After the end of the war , the United States and European nations stopped Process_end paying Commerce_pay tribute to the pirate states ; this marked Recording the beginning of the end of piracy in that region , which had been rampant in the days of Ottoman domination during the 16th–18th centuries .

The officers , part of a special operation to suppress violence and rampant crime in Borno State , demanded Request that the young men comply with a law requiring motorcycle passengers to wear helmets .