Somali pirates have accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and are demanding an $8m ransom for the return of a Ukranian ship they captured, saying the money will go towards cleaning up the waste. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN envoy for Somalia confirmed the world body has "reliable information" that European and Asian companies are dumping toxic waste, including nuclear waste, off the Somali coast |