Dramatic details of an overnight US raid in which two aid workers for the Danish Demining Group were freed from Somali pirates have begun to emerge. Read the full story

A Danish family including three children have been kidnapped by pirates who hijacked their sailing boat in the Indian Ocean. Read the full story

Any pirates captured off the Somali coast by Finnish ships are likely to be released as no nation will accept them for trial. Read the full story

A Somali pirate has admitted hijacking a Danish ship in the Gulf of Aden, in what could be a major breakthrough in attempts to bring such cases to justice. The man, who is under indictment after illegally boarding the CEC Future in November 2008, will be the first to be sentenced following a hijacking. Read the full story

International maritime laws have prevented authorities from prosecuting a group of Somali pirates captured by a Danish warship in the Aden Gulf this weekend. Denmark’s defence minister said a lack of witnesses forced a decision to free the rogue sailors. Read the full story

Confidence fills the offices of Sweden’s upstart Pirate Party thanks to their recent victory in the EU elections. Now, the youthful political party is focusing its sights on Sweden’s government. Read the full story

A new poll suggests that the upstart Pirate Party could secure its first-ever seats in Sweden’s Riksdag if they continue to attract youthful voters. A survey published in the Aftonbladet newspaper gave the Pirate Party 4.2 per cent of the electorate, which would be enough support to win seats in the Riksdag in a general election. Read the full story

As the landmark trial of Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay gets underway, representatives of the global entertainment industry have been on something of a publicity campaign to drum up support against what they consider outright theft. Four people involved in the popular website are standing trial for copyright infringement in what could set the precedent for many more cases around the world. Read the full story

The Danish naval ship, HMS Absalon, is facing an unusual dilemma with the five Somali pirates it pulled out of the Gulf of Aden on 2 January. The pirates’ ship was reportedly sunk by the very cargo vessel they were trying to attack when an emergency flare landed on the pirates’ boat and sank it. Read the full story

The Gulf of Aden, off the African nation of Somalia, is notorious for being one of the most pirate-infested regions of the world. Within a three day period recently, pirates attacked ships off the coast of Somalia four times, but were chased off each time by the Danish Royal navy.

The Danish Royal Navy has been patrolling the waters in the Gulf of Aden since the start of September as part of a NATO effort to stem the rising number of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia. Presently, Denmark has Read the full story