Somalia, The Modern Pirates

For several months, from the Seychelles Islands to the Somali coast, Olivier Joulie went to meet fishing bosses, soldiers and even pirates... His very detailed investigation betrays the disarray that reigns in a region where fish catches are multiplying hostages.
Covering two million square kilometers, from the Indian Ocean to the Gulf of Aden, the area has become one of all dangers. In 2009, more than two hundred ships were victims of acts of piracy there. Giant oil tankers, cruise ships or fishing boats, no building is safe. In Port Victoria, the crews of Spanish tuna boats do not hide their concern. Barring a miracle, they will have to rely only on themselves to repel the pirate attacks. This is no longer the case for their French colleagues. The owners of the nine fishing boats engaged in the region ended up putting their hands in their pockets. For an amount estimated at 2.5 million euros, they now ensure the presence on board of around sixty marines.
Men ready for anything
In order to secure the region, Europe set up Operation Atalanta in 2008. A device engaging frigates and patrol aircraft. Protection considered, by many, insufficient. Especially since, entering Somalia, and particularly in Puntland, Olivier Joulie realizes that the lure of profit is pushing more and more Somalis towards delinquency. They sometimes obtain millions of euros to free the ships they have taken control of. The causes of the explosion of this maritime crime are crystal clear for Sayid Aden Cade, the mayor of the village of Hobyo: "Intensive fishing by large foreign boats destroys wildlife. They draw on our natural resources and the fish are gradually disappearing . Our fishermen, with their simple nets, do not have the means to fight and they are becoming more and more poor..." No reason in sight for the pirates to soon put away their skiffs and their Kalashnikovs...
Director: Olivier Joulie

[@thedawnlight3902]

why are you fishing thousands miles away from your home? somalia is poor country , when millions of people die of Hunger you exploit the sea resource with out paying a penny. why you complain when they attack you? really this is greedy . move out of Somlian sea.

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

Cargo ships don't fish.

[@Mohamed-oz9op]

​@@RobertTaylor-gz2fuAre you part of the criminals that are illegally fishing in the Somali sea? How wicked of you to support this terrorism.

[@khalidatteye8142]

Somalia by resources are the wealthiest nations. Iron, oil and rich minerals are found there. Plus golds and diamonds

[@Kimodadon]

@@RobertTaylor-gz2fuis your dad tuna fish thief 😂

[@bnrid8086]

​@@khalidatteye8142they have abundant natural resources but their human resources are poor

[@jtc7961]

you're stealing our fish and you called us pirates that is unfair

[@kennyclauw9713]

everytime i come across a somalian , im gonna ask, where is your parrot haha

[@fantastic203]

France is finished now 😂😂😂​@@kennyclauw9713

[@Damian-Church-NZ]

​@kennyclauw9713 according to Google translate you will have to say "aaway baqbaqaagii" which is supposed to be Somali for where's your parrot.

[@gevnehamid5846]

لماذا يتم نهب وسرق ثروات الصومال ؟ ❤️تحيا الصومال 🇸🇴 من قلب السعودية 🇸🇦 ❤

[@abrahman129]

❤love suadi arabia

[@SAHANDOONOFFICIAL]

Leave their fish alone. These guys are the local fishermen. Leave their waters alone!!

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Cargo ships aren't fishing.

[@Young_Tizo]

@@DavidZ4-gg3dm 😂😂

[@SAHANDOONOFFICIAL]

@@DavidZ4-gg3dm whatever they are, they’re not supposed to be in their waters!

[@bugazi3037]

@@Young_Tizothey do take fish not for sale

[@Mohamed-oz9op]

​@@DavidZ4-gg3dm​Are you part of the criminals that are illegally fishing in the Somali sea? How wicked of you to support this terrorism.

[@abdulkadirdhimbil3285]

why are you taking their fish ? you are fishing somalia sea without permission and you telling us pirates are we foolish , its also shame to this channel to upload this documentary without questioned them ,

[@nonasilia5706]

We support you our brother Somali

[@rickywilliams3027]

Why are you not putting your energy into fishing these waters and building vessels to do so instead of acting like animals?

