Somali pirates hijacking success rate surges to 50%

Marcus Hand - Friday 13 November 2009

SOMALI pirate attacks have reached an alarming 50% success rate in hijacking vessels since the end of the monsoon season, according to the International Maritime Bureau.
An alert sent to shipping by the IMB’s piracy reporting centre said that within a few weeks it had received reports of 17 attacks with eight successful hijackings in the seas...

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