Virtually every nation in the world has been affected by the predation of Puntland pirates. It is equally represented as a great threat to the global economy, providing justification for western naval forces patrolling the coast of Somalia to control the strategic basin of the Gulf of Aden. The intrinsic aspects reflect the impact that piracy has on local Somalis, while the extrinsic issues center around the maritime security concerns of the international community. The scourge of piracy in the Somali littoral – in the clan-anchored breakaway region of Puntland, in particular – is widely depicted in the media as international organized crime with both intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions. The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World by Jay Bahadur, London: Profile Brooks, 2011. Somalia: The New Barbary? Piracy and Islam in the Horn of Africa by Martin N.
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