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Somali Piracy Ransom Payments (2005-2012)

The total amount of ransom payments made to Somali pirates between 2005 and 2012, estimated to be between $339 million and $413 million.

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The most rigorous, widely cited accounting of ransom proceeds from piracy places the total somewhere between roughly US$339 million and US$413 million for the principal piracy boom years—roughly 2005–...