Everybody so far wants to increase the risk of loss for the pirates. But there's far more to running a profitable enterprise than risk of loss; that's just the

Everybody so far wants to increase the risk of loss for the pirates. But there's far more to running a profitable enterprise than risk of loss; that's just the factor that "feels right," morally, when dealing with pirates. Here's a different strategy, just off the top of my head: The large shipping companies that keep getting raided could put economic and legal pressure on fishing corporations from other countries that use Somali waters, and garbage companies that dump waste in their waters. This could easily increase the returns from fishing for Somalis with boats to the point where engaging in piracy was a net loss.