But the Baltic Exchange claimed the UK had "a particularly poor record" in handling suspects. A statement to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee inquiry declared: "The UK has gained a degree of notoriety within the international shipping community for its failure to prosecute those caught red-handed in the act of piracy.
Becaue we want to apease the Somalians so they will think favourably of the UK when it comes to opening up the landmass there for the oil.
I can't find the map at the moment but IIRC it is thought that Somalia could be part of the same structure (jurassic I think) that holds the oil in Saudi.
The UK are playing the long game.