Published back in 2008, little has changed in the last two years. This excerpt is worth quoting.

"......Somali pirates are part of large, well-financed and well-organized criminal organizations based in Somalia.........and in states such as Kenya, Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates. It has even been suggested that Canada, home to the largest Somali diaspora outside Africa, hosts logistical and organizational cells for Somali pirates.
"Experts ...say there are five main pirate gangs that operate along Somalia's 3025 kiloimetre-long coastline, each of which is tied to a powerful local warlord who, in turn, has connections to the largely ineffective Transitional Federal Government of President Abdullahi Yusef.
"Although borne out of opportunity by having no central authority to prevent it, it has been argued that Somali piracy........[provides] an essential service by policing the country's territorial waters and preventing illegal fishing and toxic-waste dumping.
".......scoffed at by Western shipping firms......illegal fishing in Somali waters is...lucrative...with [UN estimates country loses USD $100 million per year due to illegal fishing by Spain, South Korea, Egypt (also Russia and Japan, with hijacked fishing ships)]
Piracy now "....lrgest industry in Somalia."
The use of "mother ships" allow "the pirates to strike at vessels traveling farther out at sea" (Now the entire Arabian Sea and part of the Indian Ocean).

Solution of the problem involves concerted UN action to improve tha situation in Somalia as well as to police the sea.
The solution is complex, not to be solved by mindless suggestions.

Harowo.com- news and analysis for peoples of the Horn of Africa, maintained by Ahmed Sh. Farah, Washington, D. C.


"Canadian former refugees are fighting among all factions in Somalia. Fron The National Post:
"Many Canadian Somalis, ......maintain close ties to Somalia, said Ahmed Hussen, president of the Canadian Somali Congress.
"Canadians are active in all three major warring factions in Somalia: the Transitional Federal Government, Al-Shabab and the Sufigroup Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama.
Wikipedia estimates 200,000 Somalis in Canada. "Somali pirates allegedly get help from the Somali diaspora. Somali expatriates, including reputedly some among the 200,000 Somalis living in Canada, offer funds, equipment and information."