[@emekaokoroafor1678]

​@@rickywilliams3027 it's still Somali territory even if they don't catch a single fish😂

[@MadGunny]

They don’t own the sea, anyone can fish there lol

[@rickywilliams3027]

@@emekaokoroafor1678 I’d like to replace your smoke detector battery for you free of charge!

[@wikijhoy9571]

One man's pirate is another man's coastguard

yup so true

[@somkaplan1563]

It is unacceptable to steal our fish and even worse to use frigates to protect illegal fishing. What terrible things I am witnessing.🤯😡

[@King_AK181]

no worries its going to stop soon

[@izzzzzz6]

French guy... "But I don't understand.... We steal thier oil and their fish and they want to shoot us"..... FFS

[@wiley2968]

I see the same ,,the is a joke ..

[@kennyclauw9713]

@@wiley2968 the??

[@Epicbaba]

@@kennyclauw9713 Not 'to' its 'too' ...I think your english is pretty good (LOL),🤣

[@somkaplan1563]

@@kennyclauw9713 Why do non-native English speakers often focus on how someone who is a beginner speaks English, even when it’s clear what they are trying to say?

[@kennyclauw9713]

@@Epicbaba calling yourself epic says enough lol, hahaha wtf

[@saacidqaylyahan6409]

They call us pirates but we are defend our border sea fish 🐟🐟🐟🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤

[@sinncier]

You guys look well fed and well clothed. You're fishing close to where local fishermen make their living while starving. And you wonder why they attack?

[@eggrolll]

Yes, the cargo ships they hijack are out there stealing their fish stocks.

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

The pirates target cargo ships & tourist sailing boats who don't fish.

[@mahbubmo]

​@RobertTaylor-gz2fu it's called casualties of war.

[@rockiechitan1464]

Everyone has to eat some maynot like how it's done,..but at this point it'scalled survival.@RobertTaylor-gz2fu

[@prospersibanda8526]

you want to fish all the tuna back to Europe

[@grapejuice781]

So many euro boats over fishing in other continents areas 4:17

[@bisharGellowMahad]

Stop stealing their fish

[@Sam_Saylici]

who's the pirate the one who came from 1000 miles away to dump nuclear waste into someones seashore or the one who suffers from radioactive, diseases & contaminated fishes so they fight back to protect thier sea, fish & thier life tell me who's the pirate?

[@Mohamed-oz9op]

Stop stealing our fish. They illegally fish in our waters and call us "PIRATES". How arrogant and evil of them.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

If Somalia wasn't such a lawless failed state then this wouldn't be happening. Since 1990 Somalia has been in civil war, bloodshed and anarchy.

[@monka9102]

Stop propaganda and fake documentary they're somali costal guard

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Pirates aren't the coastguard.

[@Sam_Saylici]

​@@DavidZ4-gg3dmwho's the pirate the one who came from 1000 miles away to dump nuclear waste into someones seashore or the one who suffer from the radioactive, diseases contaminated their fish so they fight back to protect thier sea & their life?

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

@@Sam_Saylici The vast majority of cargo ships don't do anything of the sort. Pirates don't protect anything.

[@MadGunny]

@@Sam_Saylicithe pirates are the one attacking and trying to board other peoples ships. Fishing in the ocean dosnt make someone a pirate lol

[@mahdiyusuf3431]

This are our naval officers protecting our water they are protecting our fishing and dumping chemicals in our water live long my mother land Somalia 🇸🇴

[@mohammadhassan3693]

So you still my country 😮 then don’t want to defend our country stop stealing from our fishing 🎣 industry 🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🤦‍♂️

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

Cargo ships don't do any fishing.

[@Drs_juweriya]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Mohamed-oz9op]

​@@RobertTaylor-gz2fuAgain another terrorisr spotted. Is against the law to fish on another countries waters.

