What is clear is that central to the solution is the establishment of a competent Somali government. The fact that there was an almost complete cessation of piracy during the rule of the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia in the second half of 2006 lends strong support to this. By comparison there has been a marked reduction in reported attacks in recent years in Indonesia and the Malacca Straight. This was made possible by the International Maritime Bureau and the International Maritime Organisation, but was also certainly assisted by the fact that there are established governments in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. This is a significant difference to Somalia and it helps to illustrate the benefit that internal stability could have on the prevalence of piracy in and around the country.
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