Remember the Ukranian crew of the MV Faina, captured off the waters of Somalia with 33 Soviet tanks in the hold? They are now free. The ransom, however, cost $3.2 million. Still, this represents a deep discount from the pirates' original asking price of $20 million.
Tough economic times, it seems, are even hurting the pirate business.
But the crew is safe, and will now deliver thier T-72s and assorted weapons to the proper destnation: Sudan, er, "Kenya." Shipping weapons to Sudan would violate the U.N. arms embargo. That would be illegal.
But the crew is safe, and will now deliver thier T-72s and assorted weapons to the proper destnation: Sudan, er, "Kenya." Shipping weapons to Sudan would violate the U.N. arms embargo. That would be illegal.
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