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The Rise and Fall of Somali Pirates

The Rise and Fall of Somali Pirates Use code JOHNNYHARRIS at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/johnnyharris Are Somali Pirates the Robin Hoods of the sea? How piracy in East Africa went from frustrated Somali fishermen to highly organized crime networks. My next video is live on Nebula NOW! It's about the dark side of Olive Oil - a story that involves widespread corruption and Italian Mafia bosses. Watch now: https://nebula.tv/videos/johnnyharris-your-olive-oil-is-a-lie Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oL3sOaXoVbhe3mGJ6e6mOMwKWmzbQ5vcXgVqZY_qfhg/edit?usp=sharing 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/minervaresearch.html - 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 Check out my new channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party: https://youtube.com/@Search-Party Get access to behind-the-scenes vlogs, my scripts, and extended interviews over at https://www.patreon.com/johnnyharris Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing I made a poster about maps - check it out: https://store.dftba.com/products/all-maps-are-wrong-poster Custom Presets & LUTs [what we use]: https://store.dftba.com/products/johnny-iz-luts-and-presets The music for this video, created by our in house composer Tom Fox, is available on our music channel, The Music Room! Follow the link to hear this soundtrack and many more: https://youtu.be/J23MwDKXdXs 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. - press - NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745 - where to find me - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox Iz's (my wife’s) channel: https://www.youtube.com/iz-harris - how i make my videos - Tom Fox makes my music, work with him here: https://tfbeats.com/ I make maps using this AE Plugin: https://aescripts.com/geolayers/?aff=77 All the gear I use: https://www.izharris.com/gear-guide - my courses - Learn a language: https://brighttrip.com/course/language/ Visual storytelling: https://www.brighttrip.com/courses/visual-storytelling