by most flag states and shipping owners, a legal toolbox enabling pirate prosecution and imprisonment and capacity-building and the ability to imprison pirates regionally and in Somalia.

The ship is flying under a Panamanian flag. Pirates have attacked more than 100 ships off the Somali coast over the last year, reaping an estimated $1 million in ransom for each successful ...

The commercial vessel is of Bulgarian origin and is operated under the Maltese flag. The vessel was hijacked by the pirates in December ... piracy operations off Somalia's coast.