The Rise and Fall of Somali Pirates
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Are Somali Pirates the Robin Hoods of the sea? How piracy in East Africa went from frustrated Somali fishermen to highly organized crime networks.

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Thank you to the experts we spoke with that helped with our research in this story:
- Dr. Brandon Prins for the maritime piracy event and location data maps: https://brandonprins.weebly.com/miner...
- Cyrus Mody, Deputy Director of the International Maritime Bureau
- Matt Bryden, Strategic Advisor at Sahan Global
- Michael Scott Moore, American journalist and novelist

-- Video Chapters --
0:00 Intro
2:24 Ad Read
5:23 Pirates
8:42 The Rise
17:40 The Height
22:45 The Global Response
25:08 The Fall
27:14 Credits
27:36 Announcements and Outro

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About:
Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 3.5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways.

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