Assessment of Frequency of Pirates Operation Off the Coast of Somalia from 2008 To 2024 (17 Years): Its Impacts on Social, Economic, Environmental and Moral Factors

Abstract: Piracy was presented in the past as an international challenge, but thanks to military interventions and naval patrols mainly in the recent time, which has ameliorated the impact of pirates operations. The paper depicts the frequency of piracy and the rates of which the operations of pirates were disrupted by assessing the impact of piracy off the Coast of Somalia through social, economic, environmental and moral factors. Both primary and secondary methods of data collection were applied. The primary method entails information generated by the researcher through semi structured interviews. The secondary data were obtained from establishment such as European Union (EU) Naval Force Somalia Operation Atlanta and others from 2008 to 2024. The available data were further analysed and subjected to statistical method using spearman rank order correlation methods, since the available data were non parametric type (without unit of measurement). The results of finding shows that there is a very strong positive relationship between frequency of piracy and the rates of which activities of pirates were disrupted with (r = 0.95). This implies that the frequency of piracy and the rates of which operations of pirates were disrupted contributed maximally to the reduction of maritime security threats from year 2012 to 2024 in particular, but the reverse is the case in year 2011 in particular. Therefore, information sharing should be invigorated among the security experts on time, but not just focusing on intelligence gathering alone. Similarly, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) presence should be felt at all Africa nations and off the Coast of Somalia in particular. For example, CIA operation centre should introduced to Somalia environment. Finally, capacity building should be encouraged continually in order to enhance the performance of security personnel during military operations but prevention is better than the cure. Then, to prevent pirates operations to a larger extent, international actors should apply more resources to support study/research of this nature.