
"Hijacker" in Mysterious Arctic Sea Case Has Been Captured After 16 Years
A suspect who has been wanted by Russia for 16 years in connection with an alleged hijacking off Sweden has been arrested at last, according to authorities in Cyprus. In July 2009, the freighter Arctic Sea got under way from Jakobstad, Finland with a cargo of $1.8 million worth of lumber aboard, bound for Algeria. On July 24, the ship was in Swedish waters off Gotland when it was intercepted by a group of men in a rubber boat,...
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