Dhow was believed to be illegally fishing in Somali waters when they were hijacked on March 2015
OBP informs that on August 27, 2015, the Jaber, an Iranian fishing dhow, and its crew members, managed to slip its mooring and escape from the hands of Somali pirates.
The Jaber was briefly pursued by the pirates before it was able to rendezvous with international naval forces operating under the EUNAVFOR mission.
According to the pirate hostage tracking data provided by Ocean Beyond Piracy, there are still 47 people held hostage in East Africa.
These include 26 crew members of the Omani fishing vessel FV Naham 3 captured in March 2012 who remain in captivity in Somalia ever since, 19 crew members of the ranian fishing vessel FVs Siraj hijacked off the coast of Hobyo, Somalia in March 2015.
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Source: Oceans Beyond Piracy
