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The cost of piracy in Somalia was estimated to be between $6.6 Billion to $6.9 Billion in 2011. The cost of piracy was over 110 percent of Somalia’s GDP in 2011.
Pirates in Somalia earned around $170 Million in ransom payments in 2011, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. In 2010, the pirates made $110 Million. The UNODC reported that 1,116 Somali men face criminal trials in 20 countries for piracy.
In 2011, the average ransom paid out to pirates holding hostages off the coast of Somalia increased 25 percent to $5 Million. Pirate activities cost shipping companies and governments up to $6.9 Billion in costs in 2011, according to a report by One Earth Future Foundation.
There were 439 reported attacks of piracy at sea in 2011, down from the 445 cases reported in 2010. A total of 802 crew members were held hostage and 45 vessels were hijacked in 2011. The figures from 2011 were lower than the 1,181 hostages and 53 vessels hijacked in 2010. Pirates from Somali accounted for 237 attacks, or 54 percent of all pirate attacks in 2011.