A Taiwanese tuna fishing boat held by Somali pirates for 10 months has been freed after the owner paid a ransom, a maritime agency said. The Win Far 161, was hijacked in April last year near the Seychelles. Ecoterra, a Kenya-based agency that monitors shipping in Somali waters, said three of the boat’s original crew of 30 had died during their captivity.
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Somali pirates free Taiwanese fishing boat
A Taiwanese tuna fishing boat held by Somali pirates for 10 months has been freed after the owner paid a ransom, a maritime agency said. The Win Far 161, was hijacked in April last year near the Seychelles. Ecoterra, a Kenya-based agency that monitors shipping in Somali waters, said three of the boa
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