Owners of hijacked ships being held off Somalia will be on high alert as the regional government reportedly dispatches naval vessels to combat pirates.



The administration in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, from where virtually all Somali piracy originates, is “going to conduct operations against the pirates” in some areas around the Horn of Africa, according to a BBC Monitor report.

The Motivator and perhaps the Golden Blessing are thought to be near the site marked X.

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