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Last month pirates on the West Coast of Africa near Benin attacked a container vessel – Tommi Ritscher and kidnapped 8 crew members including Captain of the ship. Bulgarian nationality Captain, along with other crew members, was in captivity for more than 1 month as we see from the news that is coming from various […]
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