Sources: CNN
Troops in Somalia's region of Puntland free 22 hostages seized by pirates nearly three years ago. 2012-12-23
Six foreigners including two Britons and an American are jailed for lengthy terms in Somalia after the seizure of a plane containing $3.6 million in ransom for pirates. 2011-06-19
Security forces in Somalia seize two planes carrying ransom money for pirates, and detain six foreigners. 2011-05-24
South Korea will fly the bodies of eight Somali pirates killed in a commando raid on a freighter last month from Muscat, Oman, to Mogadishu, Somalia. 2011-02-16
Somali pirates hijack a Malaysian cargo vessel with 23 crew members 900 miles off the coast of Somalia. 2010-11-29
The United Nations says child soldiers continue to be recruited to fight and engage in piracy in Somalia. 2010-11-4
Somali pirates hijack a Marshall Islands-flagged ship with 18 Filipino sailors on board in the southern Red Sea. 2010-07-5
Somali forces from the semi-autonomous region of Puntland storm a hijacked Panamanian-flagged cargo ship, capturing the pirates and freeing the crew. 2010-06-3
A Turkish ship is hijacked by Somali pirates more than 1,000 miles away from the coast of Somalia and closer to India. 2010-03-23
Pirates off the coast of Somalia seize a North Korean-flagged cargo ship south of Yemen. 2010-02-3