Somali pirates indicated Monday they are demanding a ransom for the release of the cargo ship 'Danica White' and its five-man crew, according to private investigation firm Protocol, which is handling the negotiations for the ship's owners, H Folmer and Co.
The amount of the ransom has not been made public. The crew has been held now for 10 days after being captured in the Arabian Sea on its way from Dubai to Mombassa, Kenya.
It is not known what cargo the ship is carrying, but a former crewman alleged Saturday that in April the ship had carried 220 tons of bombs that were to be eventually sent to the Middle-East.
Neither the Foreign Ministry nor the intelligence services have commented on the ship's cargo.
Source: Copenhagen Post, June 11, 2007