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Pirates continue to venture further and further out to sea in search of modern-day \u201cbooty.\u201d\u00a0 Luckily for the folks on the high seas, international navies are now hot on their trail.<\/p>\n
The European Union\u2019s anti-pirate naval force reports they\u2019ve nabbed two more groups of buccaneers, some 1000 miles off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just shows you the great work we\u2019re doing in the Gulf of Aden,\u201d EU\u2019s Commander John Harbour told Fox News.<\/p>\n
The latest run-in\u2019s happened over the weekend and involved the Dutch Naval Frigate Tromp, as well as Swedish and Luxembourg aircraft operating out of the Seychelles islands. Two days after a German ship reported they were being attacked, the European forces caught up with a pirate mother ship, two skiffs and 9 pirates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At about the same time, closer to the Seychelles islands, the country\u2019s own coast guard, with the help of the EU aircraft caught pirates in three other boats going after a Spanish fishing ship.<\/p>\n
The months of March and April, with the monsoon subsiding, is a busy time for piracy and pirate chasing.\u00a0 \u201cThere is a lot of activity and we have increased our resources,\u201d Commander Harbour told us.<\/p>\n
In fact, in the last three weeks, international navies have taken into custody 12 of what they call \u201cpirate action groups.\u201d At the same time, though, 2 pirate hijackings have occurred.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The hunt goes on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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