In recent years the international community has deployed navy ships to guard the area in an effort to fight piracy.

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And the vessel was also called on during her transit home, to guard a merchant ship against piracy in the Gulf of Aden.

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Middleton offers five possible solutions to the piracy plague, including organizing shipping into a safe lane, providing a coast guard for Somalia, having a large international naval presence and refusing to pay ransoms.

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