12-08-29 Pirates have seized a Greek-owned oil tanker and its 24 crew off the coast of Togo, a maritime group reports. 一家海事组织报道，海盗在多哥海域劫持了一艘希腊油轮，船上有24名船员。 The attackers exchanged fire with a Togolese patrol boat but escaped o...

12-03-27 Somali pirates have seized an Iranian-owned cargo ship and its 23-strong crew off the Maldives. 印度索马里海盗在马尔代夫海域劫持了一艘属于伊朗的载有23名船员的货船。 Maldives defence officials say it is the first time Somali pirates have taken a ship...

11-12-28 Somali pirates have hijacked an Italian cargo ship with 18 crew off the coast of Oman, according to Indian shipping officials. 印度航运官员称，一艘载有18名船员的意大利货船在阿曼海岸被索马里海盗劫持。 The Turkey-bound Enrico Ievoli is now reportedly...

11-12-01 A French court has jailed five Somali men for between four and eight years for hijacking a yacht and taking a French couple hostage. 法国一家法院判处五名索马里男子四至八年监禁，他们曾劫持了一艘游艇并劫持了一对法国夫妇。 The incident took place in th...

11-11-16 Six men have gone on trial in Paris over an attack on a yacht in September 2008, in the first French prosecution of suspected Somali pirates. 六名曾在2008年9月攻击一艘游艇的男子在巴黎受审，这是法国首次对索马里海盗进行的起诉。 French forces have been...

11-11-06 An oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of the Niger Delta last week has been released, officials in Nigeria say. 尼日利亚官员称，上周在尼日尔三角洲海岸被海盗劫持的一艘运油船已被释放。 The vessel - the MT Halifax - was attacked near the oil ci...

11-11-04 Pirates have seized an oil products tanker off southern Nigeria, security officials say. 尼日利亚安全官员称，一艘运油船在南部海域被海盗劫持。 The United Nations has urged West African countries to step up anti-piracy patrols Gunmen boarded the MT Ha...

11-10-30 Ships sailing under a British flag will be able to carry armed guards to protect them from pirates, the prime minister has announced. 英国首相卡梅伦宣布，所有悬挂英国国旗的船只均可配备武器以抵抗海盗袭击。 David Cameron says he wants to combat the ri...

11-09-28 Nigeria and its West African neighbour, Benin, are to begin joint naval patrols in an effort to combat the threat of pirates. 尼日利亚与其西非邻国贝宁将进行联合海军巡逻以对抗海盗威胁。 The Gulf of Guinea has this year seen a marked increase in the n...

11-03-15 Five Somali men convicted of attacking a US Navy ship they mistook for a merchant vessel have been sentenced to life in prison. 五名索马里海盗因袭击一艘美国军舰被判处终生监禁，据悉该团伙将军舰误认为商船。 The men were found guilty in November of try...