New Tom Hanks movie %22Captain Phillips%22 to highlight 2009 Somali pirate attack LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. — In April 2009, a high-stakes drama played out in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

Property owners who live a distance from the alleged pirate activity are also being roped in. Field agents recently sent a notice to David Glassford of the Bronx about an alleged unlicensed FM radio ...

The higher attacks were due mainly to increased Somali pirate activity off the Gulf of Aden and east coast of Somalia, which combined accounts for 130 of the cases, the report said.

But as conditions cleared, the anticipated increase in pirate activity failed to materialize, ... Pirates towards the end of 2011 were very much on the back foot, ...

The fourth installment of Disney's Pirates franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, will hit theaters May 20. ... English and Spanish tried to stamp out pirate activity.

In 2010 pirates launched 174 attacks and seized 47 vessels. The stunning drop in pirate activity is attributed to the continued presence of counter-piracy task forces and the growing use of ...