[@musaali-dk8cq]

They are admitting that they are fishing illegally in our territorial waters. They are stealing our fish.

[@Drs_juweriya]

We know

[@basedaf5580]

bro what would u even do with them? Africa is full of resources and look what you guys did with the continent lmfao

[@user-uw3fd2bn3w]

Somalis are not pirates in reality but they are protectors of their marine resources. This fishing boats are illegally fishing in Somali water to land their catches on non-Somali grounds. Why can't they approach the Somalis to be granted fishing permits so as to catch in peace instead of bringing in frigates with heavy firepower to protect them while they are illegally fishing and depleting the Somali marine resources? This is no modern piracy at all, this is illegal fishing off the coast of Africa.

[@evanwarrenchuk4003]

So these huge fishing ships take all the food and money (fish) away from Africa. Then wonder why theres pirates.

[@waleedmhmud1625]

انهم الغرب الذي افتعل الحرب داخل الصومال على شان ان يقوما في نهب ثرواتهم ثروات الصومال حلال على الغرب وحرام على الموطن الصومالي يالها من معادله صفريه ويالها من عنجهييه غربيه

[@shaulmofaz1596]

ولله ما خلوا شى فى بلداننا 😢😢

[@camconvo]

Fischer greased cgxs cds and I think he was a bit too good for the game but he is still the most underrated character of all the time so far so I don’t see him being the same for him being the one to blame him being a good player and being the only person to beat the game is a good thing for me to watch him play in the future and not just for the game but for the game and the game and the game ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤has to go to a point in which I don’t like to be honest and admit I think he’s not really think he’s not good

[@Drs_juweriya]

نحنا لا نريد الدفاع عن بلادنا توقف عن. السرقة من صيد الأسماك شيء الأخرى ( هذا بحر لبس لكم شيء نحنا لا نسماح الدخول اي احد سرقة الاسماك ) صومالي واحد❤

[@Cabdiraxman..Mudug.]

Goormaa laa duubay xogtaan Abyo❓

[@beckybundi4546]

Somali is rapidly growing and I am glad it is we need peace one Africa East Africa lets respect territories,land,water air etc

[@AldrinjanBuna]

Im one of those modern pirates 💪 Salute to you guys

i am on your side you can do anything what you want i havent seen anything you can take everything too hahahaha still not seen anything XD

[@kennyclauw9713]

i hope you have a parrot

[@Alhat365]

هذا يصطاد السمك من ديارهم ويبيعه عليهم دون ان يدفع المال..

[@ngunjiricyrus]

i wonder what the fOREIGNERS are doing in Somali waters

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

Moving cargo internationally.

[@ngunjiricyrus]

okay, makes sense

[@Drs_juweriya]

Somali steals fish

[@Cabdiraxman..Mudug.]

Nimco banaan cidlo ah iska taala ayay arkeen dee afkay u dhigteen markaana 😂

[@pietrojenkins6901]

@@RobertTaylor-gz2fu and keeping the peace.

[@HIDOKAB]

I have a problem with those who made the documentary because they didn't consider with the fact that the worship is or the other ship is they were making or causing problems to the local people by destroying their fish and their environment

[@kingbenjamin22]

It's the rulers of these countries that are the real cause of their poverty and violence.

[@rocco_420]

Yeah but that still doesn't give them the right to attack people and steal whatever they have.

[@ishowspace1]

They have to do whatever it takes to protect their water. It's the western vessels who steal their fish so why wouldn't they hijack western cargos 💀

[@Hkim185]

​@@rocco_420 if a thief is broken into ur house what do do?

