With the collapse of Somalia's central control in 1991.

With the collapse of Somalia's central control in 1991, the Republic of Puntland unilaterally stake itself up as a separate geographical division Situated opposite the Yemeni coastline forward the Gulf of Aden, Puntland's main port of Bossaso has since grown into a thriving trading centre; and not just because of the commercial advantageouss transiting through this small port in succession their way to Mogadishu and the interior of landlocked Ethiopia.

Bossaso has become the middle of a massive people-smuggling operation--part of the worldwide network of transit stations used by dint of international gangs trafficking in human misery. Bossaso port is barely a ...