Charlie then asked again, “So, are there frequent pirate activities in the Gulf of Aden now?”

“Yes. Very frequent.” Autumn explained, "The pirate activities there have never stopped. The more popular the ocean shipping industry is, the more active they are. They will hijack a merchant ship, and they will detain the ship and then demand a ransom from the shipowner. It would usually start from at least a few million US dollars and sometimes, it would even go up to tens of millions of US dollars.