[@hairychesticles1]

the warship would not need to be there if they also weren't attacking passing cargo ships and merchant ships. the "they are just protecting there people and fishing" argument kinda falls apart when they also just attack random passing ships that have nothing to do with there fishing economy and have no negative impact on the locals

[@monka9102]

They defending their beaches those who want to fish illegally

[@user-qu6cm3bx8k]

يجب على الشعب الصومالي ان يتحدون لتشكيل حكومه فالحكومه هي الشعب والشعب هو الحكومه و إلا جميع البشر يقومون بسرقة ثروات بلادكم 🇸🇦🇸🇴

[@ybrowCODM]

I don't understand you come to someone's home take thair and you called pirates who is stealing here 😅watch after 5 years somali waters will have thair own ocean guards

[@Dibjir]

A recently announced defense deal between Somalia and Turkey to enhance the African nation’s naval capabilities is as much about Mogadishu’s sense of security as it is about Ankara’s ambition to project maritime power beyond its own shores, according to regional experts. The two nations inked a defense and economic deal earlier this month, and on Feb. 22 Somalia explained that it had an agreement with Turkey for training and equipment for the Somali navy. Beyond that, few details were shared, but a Turkish defense official told journalists that his nation “will provide support in the field of maritime security, as we did in the field of fight against terrorism.” “We will help Somalia develop its capacity and capabilities to combat illegal and irregular activities in its territorial waters,” the official said, according to reports.

[@rockiechitan1464]

The problem is still putting them in jail for they to survive..... what do they expect to happen when you remove their primary lively hood? 🤔

[@monka9102]

Dude you're dreaming 🖕🏻

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Cargo ships don't fish. The problem is that Somalis on average have 6 kids each.

[@richestben5847]

anyone watching with me?🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@DanilomarioMateve]

Sim...vendo de Moçambique

[@asifgypsy9364]

With you

[@user-sm3km8lr3y]

Weird comment!😂

[@karokorajohnkhamis5716]

❤❤❤

[@aticknekong5296]

.. It's an hour later here😅..

[@abdokader7859]

They steal their gold and their oil and their land . So ho is the real pirate

[@p7.51]

مبدع في الاختيار 🎉❤

[@moosemaster96]

These comments have given me a new perspective on "piracy". Watching from UK. I do think its disgusting that we exploit Africa so terribly to maintain our standard of living. Surely through co operation there is plenty for everybody

[@rajmongal6310]

So I understand they might have a right or issue to attack fishing vessels in there water. But how or why do they attack cargo vessels??

[@GetnetAlmawT]

Tnx

[@mohmus08]

I'm african support my somali brothers why Europeans doing in somali water

[@samsimwa7922]

Even though most will disagree, pirasy along the coast of East Africa is justifiable---why is a Spanish boat fishing in Somali water. The 'pirates' have always claimed that what is being termed as pirasy is actually a defence against plundering of their country's sea resources.

[@josephslingers894]

Support the Somelians they not pirates ,why are you stealing their fish

[@PX-150]

Watching so far...south east asia...indonesia...❤

[@DoubleChanceTips]

Can a Somali national sail from Mogadishu to the coast of Spain or France and just fish without license from the authorities? What makes you think it's just for free in Africa? Just leave their coastline, leave their fish and they won't attack. You are the aggressors not them. It's their Waters not yours. Stop feeling entitled.

[@HenrietteDrennan-xg6vj]

BEAUTIFUL country

[@DenisOkware-kg2jc]

So interesting 😘🥰😍

[@zakeriekhire6877]

As a Somali support our pirates /coast guard they come to fish in our coast what you expect welcome committee

[@engahmednour5585]

Look at me. " I'm the captain now"

[@HenrietteDrennan-xg6vj]

WATCHING from South Africa

[@basithpatla8602]

From India❤

[@UnderwaterFishFilms]

These are international waters, the piracy is in no way shape or form justified, they even go against regular cargoships not only fishing boats.

