There is also another resolution (1816) which allows anti-pirate operations within Somali waters, but only with the agreement of the Somali transitional government.

BBC: Rules frustrate anti-piracy efforts

Western governments seem reluctant to invest in anti-pirate measures.

ECONOMIST: The Indian Ocean

These ranged from the eccentric United Kingdom Independence Party and Geert Wilders's Freedom Party in the Netherlands, which both came second in their national polls, to Hungary's anti-gypsy Jobbik party and the Pirate Party in Sweden.

ECONOMIST: The worrying European elections