Piraterie

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Zur Thematik der Piraterie vor der westafrikanischen Küste...

'Piracy soars' off coast of Benin

Piracy has become more common off the coast of West Africa the International Maritime Bureau has said.

The head of the bureau, Capt Pottengal Mukundan, said there were 15 attacks off the coast of Benin in the first half of the year. He said pirates often sailed hijacked tankers to an area where another tanker waited to collect its siphoned fuel. [...]

According to the bureau, there were 163 attacks by Somali pirates in the first half of 2011, up from 100 in the first six months of 2010. They hijacked 21 in the first half of 2011 compared with 27 in the same period last year. Off the coast of Benin, only five of the 15 attacks in the same period were successful.

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