Human Element
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Guilty Plea
A Yemeni man plans to plead guilty to piracy next week for his role in the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Africa that left four Americans dead, […]
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Beyond Piracy
According to a new study “Oceans Beyond Piracy”, Somali pirates attacked more than 4,000 seafarers with firearms or rocket propelled grenades last year and almost 500 seafarers suffered abuse […]
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Holy Orders
The Catholic Church has issued a statement on: ‘Piracy and seafarers: a human crisis’. They urge Governments and international organizations, to act in bringing seafarers home and to find solutions […]
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No Fly Zone
Two planes (a Citation jet and a Cessna caravan single-engine) seized in Somalia with $3.6 million in ransom money were modified without civil aviation authorisation to enable them drop cash […]
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Deadly Delay
Sources have confirmed that the Taiwanese skipper of a hijacked fishing vessel was killed on May 10. A full eleven days before the ministry in Taipei was eventually informed. Captain Wu […]
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Crew OK
The crew of an Algerian flagged cargo ship that was seized by pirates earlier this year is sound and healthy but exhausted from filthy living conditions, a spokesman for their […]
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Ship Freed
Somali pirates say they have freed a Syrian owned and Togo-flagged ship seized this year after they received a $2.5 million. The 24,022 deadweight tonne “MV Khaled Muhieddine K” crewed […]
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Sad Death
The master of a hijacked UAE ship has died of a brain haemorrhage. Captain Kumar suffered a stroke in captivity onboard “RAK Afrikana”, which pirates abandoned after reportedly receiving $1.2m. […]
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Release Beckons
Pirates are set to release an Egyptian multipurpose ship after payment of a ransom. The Red Sea Navigation multipurpose vessel 17,000-dwt “Suez” (built 1984) is expected to be freed after […]
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Grim Find
In a rather unusual case, a Filipino seafarer has been found dead days after his ship was attacked by pirates off the coast of the west African nation of Benin. […]
