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8 11, the Turkish sailors captured in the Gulf of Aden pirates ready to commit robbery

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) Somali pirates hijacked a cargo ship of the case is currently low in the past year, However, the authorities fear that the pirates will take the occasion of the transfer of monsoon, to launch a new round of attacks.

According to Singapore, “Lianhe Zaobao” report, along with two Egyptian fishing boats, a German container ship and an Italian tug released last month, after pirates seized the ship is currently also no more than six This figure is the lowest since 2008.

Somali pirates hijacked the vessel last year from the cable was about $ 40 million ransom. Last August, the sea is relatively calm, it was pirates, “harvest” period, such as Saudi Arabia’s giant oil tankers have been hijacked.

headquartered in Denmark “crisis intelligence organizations,” said Hansen head of the recent pirate attacks decrease is mainly due to bad weather, “Another minor reason is that some countries succeed in the Navy warships from the Gulf of Aden pirates repulsed several attacks. “

now the Indian Ocean sea began to calm, and pirates are just around the corner, to launch a new round of attacks.

a pirate Ahmad said: “We plan to capture more ships to earn more money I earned only $ 9,000 last year, I hope this year to make more.

“Those are still illegal fishing by foreign vessels, but no one blame them, but we are only trying to retrieve lost wealth from the sea when he was accused of bad guys. “

But the Somali transitional government’s anti-piracy officials have stressed that according to Si Maiha Zeno, anti-piracy measures have yielded results, and now the people’s support for the increasing decline of piracy.

” coastal residents now understand that the pirates are not heroes, they did not bring benefits to local, will only lead to inflation, brothels everywhere and alcohol problems. “

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