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Pirates Head East to Counter EU NAVFOR Success

Northwood, Middlesex–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2010.  On 18th April 2010, three Thai fishing vessels from Djibouti, were hijacked 1200 nautical miles east of the coast of Somalia.

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These latest hijackings are the furthest east of any pirate attacks in the area since the start of EU NAVFOR’s Operation Atalanta in December 2008, almost 600 miles outside the normal EU NAVFOR operating area.  It is a clear indication that the EU anti piracy mission, together with those of NATO and…

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