[@jtc7961]

how can you identify that

[@UnderwaterFishFilms]

@@jtc7961 no one owns the ocean? its not a lake

[@jtc7961]

@@UnderwaterFishFilms so you beleaive no one owns ok its fine anything we found either ship or human its ours

[@UnderwaterFishFilms]

@@jtc7961 dont act dumb, i said the waters are international, what you own is yours, no one ownes the ocean... jeez

[@somkaplan1563]

If you looting our fish what are denying us to loot your cargo ships? Win win let’s go

[@clay3451]

im wondering that too, if somali people went to Spain to taje fish will they be allowed

[@beckybundi4546]

Good question

[@samy1197]

احسن حاجة التعليق عربي شكرا

[@ishowspace1]

They're not pirates They're just protecting their water from foreign vessels

[@hairychesticles1]

if that were the case they would not be attacking passing merchant ships that have nothing to do with the fishing so that argument is flawed

[@eggrolll]

Uh...wrong. Jumping aboard a boat with assault rifles and rocket launchers and taking the crew hostage so you can get a ransom from their government is not protecting their waters from foreign vessels 😂😂😂

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

Cargo ships have every right to be there.

[@Drs_juweriya]

Somali steals fish

[@kh7736]

@@RobertTaylor-gz2funope they drop hazardous waste in the waters

why are you fishing on your grounds this world is crazy they must be caught and jailed all the fishers

[@StuartWhelan-up8vs]

Why is france and Spain fishing there to start with l would love to know.

[@Saa-lv1yb]

اجمل قناه ♥️

[@Daawwo1]

Why are you stealing their fish? That's question

[@chrislewis9985]

Fishing their sea for international fishermen, cant get more sustainable than that.😐

[@anthonywilliams-vx4cm]

Somalia should have a Modern Coastguard And Marine Defense.

[@MonstroLab]

They Should also have large commercial fishing ships🚢 so they can buy their own "Coastguard/marine defense" by catching & selling fish from their waters...the tiny fishing boats the locals use aren't big enough to make that kind of money...hopefully someone donates an old large fishing ship to them to get them started.

[@user-le5bb1ml7l]

وتلك الايام نداولها بين الناس

[@empowerhealth7517]

Taking our fish and then cry and this people are not pirates the are coast guard

[@hamzymt7496]

Watching from ethiopia

[@Hkim185]

ምን ይጠበሰ ሱማሌዎቹን ዘራፊዎች ይሏቸዋል ምን የምትለወ አለ?

[@abdirahmanmoha7879]

the government of Somalia should wake up and protect its territories may god protect the brothers who defend our land

[@Epicbaba]

Anyone watching with me right now😅

[@anthonywilliams-vx4cm]

The Tuna Fishermen are the Modern Pirates.

[@yinshengwilsonyeo3906]

are these guys even legal to be fishing there?

[@PurpleHoodiee]

You are the real Modern Pirates!

[@kokotawthar9516]

Me everyday Before bedtimes

[@62.2]

من اعطاكم الاذن بتواجد بسواحل غير لكم

[@bugazi3037]

Leave Somali pirates they’re angels worry about Houthi ansarallah.

[@singular123er]

Ethiopia should annex puntland and southwest and kenya should annex jubaland

[@jamilasaid5653]

😂😂

[@singular123er]

@@jamilasaid5653 What is so funny?

[@anthonywilliams-vx4cm]

The military tuna fishermen are the Pirates.

[@user-mf3qh6dt6v]

😢😮🤬🤬لماذا تسرقون ثروات شعب صومالي

[@davidmejia2474]

in spanish plessssss

[@Eng16]

No formidable pirates in Somalia now.

[@MattDiamondFlix]

I bet they still traffic a lot of humans from that port, too.

[@michaelaleman3591]

Desperate times desperate measures

[@shaulmofaz1596]

They come all way from far away and take Africa goods away 😮😮😮

[@62.2]

هم يدافعون عن ارضهم تسموهم قرصنه اه علا زمن يرد الحق باطل والباطل حق

[@abdallah22abdi78]

Griminals don't steal other people fish.

