Somali Pirates Doing Better Than Ever 3.50K Jeff Neumann 11/06/10 10:19AM Filed to: Piracy Piracy Somalia ransom Money Jobs Business After a down year by their standards, Somali pirates are finally back in business: For the release of two tankers they were paid a record ransom of $12.3 million. "We are now counting our cash," one pirate gloated. [BBC]