MV Naham 3
hijack · 2012-03-26 · Arabian Sea (seychelles approaches)
- Date
- 2012-03-26
- Region
- Arabian Sea
- Vessel
- MV Naham 3
- IMO
- 8919443
- Flag
- OMN
- Vessel type
- fishing vessel
- Incident type
- hijack
- Outcome
- released
- Casualties
- 3 crew died in captivity
Summary
Somali pirates boarded the Omani-flagged fishing vessel Naham 3 off the Seychelles. The 29 crew (Vietnamese, Filipino, Cambodian, Chinese, Taiwanese, Indonesian) were taken ashore and held in Somali coastal camps for 4.5 years — the second-longest held Somali hostage case. The vessel was scuttled by the pirates. On 22 October 2016, the 26 surviving crew (3 had died in captivity) were released after a $1.5 million ransom raised through international NGO coordination + Oceans Beyond Piracy. The case became the definitive modern reference for prolonged fishing-fleet hostage cases + drove NGO focus on non-flag-state coordination of ransom operations.
Source
Reporting organisation: Oceans Beyond Piracy
https://oceansbeyondpiracy.org
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