When it comes to Somalia, the first reaction of ordinary people is piracy, and there are three main reasons why there are so many pirates in Somalia: poverty and backwardness, constant war, and geographical location.
1. Poverty
Somalia was once a thriving country, and its coastline is the longest in Africa, and its fishing resources are exceptionally rich. Now, for Somalis, living with food and clothing has become a problem, and there is no need for any courtesy and integrity. For poor Somalis, they will be able to do whatever they can to survive. After years of crossing rivers, Somalis have discovered that pirates robbing ships is the best and fastest way to get money. Therefore, they are basically all pirates. When there is no boat robbery, he turns into a simple and honest fisherman, and when there is a boat robbery, the horse and the sea thief king possess the body to reveal a fierce and vicious ugly face. Often a single opening can be dashing for months, which is much more money for them than fishing.
2. War
Since 1991, Somalia has been a constant "state of anarchy" of war, with warlords, gangs, fighting and killing. This is undoubtedly a devastating blow to domestic agriculture, industry and commerce, and the people can be said to be living in poverty! Because of the long period of war, it may be difficult to get some food in Somalia. But it's too easy to get some weapons. With a gun in hand, he was vicious, everyone in the country was poor, and he couldn't rob it if he wanted to, so he had to be a pirate to rob foreigners.
3. Geographical location
The geographical location of Somalia can be said to be unique! Many ships have to pass through there, especially large cargo ships. According to rough statistics, more than 50,000 ships pass through the waters off Somalia every year, and most of them are freighters. Being a pirate cargo ship is a low-investment and high-return business. Assuming that there were more than 50,000 Liaoning ships in the past, presumably to him the whole world, they did not dare to make a second time, in the final analysis, they still bullied the soft and feared the hard master.