Russian crime gangs on the Costa del Sol are injecting kidnap victims with what they claim is an experimental KGB virus to terrify them into paying ransoms.

In the latest case, four Russians told their victim that he would die within 24 hours if he...

Pirates are glorified criminals.

The life of a pirate is packed with danger. But the myth about pirates only celebrates the loots.

There is nothing romantic about being a pirate. The sea may be their playground but it is also the burial ground..

The previous capture of a Saudi tanker carrying $100 million of crude raised awareness of the pirates operating off Somalia’s coast. The tanker was only released after a ransom in the tens of millions was paid. The United States, the European Union,...

At last, epopee with Faina, a ship hired to bring Russian ammunition in Kenya from Odessa Port of the Ukraine, captured by Somali pirates in open sea, was finished as a ship owner, an Israeli businessman, had paid $US 3 millions ransom.

On arrival...

Piracy in the Gulf of Aden has cost shippers between $18-30 million so far this year in ransoms and is threatening global business. Pirates have hijacked more than 30 ships off Somalia this year, making the country’s 3,300 km (2,060 mile) coastline one...

Pirates have released 14 Filipinos from among the 79 crewmen of two Malaysian tankers hijacked near Somalia in exchange for a ransom. The release came two days after Somali pirates freed another Malaysian tanker with some Filipino crewmembers.