No, this is not about the conviction of the Pirate Bay founders.
What are the origins of the Somalian pirates?
According to the Independent the destruction of the Somali environment by illegal dumping of toxic (nuclear?) waste, possibly by Italian maffiosi. By illegal factory fishing in the Somali water, destroying the food supply of the fishermen and their families. Some of them started to get out there in small boats to prevent this: local heros.
Now we are seeing professional gangsters, which is easy to condemn. But I find this story about the origins both easy to believe and disturbing to think about.....
