nowhere back with colonel john stainton coordinator of the hostage support and partnership for oceans beyond piracy discussing the global fight against piracy and maritime crime welcome back to the show colonel so armed security has a good success rate off the somali coast but in the western waters of west africa the pirates done shy away from a fight and win sometimes why is there a difference. i don't think there is a huge difference in the pirates. were pretty aggressive too in the early days and off west africa you know the pirate groups are equally aggressive and you know have attack ships in ports you know as well as on the high seas i don't think there's a huge huge difference also in southeast asia piracy is pretty aggressive violent . so violent supplies all over the world. you know i've heard that they somali pirates complain that nigerians operate off their coast and the somalians and getting all the bad press why do pirates care about their reputation i mean considering what they do but you know somali pirates you know they are largely you know they're criminal gangs they'