Maritime piracy

Maritime piracy

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  Piracy group: Make sure Somali pirates aren't paid

  A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made to pirates after a ... 

• S. African held by pirates arrested on drug charge

  A South African woman once held for 20 months by Somali pirates has been arrested by police on suspicion of drug possession. The South African Press ... 

• UN Security Council debates the spread of piracy

  Centuries after piracy was recognized as the first international crime against humanity, its spread around the world has prompted the U.N. 

• Dutch to prosecute 4 alleged Somali pirates

  The Dutch government says four men will be prosecuted for piracy after they were arrested following a firefight with marines off the coast of Somalia. 

• World sea piracy falls to lowest level since 2008

  Sea piracy worldwide fell to its lowest level since 2008 over the first nine months of this year as navies and shipping companies cracked down on ... 

• Somali pirates free ship after nearly 2 years

  A pirate commander in Somalia says that a cargo ship was freed after being held captive for nearly two years. Hassan Abdi said Saturday that a ... 

• 10 Somalis found guilty of piracy in Germany

  A Hamburg court has convicted 10 Somali men for seizing a German container ship in the Gulf of Aden two years ago, in Germany's first piracy trial in ... 

• Dutch court convicts 9 Somalis of piracy

  A Dutch court has convicted nine Somali men of piracy and sentenced them to four-and-a-half years imprisonment after they were detained following a ... 

• Pirates free Greek-managed ship off western Africa

  A Greek ship management company says pirates off western Africa have released one of its tankers after holding it for three days, and all 24 crew ... 

• Greek-managed tanker missing off west Africa

  A Greek ship management company says it has lost contact with one of its tankers off the coast of western Africa, where several vessels have been ... 

• Nigeria navy retakes hijacked oil tanker off coast

  Nigeria's navy on Wednesday retook an oil tanker hijacked off the country's largest city, freeing 23 Indian sailors held hostage by pirates who fled ... 

• Somali Pirates kill hostage over delayed ransom

  Somali pirates who have been holding a hijacked ship for nearly two years killed a Syrian hostage crew member and wounded another to protest delayed ... 

• Pirates free Greek tanker off West Africa

  Greece says pirates have freed a Greek-owned oil tanker seized off the coast of Togo in West Africa, and all 24 crew members are in good health. 

• Pirates kidnap 24 in gunfight off Togo coast

  Pirates attacked an oil tanker Tuesday off the coast of Togo, taking control of its bridge and kidnapping 24 Russian sailors before escaping amid an ... 

• World sea piracy plunges in first 6 months of 2012

  Sea piracy fell 54 percent worldwide in the first half of 2012, led by a dramatic drop in Somali piracy, an international maritime watchdog said ... 

• Danish solider 'likely' in 2 pirate hostage deaths

  Military prosecutors say a Danish soldier "very likely" caused the death of two hostages while stopping a pirate vessel off Somalia earlier this year. 

• Piracy conference urges public-private solutions

  Diplomats and business leaders at a Dubai conference are pushing for stronger partnerships between the public and private sectors in combating piracy ... 

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  Couple held by Somali pirates returns to S. Africa

  A South African woman and her Italian partner were handcuffed throughout the nearly two years they were held by Somali pirates, who fed them little ... 

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  2 South Africans freed from Somali pirates

  A South African and Italian couple held hostage for 20 months after being kidnapped by Somali pirates have been freed, Somalia's defense minister said ... 

• French court convicts 4 in piracy trial, acquits 2

  A Paris court has convicted four Somalis in a 2008 attack on a French luxury vessel and acquitted two others. Sentences handed down late Thursday for ...