According to the "Seafarers Assistance Program" in Kenya, in 2007, around 300 ships were hijacked or attacked by pirates off the Somali coast.

据肯尼亚“海员援助组织”数据表明，2007年，约有300多艘船只在索马里周边海域遭到海盗劫持或袭击。

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The Seafarers' Assistance Program estimates there are 1,500 active pirates working for seven major syndicates in the waters between India and Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

But Andrew Mwangura of the piracy specialist group East African Seafarers' Assistance Program says he believes the ship is one of the regular weapons carriers circumventing the U.N.arms embargo on Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

"The MV Action was released by pirates, " said Andrew Mwangura, head of the Seafarers Assistance Program in Mombasa, Kenya.

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