Pirates off the coast of Nigeria on Monday
allegedly kidnapped six Russians and an Estonian during an attack on
their ship, Bourbon, the French shipping company operating the vessel
said on Wednesday.
Another
nine crew members were safe and had reached the port city of Onne, in
Rivers state, said the spokeswoman for Bourbon, which supplies vessels
to the offshore oil industry.
Pirate attacks are on the rise in the Gulf of Guinea, which is second only to the waters around Somalia for piracy.
Usually boats are attacked in order to steal their cargo, after which the crew is normally freed, although kidnapping is also a major criminal enterprise in the waters around the delta.
Pirates freed a Greek-operated gasoline tanker earlier this month that they had hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea near Cote’d Ivoire.
Many of the criminal gangs in pirate networks are offshoots from militant groups that used to operate in the delta before they agreed an amnesty in 2009.
In August pirates attacked a Greek-operated oil tanker with a crew of about 20 off the coast of Togo. They released the ship a few days later after stealing 3,000 tonnes of fuel.
Another
nine crew members were safe and had reached the port city of Onne, in
Rivers state, said the spokeswoman for Bourbon, which supplies vessels
to the offshore oil industry.Pirate attacks are on the rise in the Gulf of Guinea, which is second only to the waters around Somalia for piracy.
Usually boats are attacked in order to steal their cargo, after which the crew is normally freed, although kidnapping is also a major criminal enterprise in the waters around the delta.
Pirates freed a Greek-operated gasoline tanker earlier this month that they had hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea near Cote’d Ivoire.
Many of the criminal gangs in pirate networks are offshoots from militant groups that used to operate in the delta before they agreed an amnesty in 2009.
In August pirates attacked a Greek-operated oil tanker with a crew of about 20 off the coast of Togo. They released the ship a few days later after stealing 3,000 tonnes of fuel.
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