Somali Pirates free the hostages of the Le Ponant
April 11, 2008 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Piracy Attacks, Maritime Security
According to France officials, the France and Philippine crew, which was held on the France yacht Le Ponant (Somali pirates snatch luxury cruise yacht), has been freed. Hijacked in the Gulf of Aden, the pirates had sailed the yacht south alongside Somali coast and finally moored it at Garaad, near the town of [...]