Five Somali pirates died Saturday when the ship they hijacked overturned, the Associated Press reported.
The ship capsized a day after the five pirates received their part of the $3 million ransom, according to the AP. In November, the pirates hijacked a Saudi Arabian oil supertanker, which held $100 million-worth of oil, along with a Ukrainian ship that carried military tanks, according to the AP.
Warships from the United States, France, the United Kingdom and other countries were not able to stop the pirates' attacks. Somalia borders shipping lanes that link the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean. Pirates received more than $30 million in ransom last year, according to a Chatham House report the AP cited.
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