Tag: somali pirates

  • Terror Alert

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    Pirates operating of the coast of Somalia are expanding both their reach and their profit motive, said Adm. John T. Harvey, USN, commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command. They […]

  • To The Fore

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    A new weapon against Somali pirates is to be unveiled next month: Golf balls. A British firm has developed the £15,000 Buccaneer Launcher System. Dubbed the “Somali Stinger”, it is […]

  • Earnings Boom

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    Despite some lowering of ransom levels across the latest negotiations, it has emerged that Somali pirates are earning as much as 157 times their country’s national average wage. This naturallly makes […]

  • Decking Pirates

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    An elderly British couple recounted their scrape with pirates as they sought compensation for their ruined cruise back in 2009. The couple told how they joined other passengers in hurled […]

  • Hotting Up

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    The war against the Somali pirates is heating up. Warships are finding and destroying 2-3 mother ships a week now. Indian and Indonesian warships are increasingly opening fire on pirates, […]

  • Kidnap Demands

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    The Somali pirates holding seven Indian crew of “MT Asphalt Venture” hostage have refused to negotiate with the ship owners and insisted they would engage only with the government authorities. […]

  • Long Sentence

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    A Spanish court has sentenced two Somali pirates to 439 years in jail each for their role in the hijacking of a tuna fishing boat. The two men have been […]

  • Under Threat

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    The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel, “Steve Irwin”, was reportedly tailed by Somali pirates on Tuesday in the Gulf of Aden. The group, famous for its aggressive campaigns against Japanese […]

  • Security Case Study

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    The Hijacking of the MV Zirku: A Case Study in Shipping Security By Sam Bateman Republished with the kind permission the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Synopsis The recent hijacking […]

  • Cash Calls

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    The Somali pirates who have been holding seven Danes as hostage since February have turned down a ransom of around US$600,000. The brother of Jan Quist Johansen, whose family was […]

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