When the captain of the US cargo ship Maersk Alabama was rescued earlier this year, three of his captors were killed by the American Navy.
The fourth – a teenager – was arrested and is currently facing trial in the US.
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow went to Bosasso, in Somalia’s Puntland state, to meet the pirate’s mother and found that despite the best efforts of their families, the lure of piracy is all too powerful for the young men in Puntland.
