Truemors
Finally a strike against pirates, would work for pirate bankers too.
Nine suspected Somali pirates have been captured by the French navy and handed over to regional officials in northern Somalia, the authorities there say.
Patrolling French marines arrested the pirates in the Gulf of Aden after intercepting two boats on Wednesday, officials in Puntland said.
It comes as the International Maritime Bureau said the waters off Somalia were the world's worst for pirate attacks.
Pirates believed they can act with impunity, the monitoring agency said.
Nato ships are expected in the region in the coming days to escort aid ships through the dangerous waters.
But a spokesman said a precise time for the fleet's arrival could not be given because of delays caused by a violent storm that has sunk boats and killed livestock in northern Somalia.
'Robust action'
The crew of a French warship picked up the suspected pirates and handed them over to the authorities in semi-autonomous Puntland on Wednesday, Puntland's presidential adviser Bile Mohamoud Qabowsade said.
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