NVDL: Check out the map below. Somalia is perfectly situated for piracy. They should institute a 'tollgate' or similar system for the use of their waters. They would earn a mint. In 2008 they 'earned' over $30 million in ransoms. Crime *doesn't* pay, eh?
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali pirates released an oil-laden Saudi supertanker after receiving a $3 million ransom, a negotiator for the bandits said Friday. The ship owner did not confirm it.
The MV Sirius Star, a brand new tanker with a 25-member crew, was seized in the Indian Ocean Nov. 15 in a dramatic escalation of high seas crime.
Mohamed Said, a negotiator with the pirates, told The Associated Press by telephone the ship has been released and was traveling to "safe waters."
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