Pirates capture fishing boat with Spanish captain in the Indian Ocean (People's Daily)

9 March 2010, 7:16 pm

The Spanish Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday that a fishing boat captained by a Spaniard has been captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean. The boat 'Xakoba', sails under the Kenyan flag and is specialized in fishing for swordfish, sharks and merlin, as opposed to the Spanish fleet in the Indian Ocean which specializes in tuna fishing. The ship, which also has a Polish engineer and an ...... Read More »

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