, especially that of Puntland, a modern Tortuga. Aware of this failure many countries have decided to intervene with their warships in the sea of \u200b\u200bpirates to ensure safety at sea and maritime laws. Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Australia, Greece, USA, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, Canada, China, Iran, South Korea, Sweden, Japan, Great Britain, India and Russia are some of these countries . Some of these ships patrol the sea pirates in the form independent of the others, but most were collected in three international missions, the anti piracy created by the Pentagon and managed by the Fifth U.S. Fleet, Combined Task Force CTF-151, the mission Atlantic Alliance 'Ocean Shield' and mission 'Atalanta' EU-led. However, despite this commitment does not take any international direct reduction of the phenomenon in fact, it weighs even more on the international community. According fact, a recent report, presented to the UN Security Council last January by Jack Lang, 'Special Advisor' of the UN secretary-general for legal issues relating to piracy off the Somali coast, sea piracy in the Indian Ocean is becoming a very serious and expensive. According to Lang the cost of piracy has reached 5 to 7 billion dollars a year, not to mention the high cost of human lives. A balance sheet on which he recorded in addition to the cost of each trip a merchant, the cost for the maintenance of the various international anti-piracy naval missions in the sea of \u200b\u200bpirates to protect it. The estimate is made of about 100 thousand dollars per day per vessel allocated to military fuel costs, food and allowances of the crew. The only EU mission Atalanta has a cost of about € 2 million per day equal to 720milioni year. Italy spends about three months of the mission of a naval unit of the Navy, about 9 million euro. The same as Lang points out in his report, are also unclear rules that prevent the international community to wipe out this scourge from the sea in the Horn of Africa. In fact, nine out of ten cases, the pirates are captured are then released. Obviously, the face of this obvious difficulty, several alternatives have been put forward tentatively for solutions. To reject all proposals for their applicability. Someone has proposed to outlaw the payment of ransoms without taking into account that this would seriously endanger the lives of the hostages. Others the presence of private armed guards on merchant ships or even arming the crews without considering that this initiative would push the Somali pirates to take action much more violent than those taken so far. Others have proposed to conduct raids against the gang of the sea that holds hostage seamen captured without taking into account that this could only jeopardize the lives of the hostages might be killed when their captors they felt in danger. What appears instead is the most suitable, the solution has always been historically used against piracy. That is to adopt exemplary punishments judged and sentenced to heavy the new pirates of the sea. A design, also strongly advocated by Lang in his report. The French diplomat talks about it, the creation of specialized courts, and rejects the idea of \u200b\u200ban international tribunal labeling them as unsuitable, expensive and too long to achieve. Meanwhile, in order to punish those responsible for acts of maritime piracy, many countries are entering the crime in their jurisdictions. After Belgium, January 5 this year it did even France.
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face this emergency of Mogadishu, the Somali authorities can do little. The weak Somali government is engaged in a struggle against the Islamic militias of the al Shabaab who day after day, wrested control of large slices of territory. A fact that prevents him from handling the fight against maritime piracy and the safety of coastal ports. This is despite the strong financial support it receives from the international community, in Italy head. All of this ultimately is beneficial to the Somali pirates who do not encounter any difficulties in organizing their attacks using the coastal villages as their bases. A fact that has transformed the Somali coast, especially that of Puntland, a modern Tortuga. Aware of this failure many countries have decided to intervene with their warships in the sea of \u200b\u200bpirates to ensure safety at sea and maritime laws. Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Australia, Greece, USA, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, Canada, China, Iran, South Korea, Sweden, Japan, Great Britain, India and Russia are some of these countries . Some of these ships patrol the sea pirates in the form independent of the others, but most were collected in three international missions, the anti piracy created by the Pentagon and managed by the Fifth U.S. Fleet, Combined Task Force CTF-151, the mission Atlantic Alliance 'Ocean Shield' and mission 'Atalanta' EU-led. However, despite this commitment does not take any international direct reduction of the phenomenon in fact, it weighs even more on the international community. According fact, a recent report, presented to the UN Security Council last January by Jack Lang, 'Special Advisor' of the UN secretary-general for legal issues relating to piracy off the Somali coast, sea piracy in the Indian Ocean is becoming a very serious and expensive. According to Lang the cost of piracy has reached 5 to 7 billion dollars a year, not to mention the high cost of human lives. A balance sheet on which he recorded in addition to the cost of each trip a merchant, the cost for the maintenance of the various international anti-piracy naval missions in the sea of \u200b\u200bpirates to protect it. The estimate is made of about 100 thousand dollars per day per vessel allocated to military fuel costs, food and allowances of the crew. The only EU mission Atalanta has a cost of about € 2 million per day equal to 720milioni year. Italy spends about three months of the mission of a naval unit of the Navy, about 9 million euro. The same as Lang points out in his report, are also unclear rules that prevent the international community to wipe out this scourge from the sea in the Horn of Africa. In fact, nine out of ten cases, the pirates are captured are then released. Obviously, the face of this obvious difficulty, several alternatives have been put forward tentatively for solutions. To reject all proposals for their applicability. Someone has proposed to outlaw the payment of ransoms without taking into account that this would seriously endanger the lives of the hostages. Others the presence of private armed guards on merchant ships or even arming the crews without considering that this initiative would push the Somali pirates to take action much more violent than those taken so far. Others have proposed to conduct raids against the gang of the sea that holds hostage seamen captured without taking into account that this could only jeopardize the lives of the hostages might be killed when their captors they felt in danger. What appears instead is the most suitable, the solution has always been historically used against piracy. That is to adopt exemplary punishments judged and sentenced to heavy the new pirates of the sea. A design, also strongly advocated by Lang in his report. The French diplomat talks about it, the creation of specialized courts, and rejects the idea of \u200b\u200ban international tribunal labeling them as unsuitable, expensive and too long to achieve. Meanwhile, in order to punish those responsible for acts of maritime piracy, many countries are entering the crime in their jurisdictions. After Belgium, January 5 this year it did even France. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000023367866&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id).
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