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Two Somali fishermen ... fishing boats of stealing their living - often violently. "Ships came and took all our equipment and belongings," Farah, one of the fisherman-turned-pirates looking ...

Somali maritime police from the PMPF patrol the Gulf of Aden off the coast of the semi-autonomous state of Puntland on 26 November 2023. - The pirates who hijacked a Chinese-owned fishing vessel ...

A fishing vessel owned by a Chinese company has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, with a ransom demand of $10 million, according to Somali officials. Photos of the 18 crew members, ...

The pirates who hijacked a Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew off the northeastern coast of Somalia last month are demanding $10 million in ransom, according to a Somali official.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The pirates ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The pirates who hijacked a Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew off the northeastern coast of Somalia last month are demanding $10 million in ransom, according to ...

Over the past six months, 171 illegal fishing vessels have been picked up by authorities; 24 of those boats have been destroyed at sea, with dozens of fishers and their crew prosecuted through the ...

So far, at least, it has been rare for Somali pirates to harm captive foreign crews. Several years ago, a crew member of a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked for six months was killed by pirates, but no ...