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Paul Chandler and Rachel, the two adventurous British couple who were sailing from Seychelles to Tanzania have been taken hostage by Somali Pirates. The confirmation came from the yachtsman Chandler himself. He spoke to ITV News from the captain’s cabin of the ship where they are being held. Somali pirates have become worst nightmares for sailors [...]

The pirates are definitely winning the battle of the seas. Pirate attacks continue. The piracy trade continues to flourish. Piracy is a crime. Criminality has its root cause in other socioeconomic conditions. Pirates are the same thieves, kidnappers, hijackers, and marauders. Only, their crime scene happens to be the sea. This is the reason why piracy [...]

Somali pirates are businessmen. They have a pricing policy. They have traders working with them. They even have a spokesman. Just as financial traders and market speculators can be, they can also become excessively greedy and aggressive. This is clearly what is happening today off the eastern coast of Africa. These buccaneers-entrepreneurs certainly [...]

Somali pirates have threatened to retaliate after two hostage rescues by foreign forces have killed at least five of their companions. The last operation undertaken by US forces gained the release of Captain Richard Phillips. Three Somali pirates perished during the rescue operation. Recent events have raised fears of increased violence in the shipping [...]

Members of the Taliban movement of Pakistan, a group linked to Al Qaeda, announced Saturday, February 7, that they have beheaded the Polish engineer they kidnapped in late September in the northwest region of Pakistan. “The beheading took place Friday evening upon the expiration of the last ultimatum,” said an official of Tehrik Taliban [...]