India has suggested a five step anti-piracy action plan to combat the menace in the Indian Ocean where Somali pirates are attacking ships and demanding millions of dollars as ransom money.India's ambassador to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri, told the Security Council that Pirates have developed significant support structures whereby they are able to hold hijacked ships and crew hostages for months while their instigators and supporters hold negotiations for ransom. The five steps Puri recommended are-tracking the trail of ransom money to different parts of the world, prosecution of the beneficiaries of ransom money for abetting piracy, conduct of naval operations under the UN, sanitation of the Somali coastline through identified corridors and enactment of national laws to criminalise piracy. According to the International Maritime Bureau ;pirates had hijacked 53 ships and kidnapped 1,181 people in 2010, which are the highest figures recorded by the bureau.