In the Gulf of Aden, Somali pirates seized the ship “Talca” under the flag of Bermuda. Vehicles followed from Egypt to Iran and was attacked by bandits in the ocean 120 miles off the coast of Oman.

Itar-Tass , the crew captured the ship consists of 23 citizens of Sri Lanka, one Filipino and one Syrian. Naval forces of the European Union, leading to the Indian Ocean fight with the pirates, monitor the situation with the ferry “Talca”.

should be reminded that Somali pirates hijacked a Turkish ship of Phrygia. Among the sailors – 19 citizens of Turkey and 2 Ukrainian . They which went under the Maltese flag the ship was seized in more than 1000 miles from the African coast. This shows the increased area of operations by Somali pirates.

According to the International Maritime Bureau, in 2009 in various regions of the Pirates committed 410 attacks. As a result, in the hands of robbers were 47 ships and nearly 800 crew members and passengers visited the hostages. 178 attacks, ie, nearly half occurred off the coast of Somalia.