Somalia is located in the horn of East Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden in the north, the Indian Ocean in the east, Kenya and Ethiopia in the west and Djibouti in the northwest. The coastline is 3200 kilometers long.

It covers an area of about 637,660 square kilometers. The climate is dry and hot, rich in products.

Population1100,000. Somalis are polite to people, pay attention to etiquette, pay attention to etiquette in social interaction, and have strong national feelings. In social places, Somalis attach great importance to their clothes, whether they are dressed appropriately, whether they are punctual on dates and whether they are hospitable. . . . . .

So, what makes such a country a pirate kingdom?

The primary reason is civil strife. In recent years, Somalia has been in a state of anarchy where warlords are armed and the country is torn apart. The domestic factions stopped fighting and the tribes held their own opinions. The officers and men of the national army went to their tribes with guns to participate in the war of seizing the capital and dividing up the territory. After continuous differentiation and combination, Mogadishu factions such as Somaliland, Puntland, Rahanweilan and Aideed gradually formed a four-point pattern in the world. Reconciliation meetings are intermittent, fighting between factions is intermittent, and the peace process is difficult. The international community mediated the dispute 12 times, and the multinational forces led by the United States suffered heavy losses in Mogadishu and were eventually forced to evacuate; Many interventions and mediations by the international community have failed. Today, the new civil war continues! This provides many strongholds for pirates on land.

Because there is no strong central government in Somalia, the phenomenon of foreign fishing boats stealing in Somali territorial waters is serious. Some factions in Somalia also sell fishing licenses to foreign fishing companies. Since 199 1, Somali waters have been in anarchy, and there is no garrison at sea. Some fishermen spontaneously armed themselves to deal with illegal foreign fishing boats, forming the embryonic form of pirates; Later, people ravaged by poverty and war began to taste more and more benefits and joined this "money-making industry" one after another. Especially with the participation of soldiers and armed forces, the piracy industry became an irreplaceable means of earning foreign exchange. The confusion of moral concepts really played a role in fueling the situation.

. "Hijacking a ship can only successfully get a ransom, which is simply connivance for them!" Somali diplomat in Kenya said angrily, "This is not a Somali problem, but an international problem. Thanks to the connivance of international shipowners, Evya and his pirate gangs have been raised and grown. "

Third, the negligence of the international community and the connivance of international shipowners in disguise have greatly boosted the morale of pirates and fattened them up in a short time.

At present, there are many pirate gangs active in Somali waters, one of which is Abadi? Evya Evya, the pirate leader known as "Commander of the Somali Marine Corps", is a child soldier, who has been ruthless since childhood. Lacking military pay, he quickly turned his attention to the ocean-decided to combine the military organizational structure with mafia skills to form a brand-new pirate team-and "begged money" from about 48,000 international ships passing through the waters near Somalia every year.

Pirates are equipped with automatic rifles, rocket launchers, shoulder-mounted missiles, global positioning systems, wireless phones, radars and speedboats. Its organization is tight, its tactics and strategies are well prepared, its activities are increasingly rampant, the number of hijackings is increasing, the tonnage is getting bigger and bigger, the target (victim) countries are becoming more and more diversified, and the attack range has rapidly expanded to hundreds of nautical miles.