Mister Sharmarke says piracy can only be prevented when Somalia has a government that can enforce its own laws.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

In recent years the international community has deployed navy ships to guard the area in an effort to fight piracy.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

However,piracy had decreased in the Straits of Malacca and the eastern Indian Ocean where it has traditionally been a problem.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Now,United Nations officials say representatives from more than sixty countries have made progress on an international agreement to control fish piracy.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

Slowly,the international community is working toward a legal process to try piracy suspects close to where they operate.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was flown from Africa to New York City, where he was charged Tuesday with five crimes, including piracy and hostage-taking.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

The U.N.Office on Drugs and Crime says Kenya has agreed to be the first nation in the area to try Somali piracy suspects.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Another form of piracy is when species of caught fish and catch weights go unreported or underreported.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

Over two hundred years ago, the United States struggled with piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

But another problem takes place under the sea and often gets less attention: fish piracy.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

Other forms of fish piracy are targeting and catching protected species and using outlawed equipment.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

The F.A.O.says fish piracy is difficult especially for developing countries to fight.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

The First Barbary War stopped piracy against American ships for a time.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Piracy has a high economic price for ship owners and operators.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Piracy is not just a problem in the western Indian Ocean.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

It is a scenario that has become all but routine - an act of piracy on the high seas by Somalis.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

According to the International Chamber of Commerce, the number of piracy attacks reported this year will far exceed those for 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The press secretary says the two officials also discussed cooperation in fighting terrorism, piracy,nuclear and missile proliferation and the narcotics trade.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

All the same, Whitman said steps could be taken to make commercial shipping less vulnerable to piracy on the high seas.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

As soon as you create coast guards and re-establish police forces at the coast, piracy will sooner or later go away,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

A return to profitable healthy fishing can lead people out of piracy in the central and north regions,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Piracy causes huge losses to the Hindi film industry as infringement of copyright laws is rampant in India.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

Muse was subsequently flown from the Horn of Africa to New York, where he was charged Tuesday with five counts, including piracy.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

But he says in the long-run the solution to piracy will not be found at sea,but on land.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

And we have to ensure that those who commit acts of piracy are held accountable for their crimes,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

He said his government will work hard to end piracy, but he said the problem of poverty will first have to be tackled.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

He says in the short term, the most effective way to combat piracy is with military force.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

"In the longer run you can only curb piracy if you address the root causes on land.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Somaliland has cooperated with the West in anti-terrorism and anti-piracy efforts, hoping to achieve its long-awaited recognition.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07