Somali pirates still a threat

Concerns that piracy could return off Somalia.

Piracy still a threat off Somali coast despite successes: UN official

The threat of piracy off the coast of Somalia looms large despite significant gains made against it, a UN official has said. Andrew McLaughlin, the Program Officer in charge of Global Maritime Security at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) told Xinhua in Kenyan capital Nairobi that a fragile political, economic and security situation in Somalia could provide a fertile ground for piracy to thrive.

“Piracy in Somalia has not been defeated but only countered.

“The threat can recur since the security and economic situation in Somalia remains dire,” McLaughlin said in an interview with Xinhua.

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Source: coastweek.com