If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to [email protected]. Journalist Peter Eichstaedt explores the links between the pirates, global financiers, and extremists who control southern Somalia and whose influence extends well beyond the country's borders. Eichstaedt attempts to answer the questions: Are the Somali pirates a legion of desperate fisherman attacking cargo ships and ocean cruisers to reclaim their waters? Is piracy connected to crime networks and the madness that grips Somalia? What threats do pirates pose to international security?