Lucrative raids lure Somali youth to piracy - 15 June 09

In the first of five exclusive reports, Al Jazeera comes face-to-face with Somali pirates who have helped make shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the world.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from Garowe, Somalia, where the lure of hundreds of thousands of dollars for a successful pirate raid can seem irresistible to many in the war-torn country.