Somalia, located at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden, was the sea route that all shipping vessels must enter and leave the Suez Canal from and it occupied the lifeline connecting Europe and Asia. Due to the continuous civil war, the order of production had collapsed for many years and pirates has been the local economy since the 20th century.
Chaos, poverty, and the proliferation of arms; here was the hotbed for terrorism.
Occasionally, foreign tourists would visit and spend hundreds of dollars hiring local bodyguards. The bodyguards were usually pirates that switched into the industry and they know clearly who they can't provoke and where they can't go. Although the price was not cheap, it was better than a multi-million dollar ransom.
However, there are exceptions to everything.
