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Piracy off the coast of Somalia has increased dramatically in recent years. From 2000-2004 annual attacks peaked at 350-450 but then dropped to around 200 by 2005 due to international coordination. However, from 2008-2009 attacks skyrocketed to over 400 due to increased piracy off Somalia. Unlike other piracy, nearly all Somali piracy involves kidnapping crews for ransom, with ransoms rising to millions of dollars. Over half of all 2009 global piracy attacks were attributed to Somali pirates operating in th

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Nikolaos

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