Somali pirates strike deeper on the high seas

Attacks increase outside Lloyd’s ‘danger zones’ Somalia has been torn apart by anarchy since warlords overthrew the Siad Barre dictatorship in 1991, and piracy has made its waters among the most dangerous in the world

Jerry Frank - Thursday 28 August 2008

PIRATES operating off the Horn of Africa are marauding ever further to attack international shipping, which has been advised this summer by the London insurance market of the increased danger in the region’s coastal waters.

London-based risk specialist Exclusive Analysis says pirates are pursuing merchant shipping deeper into international w...

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