Better navy coordination needed against Somali pirates

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – International naval efforts to stop piracy off Somalia’s coast are unlikely to succeed without better resources and closer coordination, perhaps under the auspices of the United Nations, security experts say. The U.S Navy destroyer USS Bainbridge is pictured before its arrival at the Kenyan port of Mombasa April 16, 2009. (REUTERS/Antony Njuguna) Although naval forces from more than a dozen countries are deployed in the area, Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean have captured dozens of ships, taken hundreds of people prisoner and secured millions of dollars in ransoms. This year alone there have been 25 attacks off Somalia’s east…

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