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Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea attacked a Danish-owned ship and took some of the 16-member crew hostage after abandoning the vessel on a small island off of West Africa, reports said Friday.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Six members of the 16-man crew on a Liberia-flagged tanker are being held hostage by pirates who boarded the ship in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea last week ...

And for pirates, the treasure hunt now takes place in the Gulf of Guinea, which stretches off West Africa from Senegal to Angola, nearly 4 000 miles of shoreline. Last year, 40 percent the world ...