Benin

17 Jan 2019 in 14:20

Negotiations launched with pirates capturing Russian sailors in Gulf of Guinea

The pirates who captured Russian sailors in the Gulf of Guinea on January 2 contacted the company that owns the captured ship, chairman of the Russian Union of Sailors Yury Sukhorukov said. "Representatives of a …

5 Jan 2019 in 12:52

Russians captured by pirates near Benin

Six Russian sailors were captured by the pirates near Benin on Jan.1, Anadolu Agency reports with a reference to the Russian Agency for Maritime and River Transport (Rosmorrechflot). Up to nine armed pirates crashed into the …