An undated photo shows the Maltese-registered, Finnish-chartered cargo vessel Arctic Sea that mysteriously disappeared last month and was found off Cape Verde on Monday. (Sovfracht/Reuters)From The CBC:
Eight men have been arrested in connection with the hijacking of a Russian-manned freighter that was forced to sail from Scandinavia to West Africa, Russia's defence minister said Tuesday.
The suspected hijackers — citizens of Estonia, Latvia and Russia — were arrested without incident by the Russian navy after it found the Arctic Sea Monday off Cape Verde, thousands of kilometres from the Algerian port where it was supposed to dock two weeks ago, Anatoly Serdyukov said in Moscow.
It is still unclear why the Arctic Sea, an 18-year-old ship with a cargo of timber worth $2.2 million, was seized. Its disappearance had perplexed experts and officials across Europe.
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More News On the Arctic Ice Hijacking
Eight arrested aboard 'vanished' ship -- The Age
Russia Detains Eight in Hijacking of Ship Arctic Sea -- Bloomberg
Russia Arrests 8 Suspected Cargo Ship Hijackers -- Voice of America
Russia arrests eight over piracy on mystery ship -- Reuters
Missing Russian vessel hijacked, crew rescued -- China View
Cargo ship 'was hijacked by pirates' -- CNN
Russia Says It Holds Hijackers of Cargo Ship -- New York Times
Russian navy arrests eight 'pirates' who seized the cargo ship Arctic Sea -- The Telegraph
Eight suspected hijackers of cargo ship Arctic Sea arrested by Russian authorities -- Times Online
Russia holds eight after recovering missing ship Arctic Sea -- The Guardian
The Arctic Sea Mystery: more unexplained missing ships and crew -- The Telegraph
My Comment: One mystery of the seas solved .... one million more to go.
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