Somali Pirates In Cahoots With Government -- Foreign Policy BlogIt's official: Somalia's two major pirate networks have at least tacit (or perhaps even explicit) support of regional government officials as they wreak havoc on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden. Puntland, a semi-autonomous (and relatively peaceful) state in Somalia's northeastern tip, has a rather functional government that has managed to avoid Mogadishu-like chaos in recent years. But now, a U.N. report from the office of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon cites "increasing reports of complicity by members of the Somali region of Puntland administration in piracy activities."
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