No pirates allowed: The democratic, pro-Western, successful, totally unrecognized Democratic Republic of Somaliland

[Deeq A.]

It starts like this. A Somali “entrepreneur,” often a former pirate who rose in the ranks of his “profession,” decides to attack a ship in the Indian Ocean in the hope that he can get a king’s ransom from the owners, or from the companies that insure the massive vessels, which carry 90 per cent of the world’s shipping. The entrepreneur either uses his own money or gets it from investors. With this money he hires local crews of pirates who are willing to man the small powerboats used to board the larger ships.

Source: Hiiraan Online