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500 Seafarers held hostage by pirates at Christmas
The real victims of piracy are invariably the seafarers who are held for ransom often under grim conditions for long periods of time. From a statement relased by the Round Table of international...
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Interview with a Multi-millionaire Pirate
The son of a fisherman, who moved on to selling khat, Saeed Yare became a pirate only two years ago and “earned” over $2.4 million in 2010 in ransom of ships and crews. It is estimated that piracy is...
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Update: Somali Pirates Free 7 Danes
Last February we posted that Somali pirates had hijacked a Danish sailboat with four adults and three children aboard. Yesterday, the Danish Foreign Ministry announced seven Danish citizens,...
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“I was kidnapped by Somali pirates”
Today is “International Talk Like A Pirate Day.” Many use it as an excuse to dress up in bad costumes and shout “Aaargh, Matie” and “Shiver me Timbers,” in some sort of odd homage to Johnny Depp and...
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Updates: Murderer on HMS Astute Sentenced, Kidnapped Briton in Somalia & MSC...
Updates on three previous posts: On Monday, Able Seaman Ryan Donovan was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to murdering a senior officer on board the HMS Astute last April....
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Disabled French Woman Kidnapped on Kenyan Coast and Taken to Somalia
Marie Didieu's house at Ras Gitau on Manda Island. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images Marie Didieu, a disabled 66-year-old French woman, was kidnapped yesterday from her vacation home on Manda...
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Seafarers Held Hostage in Somalia – Invisible and Ignored
The last paragraph of the Associated Press article Navy SEAL Raid in Somalia Shows Campaign Ahead, reads: Several hostages were still being held in Somalia, including a British tourist, two Spanish...
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Danish Warship Absalon Rescues 16 Hostages from Hijacked Ship, 2 Hostages Die...
HDMS Absalon Sixteen hostages were freed when the Danish warship HDMS Absalon attacked pirates in control of a hijacker vessel off the coast of Somalia late Sunday. Two crew from the hijacked ship...
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The Human Cost of Piracy or Thanks For Not Talking Like a Pirate
Today is the official “Talk Like a Pirate Day.” Time to celebrate murderous thugs and to imitate characters from Disney amusement park rides. Oh goodie. Or maybe not. Today is also an excellent...
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Puntland Forces Free 22 Crew from MV Iceberg 1 – Held Hostage for 33 Months...
MV Iceberg 1 Wonderful news. Forces of Somalia’s semiautonomous Puntland region are reported to have raided the MV Iceberg I on Sunday and to have rescued 22 officers and crew who had been held hostage...
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