Somali Pirates Hold Over 500 Hostages And Close To 50 Ships

Somali pirates currently hold at least 504 hostages or captives – including a South-African yachting couple – as well as 30 large ships, plus 18 smaller foreign vessels and one stranded barge. This is the latest tally, according to the Ecoterra, which claimed, that “even EU NAVFOR, who mostly only counts high-value, often British insured [...]
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