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20,000 People Gather to Celebrate the Return of 34 Hijacked Egyptian Fishermen
More than 20,000 people gathered on Monday to celebrate the return of 34 Egyptian fishermen who freed themselves from the hands of Somali pirates after several months of being kidnapped off the Somali coast. Thousands of people came out to salute them...
Task Force Formed From Russia’s Pacific Fleet Arrives in the Gulf of Aden to Fight Piracy
A new task force formed from Russia’s Pacific Fleet has arrived in the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy off the Somali coast, a fleet spokesman said on Thursday. The task force, comprising the Admiral Tributs destroyer with two helicopters, a salvage tug,...
Russian Navy Claims 5,000 Pirates Operate Off Somali Coast
First deputy chief of the Russian Navy General Staff has said that at least 5 large groups of pirates, totaling over 5,000 people, are operating in the Gulf of Aden. “Pirates have become more daring and aggressive recently – there were instances...
Interpol Database to be Created on Somali Pirates
Interpol, the international police organization, will establish a database to fight piracy off the Somali coast. Interpol points out that this database will be available in 187 countries and will contain fingerprints, photographs and DNAs of pirates arrested...
Somali Pirates Release Oman Flagged Ship
Somali pirates have released the Oman-flagged cargo ship seized off the Somali coast at the end of January, elders who negotiated the deal said on Thursday. “The vessel was released on Wednesday around 8 pm local time. No conditional ransom was...
