Somali Pirate Ships 'Work As One'

This photo provided by the US Navy in October 2008 shows Somali pirates. Photo AFP

From The BBC:

There is evidence that Somali pirate ships are co-ordinating their attacks, the commander of the European Union's anti-piracy mission says.

But Rear Adm Phillip Jones said it did not support claims from a leaked military intelligence report that attacks were orchestrated from London.

He said European warships had searched four recently captured mother-ships.

They found they had been exchanging information on the positions of vessels they had spotted or tried to attack.

Somalia has been without a stable government since 1991, allowing piracy to flourish. The problem worsened in the first months of 2009.

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