Tag: ransom

  • Keeping the Gulf safe this Christmas

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    For 10 Hawke’s Bay young people Christmas Day will be celebrated off the coast of Somalia  Keeping the Gulf safe this Christmas For 10 Hawke’s Bay young people Christmas Day […]

  • Nigeria: Navy hands over 1,646 suspected oil thieves

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    As part of the campaign against the theft of the nation oil resources, the authorities of the Nigerian Navy have handed over 1,646 suspected oil thieves to the police Navy […]

  • EU To Lead International Counter-Piracy Efforts

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    The European Union will assume the chairmanship of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) for a year from the 1st of January 2014, it was […]

  • Naval chief links insiders to piracy

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    Nigeria’s Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Dele Ezeoba has blamed the activities of insiders for the incessant attacks on ships in Nigerian waters especially in the Niger Delta region. Naval […]

  • South Korea OKs deployment extension

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    The parliamentary defense committee on Monday approved a bill to extend South Korea’s troop deployment in Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan to conduct their missions by another year. […]

  • Indian Waters 3rd worst for pirates

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    MUMBAI: Merchant navy captain Sunil James may have returned home after five-and-a-half-months in Togo but statistics from the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (London) show how waters around […]

  • No Ransom, No Release

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    In recent months the number of pirate attacks along Somalia’s coast has dropped, but an estimated 97 seafarers remain in the hands of pirates No Ransom, No Release For Hostages […]

  • The Forgotten Somali Pirate Hostages

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    The long ordeal for Abedo hostages took a turn for the worse nine days ago when the ship sank in shallow waters of the notorious pirate town of Haradheere The […]

  • Halt Ransom Payments

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    Even if G8 nations agree to stop paying for the release of kidnapping victims, other groups will likely keep forking out ransoms to protect staff Cameron pressing G8 to halt […]

  • What Happened to Somalia’s Pirates?

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    Since the capture of the Smyrni and her crew of 26 on May 10th 2012, Somali pirates have not hijacked any more vessels. Why are the pirates at bay? What happened to Somalia’s […]

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