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28.09.2009, 08:32 4 comments

Modern piracy rooted in poverty and war

Pirates off the coast of Somalia are still a major threat to commercial shipping despite a large-scale international military effort to net them. Thirty-one international warships are now patrolling the Gulf of Aden.

21.05.2010, 08:31 3 comments

No breakthrough in fighting Somali pirates

Russia is preparing to start negotiations to free two of its sailors captured by pirates last weekend.

25.10.2010, 17:45

Hijacked German cargo ship freed

Pirates have fled the German Beluga Fortune dry cargo ship they earlier seized in the central part of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Kenya.

02.01.2010, 15:01 1 comment

Somali pirates’ first catch of the year

Despite the efforts of the international Navy forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden, Somali pirates have captured their first ship of the year on the first day of 2010.

Sichem Peace (Photo by Tom Turner) 22.07.2009, 11:20

Captured sailors released

Six sailors, including a Russian captain and mechanic kidnapped in Nigeria on July 4, have been released.

Thai-Union 3 08.03.2010, 16:55

Somali pirates release Thai fishing vessel with Russians onboard

A Thai fishing vessel with a crew including 23 Russians - is now on its way to the Seychelles, after being released by Somali pirates on Sunday.

04.07.2010, 10:07

Russians hostages released by pirates off Nigeria

Nigerian naval forces have freed 12 people, among them seven Russian citizens, kidnapped by pirates from a cargo vessel off the Nigerian coast.

06.05.2010, 15:55 15 comments

Pirate-captured tanker freed by Russian navy

The crew of a large Russian anti-submarine ship has freed an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates on Wednesday. All 23 Russian sailors from the hijacked vessel have escaped the incident unscathed.

31.10.2009, 12:20 4 comments

Somali pirates capture Russian sailors

The Thai-flagged fishing trawler “Thai Union 3” that was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean is crewed by 23 Russians, two men from Ghana and two from the Philippines.

Alleged hijackers of Arctic Sea under safe convoy at the Moscow airport of Chkalovsky 23.08.2009, 11:39 4 comments

Arctic Sea hijack suspects questioned in Moscow

The eight suspected hijackers of the ‘Arctic Sea’ cargo ship have been arrested and questioned by investigators in a high-security prison in Moscow this week.

It’s not good business for governments to spend millions on fighting piracy

Published: 30 October, 2009, 17:49


The vastness of the area popular with pirates brings the piracy-fighting projects close to impossible, which makes it less investment-attractive for governments, sea piracy expert Hans-Christian Mordhorst told RT.

 
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