Somali Pirates Demand $10M Ransom for Oil Tanker Owned by Emirati Company

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/somali-pirates-demand-10-million-dollar-ransom-oil-tanker-uae

The Egyptian government is exerting pressure on Somalia’s ambassador over the fate of the hijacked tanker and its crew.

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green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 131d

Wonder if the Axis of Resistance is going to be adding Somali pirates to the network.

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 131d (2 replies)

How the hell is this still a problem? I don't get how nobody's been able to stop this yet. Cameras to see around the ship, couple of M2's on each side, eventually they'll run out of pirates or boats.

RanryuuRain@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 131d (1 reply)

Paying a ransom every so often might just be cheaper.

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 131d

I feel like patrolling Somalias' coastline would be a far better use of the military than bombing, invading and threatening innocent people. Which is still not great, but it'd be much more popular. But I guess we just love insurance profit.