Pirates using guns and rocket propelled grenades hijacked an Italian oil tanker in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, Italian Navy and European Union officials said, adding the medium-sized ship was heading towards Somalia. “It is heading west, in the direction …
Somali pirates are increasingly using hijacked merchant vessels with hostage crews as giant motherships to attack deeper into the Indian Ocean, the European Union anti-piracy task force says. Forcing the original crew to operate the ship at gunpoint, pirates can …
Malaysia’s navy was holding seven Somali pirates Saturday who were apprehended in the second dramatic commando raid within hours on ships seized near the African coast, authorities said. The operations gave both Malaysia and South Korea dramatic successes in the …
The latest news reports have covered the successful rescue of all of the 21 crew members of the South Korean-owned Samho Jewelry by Korean navy commandos. The reports indicate that 8 of the Somali-based pirates, who took over the ship …
Somali pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier on Monday after releasing a Greek-owned tanker the day before, the European Union Naval Force said. The cargo ship MV Eagle was hijacked early Monday by pirates who had fired small arms and …
A new report, compiled by US-based think-tank One Earth Future, has calculated that “maritime piracy is costing the international economy between $7 to $12 billion, per year.” The report notes that “at the end of 2010, around 500 seafarers from …
