The Gulf of Guinea - The Economist
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23 May 2013
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The Economist
THE MV City of Xiamen, a container ship flagged in Antigua and Barbuda, was about 160km (100 miles) off the Nigerian coast in the evening of April 25th when 14 pirates, armed to the teeth, boarded her and broke into the ship's safe room. They made off ...
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The Spread (and Retreat) of Somali Piracy 2009-2013 [VISUALIZED] - GCaptain (press release)
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22 May 2013
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GCaptain (press release)
GCaptain (press release)
There is no doubt that Somali piracy has been successfully mitigated through the use of private maritime security, but EU NAVFOR reminds us that 32 pirated ships and 736 hostages were held by Somali pirates in January 2011 and that it is...
Seychelles cells: The Somali pirates 'jailed in paradise' - BBC News
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18 May 2013
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BBC News
BBC News
There are more than 1,000 convicted Somali pirates in prisons around the world. Some of them end up in a UN-funded jail on the tiny island nation of Seychelles. The Indian shopkeepers along the beach have never heard of the prison at Montagne Posee, ...
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Somalia: A Terrorist-Piracy Nexus? - Huffington Post
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22 May 2013
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Huffington Post
Significant strides have been made in recent years towards combating piracy, especially off the coast of Somalia, but a robust international grand strategy is urgently needed in order to forestall an ever more dangerous global threat as pirates develop ...
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Somali Piracy: Gone for Good? - ISN
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16 May 2013
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ISN
ISN
According to its figures, Somali piracy cost the global economy an estimated $18bn for the year 2010. The report also notes "that piracy imposes a distortion on trade that has a high absolute cost. When the shortest shipping route between two countries ...
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Somalia: What happened to Pirates? - Somaliland Sun
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20 May 2013
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Somaliland Sun
Somalilandsun - ON MAY 10th pirate-busters celebrated the fact that one year had passed since a ship was successfully seized by Somali hijackers. Pirates have been attacking vessels passing the Horn of Africa since at least 2005, when they received a ...
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EU says Somali pirates still hold 54 hostages, 2 vessels - Global Times
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15 May 2013
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Global Times
The EU anti-piracy taskforce said Somali pirates were still holding 54 hostages and two ships in captivity and warned of more danger posed by the gunmen. The EU Naval Force Somalia said in a statement received on Wednesday that the pirates have ...
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Iranians Convicted of Illegal Fishing in Puntland State Waters - AllAfrica.com
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20 May 2013
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Africa Review
AllAfrica.com
If the international community wants to put an end to piracy they need to put an end to illegal fishing," said Ahmed Mohamed a fishermen for 15 years who has worked all over the coast of Somalia. Continuing, Ahmed said that measures needed to be taken ...
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Crime and police news for Wednesday, May 15 - Richmond Times Dispatch
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15 May 2013
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Richmond Times Dispatch
RICHMOND In the violent world of piracy, Mohammad Saaili Shibin was a negotiator based in Somalia, working his cellphone to negotiate multimillion-dollar ransoms for ships and sailors that dared to venture into pirate-infested international waters off ...
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- Somalia: Counter Piracy Commander Warns of Continuing Threat As EU Naval ... - AllAfrica.com
- SOMALIA: Piracy declines off Somali coast - Midnimo Information Center - Midnimo Information Center
- Piracy declines off Somali coast - Aljazeera.com
