Four pirates armed with a gun and knives boarded the tanker in the early morning…
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Niger Delta pirates abduct 10 Turkish sailors
10 Turkish sailors have been taken hostage by armed pirates off the coast of Nigeria’s Niger…
How to stop pirates plaguing West Africa
Remember those Somali pirates? Earlier this decade, they brazenly hijacked giant oil tankers, demanded ransoms in…
Togo arrests pirates for attempted hijacking of tanker
Togolese naval forces have prevented a hijacking of product tanker Djetona 1 in the Gulf of…
Boskalis vessel boarded by pirates released off Equatorial Guinea
Boskalis’ heavy transport vessel Blue Marlin was freed after being boarded by pirates some 80 nautical…