What's Up with the Pirates?

This is the 21st Century. We're all about globalism now, high technology, corporate crime, sophisticated stuff...what's with this pirate activity?
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Source: The Guardian (U.K.)

Note: Nothing new under the sun. I'm skeptical...how do these pirates board these ships, unseen, just surprise attacks? Ships bigger than aircraft carriers. They just sneak up close in motorboats with deadly machine guns....and scare those seasoned mariners to death?

There must be more to this story.