All 23 crew members on board the ship were released, according to a shipping firm CEO. Somalia has seen an uptick in piracy in recent months amid other threats to maritime commerce in the Red Sea and elsewhere.
Somali pirates released the hijacked ship MV Abdullah on Sunday after its Bangladeshi owners reportedly paid a $5 million ransom. Somalia
The wife of the ship's master told the AFP news agency that an airplane dropped three sacks filled with US dollars onto the ship. "The money was brought to us two nights ago as usual... we checked whether the money was fake or not. Then we divided the money into groups and left, avoiding the government forces," Abdirashiid Yusuf, one of the pirates, told Reuters.The MV Abdullah is a bulk carrier that was transporting more than 55,000 tonnes of coal from Mozambique to the United Arab Emirates.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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