-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France)
Pirates have boarded a luxury French yacht off the coast of Somalia, taking its all 30 crew hostage, a French military spokesman said. The Ponant yacht "was the victim of an act of piracy", Christophe Prazuck was quoted as saying.
-AFP news agency.
The craft which sailed in one of the most Pirate-ridden regions (between Somalia and Yemen)...And dispite French AVISO, and U.S. Naval presence in the region... Pirates continue to pose a significant threat at sea.
US and French navies have been trying to tackle the problem by carrying out patrols... Remembering the successful Pirate stand-off:
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