The crew of a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker seized by pirates last week off the coast of Nigeria has been released. The Russian agency that hired the sailors said the entire crew was freed early Friday, and that none of the members had been harmed. The company said it would provide information on how the […]
Pirates Release Crew of Oil Tanker Seized off Nigeria
Posted October 14th, 2011 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
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Pirates Seize Tanker off Nigeria’s Coast
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
The International Maritime Bureau says pirates have seized a chemical tanker and kidnapped its crew off the coast of Nigeria. IMB official Cyrus Mody said Tuesday the pirates attacked the Marshall islands-flagged vessel on Saturday about 145 kilometers south of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. Mody said the ship is still under pirate control, but he […]
2 Other Somalis Sentenced in Piracy Case
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal court has sentenced two another Somalis to life in prison for acts of piracy in connection with the hijacking of a yacht which resulted in the deaths of four U.S. citizens. Authorities in Norfolk, Virginia say 35-year-old Mohamud Salad Ali and 22-year-old Ahmed Sala Ali Burale were sentenced Tuesday. Ali had previously […]
Two Somali Pirates Get Life in US Prison
Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. court has sentenced two Somali pirates to life in prison for hijacking a yacht in February, leading to the murders of four Americans. Muhidin Salad Omar and Mahdi Jama Mohamed both pled guilty to piracy charges in May, but denied shooting anyone. U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride called Somali piracy a scourge that is […]
Somali Pirates Free Danish Family, Crew
Posted September 7th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Somali pirates have released a Danish family of five and two Danish crew members who were seized while sailing around the world more than six months ago. In a statement Wednesday, the Danish foreign ministry said the freed hostages were safe and doing well under the circumstances. Danish authorities did not indicate if a ransom […]
Somali Pirates Free Danish Family, Crew
Posted September 7th, 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Somali pirates have released a Danish family of five and two Danish crew members who were seized while sailing around the world more than six months ago. In a statement Wednesday, the Danish foreign ministry said the freed hostages were safe and doing well under the circumstances. The statement did not indicate if a ransom […]
2 Somalis Get Life in Prison for US Yacht Hijacking
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. court has sentenced two Somali pirates to life in prison for killing four American hostages after hijacking their yacht off the coast of Oman earlier this year. Officials in Norfolk, Virginia announced the sentences Monday in the case of 30-year-old Ali Abdi Mohamed and 31-year-old Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf. The two Somalis had pled […]
Somali Pirates Release UAE-Flagged Ship, Crew
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Somali pirates have released a United Arab Emirates-flagged oil tanker and its crew just weeks after capturing the vessel in the Indian Ocean. The MT Jubba XX was seized on July 16 while travelling from the UAE to the port of Berbera in the breakaway northern Somali region of Somaliland. It was released Thursday after […]
Somalis Plead Not Guilty to Killing Americans in Pirate Attack
Posted July 20th, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Three accused Somali pirates have pleaded not guilty to charges they killed four Americans in February after hijacking their yacht off the coast of Africa. The men entered their pleas Wednesday in a U.S. federal court in Virginia. They denied all 26 counts related to the murder and kidnapping of the Americans. Most of the […]
18 Somali Pirates Detained in India
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Police in western India have detained 18 suspected Somali pirates, the second batch of pirates captured in the same area this month. Police say they took the 18 suspects into custody late Sunday, after their disabled boat drifted ashore in Gujarat state, in the temple town of Dwarka. Three other people on board were believed […]
