General Tom Waldhauser, head of the U.S. military’s Africa Command, has warned that the threat of piracy off the coast of Somalia is rising. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the general believes that famine on the mainland will force many desperate Somalis into piracy. Some of the vessels that have been taken under hijacking have had some food and some oil on them. Moreover, these particular ships have been very small in statute and really a lucrative target for pirates.”

In the past two months, there have been as many as six incidents of piracy, Waldhauser reports.

Source: Forbes