From Voice Of America:Maritime officials are reporting new attacks by Somali pirates, while the United Nations says high-seas bandits have collected millions of dollars in ransom payments over the past year.
Officials Thursday said two Yemeni vessels and 22 Yemeni fishermen were captured Wednesday in the Gulf of Aden. Seven fishermen managed to escape on a smaller boat.
Speaking in Kenya Thursday, the U.N. envoy for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah said he believes pirates may have collected over $120 million this year, with "total impunity."
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