Spotlight | Somalia
BOSASO THRIVES ON RANSOM

Hijacking fishing boats and then demanding a stiff ransom from the shipowners has developed into a thriving trade off the Somali coast, and one group of Mejertein pirates are believed to have raked in nearly US$2 million that way in [...]
Published on 17.09.1994 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 5 minutes

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