MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates freed a Greek ship on Monday after they received a $2 million ransom for the vessel and its 21 Filipino crew, one of the pirates said.
The Irene E.M. bulk carrier was seized on April 13 in the Gulf of Aden, where heavily armed gangs from Somalia have made tens of millions of dollars in ransoms targeting vessels using the strategic shipping lanes that link Europe to Asia.
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