[@kamaveetv9457]

Malema is doing lecture here wavele wamenza mampara prosecutor he is proving that there are so many innocent people behind the bars but not guilty but proven guilty due to the lack of knowledge 😢😢

[@MohamedSalah-dv8og]

Am watching from Zambia ✌️✌️🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴

[@monka9102]

Warya dalkga lacayaya adna waa iska qoslaysa xoolow

[@maneno_kairuki]

They are stealing fish, then call pirates 😢 good work somalis

[@fantastic203]

Somalia has a right to defend its self from pirates

[@KIng.1zZ]

Why they all look like diddy

[@riyazpathan5169]

👍👍✍️

[@silverproductionnft8327]

Watching from Netherlands....this much go to the court guys they are stealing

[@nocholaslumansi951]

Fishermen from Europe are the trouble causers , why do you travel thousand miles away from Europe to go for fishing in Somali waters ?. Please leave their waters alone they also want to live same like you, please if you can't allow them to carry out fishing in your waters why don't you also leave theirs alone

[@MattDiamondFlix]

We give refuge to countless ppl running from tribal conflicts, for decades now... Sponsored like school children, and tolerate their children's tribal gang banging. Kenya gives refuge too, only for guests to bring tribalism with them against the locals..... and then gets routinely attacked in return. What FISH? 😅

[@agh7185]

It’s not their fish, the sea is the only thing they have and these greedy people scrape the sea floor taking their only livelihood away. Somali pirates if anything are coast guard

[@melentatinga84]

Unfair to fish without theire consent

[@gacaliyem]

So they still the fish from the Somali Ocian and the people who try to defend it they call them pirates?!

[@TerraSunPL]

dude, they are literally killing people while high on drugs, what are you talking about?

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Pirates don't defend anything. The cargo ships they target don't do any fishing.

[@jasonvanengelenhoven3063]

You must be a liberal to have said something like that. The ideas you have taught are like poison and they have eroded away your common sense and morality...please stop defending anything a minority group does and hold them accountable for their actions the same way you would hold white people accountable. Hold everyone accountable...just stop giving passes out as a way to equal out historic injustice because all that does is ensure a lawless future.

[@wm5913]

​@@DavidZ4-gg3dm I don't see why the Somalia should give a damn about international law, when the international community is taken advantage of the somali situation. You cannot pick and choose to suit yourself as you please in law and order.

[@izzzzzz6]

steal

[@odppkericho]

The fishing vessels are they doing their fishing in international waters or they are taking advantage of the fact that the Somali Government is unable to exercise control of its exclusive economic zone and are illegally fishing in somalian waters without any permit /paying any fishing rights to do so.

[@pictuyu]

This documentry shows the real thiefs

[@Rean-the-Bean]

Watching from NYC

[@fantastic203]

I wanne get them a lawyer

[@mysticmoose6123]

Found in a boat with no fishing gear, property, food, water or anything to sustain themselves. There is no reason for them to be out there other than piracy. They are not a first world country they aren't out on a pleasure cruise sunning themselves. They aren't refugees trying to flee to a better country and just happened to forget their food and water. They aren't even pretending to fish. The total lack of anything in the boat is all the proof you need that they are pirates who dumped their weapons.

[@Kimodadon]

What about westerners in coastal areas of Somalia 🇸🇴and the second who gave birth right to so-called first world in Somalia territory? You’re stupid

[@Somali1971]

You arrive at my shores and plunder my sustenance, yet the fault is mine.

[@anthonywilliams-vx4cm]

Pirate Fishermen in Somalia Waters.

[@user-vy9gz5ms4w]

It is a duty to tax everyone's head when they are caught, why do you steal fish, what do you have, you are a pirate, every ship that is caught on board is worth billions of dollars.

[@anthonyndungu5431]

the fishing vessels are they doing so in international waters or they are fishing in Somalia's exclusive economic zone without acquiring fishing permits from the Somali Government.If they are fishing in somali waters without permission then they are doing so illegally and are taking advantage of the fact that Somalia is unable to patrol and exercise control over its waters,they are also taking advantage of the fact that somali fishermen do not have modern fishing equipment or boats.The somali people then have a right to protect their marine resources by whatever means.

[@pictuyu]

The Real pirates are? Not the Somalia...Fisherboats from All over the world! Those are the real pirates...