Ship Release
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Ship Release
“MSC Panama” has been released from pirate control after 270 days in captivity and is now underway to a safe port. The vessel is a Liberian flagged container ship with […]
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Fly Boys
A new book provides an insight into the world of ex-Soviet pilots delivering food aid — and pirate ransoms. Flying rickety old Ilyushin-76’ the “no-questions-asked” pilots are often called upon […]
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Family Deal
Pirates have spoken of a deal being reached for the release of the Danish yachting family. Sources close to the pirates confirmed that they had reached a ransom deal with […]
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Stock Rotation
According to media reports the Greek bulk carrier “MV Dover” could soon be released from pirate control. The vessel was hijacked off Oman in February, with 23 crew onboard. If […]
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Vessel Released
“MV Sinin”, a merchant vessel, that had been captured by Somali pirates in February this year, was released on Saturday after several months of negotiations. The vessel, which had 21 […]
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Taking Stock
Some of the big piracy “firms” have definite potential to take their companies public – in fact, some of them already have. Mohammed, a former pirate, told Reuters that “we […]
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Ransom Demand
The opposition party in Georgia has demanded the creation of “presidential fund” to allocate $1 million for the payment of a ransom in order to release Georgian sailors captured by […]
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Criminals Act
A $3.6 million ransom seized in Somalia in May was destined for a pirate boss subject to U.S. sanctions. This is seen as an illustration of how a criminal enterprise […]
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Trawler Rescue
The Government of Puntland State of Somalia has rescued 14 Myanmar fishermen held as hostages by Somali pirates. During a press conference in the Puntland capital of Garowe, the Government […]
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Cash Flow
The ‘hawala’ route of illegal money transactions is being used to pay Somali piracy ransoms. This is according to the top global body setting standards for combating terror financing and […]
