Somali piracy costs global economy $7bn

8 February 2012, 7:06 pm

Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean costs the global economy about $7 billion (R53bn) a year, a study showed yesterday, with ships forced to travel faster over longer routes and increasingly hire armed security guards.... Read More »

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