JANE FERGUSON:

International efforts to arrest pirates were stepped up by various coast guards, and pirate prisons were built in Somalia and abroad, and soon filled up. As business dwindled, many of the pirates here who used to hijack ships went back to their old jobs as fishermen. Down at the port, we met Zakaria Abouka and Abdikader Samatar, two former pirates. They're trying to earn an honest living this time around. Zakaria was a pirate for five years before spending a year in jail. He says he made over $100,000, but lost that money when he was arrested. Even if piracy weren't so risky these days, he complains, it takes a lot of capital to get it off the ground.