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the report said.

In the first nine months of this year, 34 ships were hijacked and in excess of 450 seafarers were taken hostage, but just two vessels were seized from July to September. The report added that pirate activity had increased in recent weeks.

Last Wednesday, pirates hijacked a Greek vessel, Filitsa, with a crew of three Greek and 19 Philippine nationals some 460 miles off Seychelles.



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