MV Buccaneer (1981)

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The ''MV Buccaneer'' is a commercial [[tugboat]] captured by [[Piracy in Somalia|Somali pirates]] on 11 April 2009.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pirates Seize Tug with Crew of 16 as U.S. Captain is Still Hostage |journal=[[New York Times]] |date=2009-04-11 |url= http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/world/africa/12somalia.html?hp |accessdate=2009-04-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Somali Pirates Seize Another Boat |journal=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7994980.stm |date=2009-04-11 |accessdate=2009-04-11}}</ref> 10 of the 16 crew members are Italian. The others are five Romanians and a Croatian.

[[Buccaneer]]s were pirates who attacked Spanish and French shipping in the [[Caribbean Sea]] during the late 17th century.

==Negotiations==
Italy's former foreign undersecretary [[Margherita Boniver]] was sent to [[Somalia]] as a special envoy of Italian Foreign Minister [[Franco Frattini]] to negotiate the release of the vessel.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Italy to send envoy to Somalia for talks on hostage release |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/25/content_11252847.htm|work=Chinaview |publisher= |date= 2009-04-25 |accessdate=April 25, 2009 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Piracy in Somalia}}

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