Subscribe to RSS feedHijackers hit jackpot with record ransom
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Nigel Lowry, Athens
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Jan 25, 2010 10:05 AM
SOMALI pirates have enjoyed their biggest pay day so far with a ransom of US$6m that secured the release of the hijacked Greek very large crude carrier, Maran Centaurus, on Monday.
A day earlier, a helicopter dropped US$5.5m on the deck of the very large crude carrier. It is understood that smaller transfers bring the total ransom up to the record amount.
The same day, in a sign of the...
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