28 January 2012, 5:13 pm
In 2011 alone, Somali pirates hijacked 28 ships and captured 470 hostages, collecting more than $250 million in ransoms. Now high-resolution satellite images are being used to track their treasure trail and help put a stop to the piracy. Charlie D'Agata reports.... Read More »
28 January 2012, 5:13 pm
In 2011 alone, Somali pirates hijacked 28 ships and captured 470 hostages, collecting more than $250 million in ransoms. Now high-resolution satellite images are being used to track their treasure trail and help put a stop to the piracy. Charlie D'Agata reports.... Read More »
27 January 2012, 5:35 pm
American threatened by pirates following Jessica Buchanan's Navy SEAL rescue. For more, click here: abcnews.go.com... Read More »
25 January 2012, 5:21 pm
"US Navy SEALs parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage. Soon, nine kidnappers were dead and both hostages were freed. President Barack Obama authorized the mission by SEAL Team 6 tw... Read More »
25 January 2012, 12:39 pm
How long until they start releasing action figures and major motion pictures for SEAL Team 6? The same group of commandos who killed Osama Bin Laden last year was conducting a daring raid that killed Somali pirate captors and saved an American aid worker just as President Obama was headed to give hi... Read More »
25 January 2012, 10:39 am
US military raid frees American, Dane held hostage in Somalia. US military forces sent helicopters into Somalia in a nighttime raid Tuesday and freed two hostages, an American and a Dane, while killing nine kidnappers, US officials confirm. American Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Dane Poul Hagan Thisted,... Read More »
17 January 2012, 2:26 am
The Royal Navy has captured 13 Somali pirates on a boat in the Indian Ocean. Royal Marines were part of a NATO-led combined counter-piracy force which intercepted a suspect dhow operating in shipping lanes off the Somali coast. In a dawn operation, RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Fort Victoria joined th... Read More »
16 January 2012, 8:01 am
It's one of the most dangerous places on earth- a coastline infested with Somalia pirates. But that didn't stop Jay Bahadur. For three months he wandered through Somalia, meeting pirates and documenting their stories. 16x9's Antony Robart caught up with Canada's "Pirate Man" to talk about his journe... Read More »
16 January 2012, 7:41 am
Footage recorded by the Ministry of Defence shows the Royal Navy capturing a suspected pirate dhow in the Indian Ocean.... Read More »
16 January 2012, 5:18 am
The Royal Navy has captured a suspected pirate dhow in the Indian Ocean. A combined force of NATO-led counter piracy assets was successfully deployed to intercept the vessel, known to be operating off the Somali coast. As dawn broke on 13th January 2012, RFA Fort Victoria joined USS Carney to ascert... Read More »