A Kenyan court has sentenced nine Somalis on Tuesday to five years in prison each for attempting to hijack the German merchant vessel MV Courier in the Gulf of Aden in March 2009, Reuters reports
 
Although the number of attacks has fallen markedly since 2011 thanks to tougher security aboard ships and increased Western naval patrols, piracy emanating from the Horn of Africa nation may still cost the world economyabout $18 billion a year, according to a World Bank study.
 
Read more information about the nine Somali pirates sentenced to prison for hijacking MV Courier at Reuters
 
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/30/kenya-somalia-piracy-idUSL6N0G03RE20130730
 
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