Hijacked ships off Somalia coast net at least $10,000 in ransom

Posted on August 25, 2008
Filed Under Africa, humans |

Source: Daniel Wallis, “Piracy ransoms funding Somalia insurgency,” Reuters, August 24, 2008.

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