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Somalia was designated as a failed state in 1992, [8] with extensive internal conflicts and major instability continuing until 2012, when the Federal Government of Somalia was established, which despite the intervention and support of foreign forces, could not fully establish its authority with threats from jihadist group al-Shabaab, so Somalia ...
2012-01-25: unknown: 2012-02-07: none: FV Al-Khaliil, an Iranian fishing dhow was captured on 25 January 2012 while a security team on board was asleep. Although Somali sources reported that international maritime forces had eventually freed the dhow and seized the kidnappers, [4] the Operation Atalanta website did not confirm such an action. [5]
Somali pirates with automatic weapons captured the ship, carrying six Kenyans and six Sri Lankans. [17] On February 27, members of the Somali coast guard attempted to take back the ship but failed, and two coast guardsmen were killed. Taiwan: FV Ching Fong Hwa 168 (fishing vessel) 15 (fish) 14 crew released, 1 crew member executed. 2007-04-28 ...
Somali piracy 2.0 - the BBC meets the new robbers of the high seas. Sahnun Ahmed - BBC News, Eyl ... Between 2005 and 2012 the World Bank estimates pirate groups earned between $339m (£267m) and ...
Moore, a freelance journalist, traveled to Somalia in 2012 to research piracy and the nation's economy. On January 21, he was kidnapped by multiple heavily armed men and transported him to a ...
Early on January 25, 2012, two dozen Navy SEALs parachuted from a C-130 Hercules twelve miles north of the Somali town of Adado, Galguduud, where pirates were holding the hostages with the intention of ransoming them. [3] The SEALs then traveled by foot from their drop zone, attacked the compound, and engaged the pirates, killing all nine of ...
On 8 July 2013 Ahmed Muse Salad, a/k/a "Afmagalo", 27, Abukar Osman Beyle, 33, and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar, 31–those who actually killed the 4 hostages–were found guilty of piracy, murder within the Special Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction of the United States, violence against maritime navigation, conspiracy to commit violence against maritime navigation resulting in death ...
In 2011 and 2012 Taiwan worked with the EU's Naval Force in Operation Atalanta to counter piracy off the coast of Somalia. [ 29 ] Additionally, other non-NATO and non-EU countries have, at one time or another, contributed to counter-piracy operations.