At their peak in 2011, Somali pirates launched 237 attacks and held hundreds of hostages, the International Maritime Bureau reported. That year, ...

A U.S. judge ordered a Somali pirate leader on Tuesday to spend life in prison for his role in the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Africa that left all four Americans on board dead.

U.S. law refers to piracy only "as defined by the law of nations." In May, a federal appeals court ruled in another case that an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no ...

In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy US$18 ...

Somali pirates are back. Only a strong state can put an end to their activities Published: July 3, 2017 10:53am EDT. Sarah Craze, The University of Melbourne. Author. Sarah Craze ...

NEW YORK Feb. 16, 2011 — -- A Somali pirate asked for forgiveness from his victims and from the U.S. government in a New York courtroom today, but instead received nearly the maximum sentence ...

Somali piracy rose in prominence in the early 2000s, as gangs across the coast extracted $339 million to $413 million in stolen goods and ransom between 2005 and 2012, the BBC estimated.

From 2010 to 2012, pirates ruled Somali waters, costing commercial ships billions of dollars in ransoms. Over the last few years, increased naval patrolling and security improved the situation ...

Somali piracy rose in prominence in the early 2000s, as gangs across the coast extracted $339 million to $413 million in stolen goods and ransom between 2005 and 2012, the BBC estimated.