WHITFIELD: All right. Now to a major menace on the high seas, especially in the waters off Somalia's coast. We're talking about piracy.</s>HOLMES: Yeah, it's a big problem. The Gulf of Aiden is one of the world's most dangerous shipping lanes, but international naval forces are now working and working together to try to deter attacks.</s>WHITFIELD: NATO is part of that effort. It's anti-piracy flagship is off Tanzania's coast right now. And that's where we also find our Nima Elbagir. She's onboard the San Marco.</s>HOLMES: Yeah, Nima, we talked earlier on CNN International. You witnessed an exercise earlier today. This is all about training to try to get local navies in the area to sort things out and deal with this themselves.</s>NIMA ELBAGIR, CNN CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): Absolutely, Michael. This operation, the fight against piracy, last year alone, cost the international community some $7 billion. And although we are seeing results, the number of successful pirate attacks is tearing up exponentially. The issue becomes how sustainable is this in the long-term? How sustainable is it to constantly have to secure the waters -- well, one of the world's busiest waterways</s>HOLMES: All right, Nima Elbagir there on sea at that training exercise. And, yes, sustainability is what it's all about. Got to get those navies up to speed so they can do it themselves.</s>WHITFIELD: Absolutely. They want to be able to see some results. All right, imagine having to go to school in secret.</s>HOLMES: Yeah, that's what it's like for these kids in Syria after two years of war.
International Forces United to Fight Piracy