Spotlight: Five months in pirates’ captivity

Today we will talk about 21st century pirates. The merchant vessel Faina was released earlier this month after 5 months in captivity. When hijacked, the vessel was carrying large amounts of Ukrainian weaponry, including 33 tanks. It was manned by a crew of Ukrainians, Russians and a Latvian. Some 3 million $US was paid in ransom to free the Faina, though the captain of the Faina died of a heart attack while in captivity. The man who took over aboard ship was Viktor Nikolsky - and he is our guest today.