# Piracy

While you might think that pirates are something we only see in movies and history books, piracy still happens today. However they won't be swinging onto a ship holding a sword and certainly don't have a parrot on their shoulder.

Piracy nowadays mostly happens around Somalia. Why here you might wonder, well the answer is quite simple. Somalia is located along the route trading ships most often take while travelling between Europe and Asia. Since taking another route would take a lot longer, most ships will still travel on this route and risk meeting pirates instead of finding another way.

The modern day pirates mostly consist of young fishermen that have joined forces with former militia members.

Militia: Non-proffesional fighters ► similar to the an army

They start shooting at a ship and enter the ship to take control. Then they ask for money in exchange for giving back control of the ship. This is how modern day pirates make money.

The reason these people turn to piracy is because the Somalia cannot provide enough ways to legally earn enough money.

Piracy is a global security threat because not only does it threaten the safety of the ships, it also threatens the economy because ships will have to take a different route and this will cost a lot more money and take longer.