I find myself begging that someone goes and takes out each one of those pirates from Somalia who thinks they have just found a new occupation that will make them rich. The biggest mistake was giving the first group of pirates that $30 million for nothing. Now we have a whole group of people with guns deciding this is the way to make money. Something needs to be done to stop them, for several reasons highlighted below.

The first reason is that the pirates are making it harder for the rest of the African continent in regards to sending goods to Africa. Sending a container to Africa costs over $8000. It is expensive as it is to send anything to Africa. To cover these new costs for protection and training sailors self defense, shipping companies will now charge even more for a service that is already expensive. This is not just going to affect the shipping companies, it affects everyone.

The second reason is that these pirates have no regard for their fellow african people that are suffering. How can you take over a ship that is supplying aid to Kenya? It is one thing to go after companies that are shipping oil, timber, etc., but when you hold a ship and know that someone’s life depends on you, how awful is that. For this reason alone, for the disregard for human life, I feel they they need to be treated like criminals and taken out at any cost.

The third reason is that few people care about Africa, with this new issue we are bound to become forgotten forever. Even though this crime is being committed by a few people from one country Somalia, reporters and a lot of people who do not know that Africa has several countries are quick to say this is a crime taking place in Africa. This alone can be very discouraging to businesses wanting to do business in Africa, because they now have to add pirates to the equation.

Why do some people think other people have to work so hard and all they have to do is carry a gun and everything belongs to them.

Written by The African Collector

Tags: Somali Pirates

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