Ransom demand made of missing ship’s owners

 

A ransom demand has been made of the owners of the missing cargo ship which passed through the English Channel after being hijacked by pirates.

The whereabouts of Arctic Sea, carrying £1 million worth of timber and a 15-strong Russian crew, continues to remain a mystery.

It had been thought the ship was spotted off the coast of the Cape Verde islands yesterday, more than two weeks after it disappeared.

But reports from Russia claimed officials were unable to confirm whether the sighting was the missing ship.

Ransom demand made of missing ship’s owners – Times Online

The demanded ransom is worth 1.5 million, threatening with killing the crew if demands are not met.

But the mistery remains, specially because no one knows the cause of its disappearance:

There has been huge speculation over the reason for its disappearance, ranging from pirates to a mafia dispute to a commercial quarrel.

So conspiracy theories have arisen: from piracy to “secret cargo” or “nuclear weapons”, are, according to the Web, the causes of its disparation.

Now, that a ransom has been demanded it’s clear that is a kidnapping. But its author or authors remain unclear.