EU Naval Force rescues iranian fishermen

EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Dutch frigate Van Amstel releases a pirated dhow and her 17 Iranian crew from suspected pirates. On 11 May EU

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Sri Lankan Fishermen Rescued

The Spanish warship, ESPS Infanta Elena, has rescued 6 Sri Lankan fishermen and their fishing vessel from suspected pirates. The vessel had been held since November 2011 and

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Enrico Ievoli Liberato

Terzi: "grande soddisfazione per un esito positivo perseguito con tenacia, determinazione, e altissima professionalità da tutti i soggetti istituzionali coinvolti, ai quali va la mia più sentita riconoscenza" Liberazione della nave ...

Innocent Somali Crew Rescued

On Saturday 14 April Spanish warship ESPS Reina Sofia, who is now operating as part of the EU’s counter-piracy mission, Operation Atalanta, stopped a Yemeni dhow that was suspected of ...

Paying Ransoms

The case of Judith Tebbutt, the hostage recently released from the clutches of Somalian pirates, has cast doubt on Britain's ransom policy, but paying hostage-takers ignores the deeper roots of ...

Judith Tebbutt Freed

A woman kidnapped from a remote beach resort in Kenya and held hostage in Somalia for more than six months is preparing to return home to Britain. Judith Tebbutt, 56, from ...

Seafarers Lives at Risk

In a letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, the General Secretary of Nautilus International has expressed concern that seafarers might pay with their lives if governments outlaw the payment ...

Banning Ransoms

InterManager President Alastair Evitt has stated that any move to ban the payment of ransoms to pirates would have a "massively detrimental effect on the risk to the world's seafarers ...

Prisoner Swap for Dubai Ship

Somali pirates holding the UAE-registered cargo vessel MV Leila, hijacked off Oman last month, have demanded the release of fellow-hijackers from prison before they free the ship. Somali pirates want prisoner swap for Dubai ...

Somali pirates want prisoner swap

Somali pirates holding a Panama-flagged vessel hijacked last month with goods destined for Somaliland have called for fellow pirates in jails in the breakaway enclave to be freed in return ...
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